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Effects Of Control Release Fertilizers On Nutrient Leaching, Palm Growth And Production Cost, Pushpa Soti, Angie Fleurissaint, Stewart Reed, Krish Jayachandran

Biology Faculty Publications and Presentations

Objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of different controlled release fertilizer technologies on nutrient leaching and plant growth parameters of two palm species, Chinese Fan (Livistona chinensis) and Queen (Syagrus romanzoffiana). We compared Nutri-Pak (12-4-12 controlled release packet) and Harrell’s (12-4-12 controlled release polymer coated urea) against Atlantic (8-4-12 controlled release polymer coated urea, coated sulfate of potash), the most commonly used palm fertilizer in South Florida. Plants were grown in 25 cm (11 L) pots under 70% shade, watered weekly, with pest and weed control done as required. Plant growth parameters: number of leaves, leaf length …

Plums In The Home Garden, Michael Caron, Taun Beddes, Brent Black

All Current Publications

This fact sheet describes three types of plums commonly grown in Utah: European, Japanese, and American species. their care and selection, and how to harvest, store, and use them.

Apricots In The Home Garden, Michael Caron, Taun Beddes, Brent Black

All Current Publications

This fact sheet provides information about apricots, including how to grow, harvest, store and use them.

Goji In The Garden, Tiffany Maughan, Brent Black

All Current Publications

This fact sheet describes goji, a small orange to red fruit. It lists recommended cultivars, how to grow goji, including site selection, soil, plant material, spacing, irrigation, fertilizer and pruning. Problems such as weeds, insects and diseases are described, as well as harvesting, productivity and use of goji.

In Conclusion, Something To Chew On: Native Plant Foods Of The Gold Coast, Simon Grigalius, Daryl Mcphee

Daryl McPhee

Extract: Ask most people what Gold Coast food is and you may hear answers like the ubiquitous prawn cocktail with avocado, a burger with ' fresh' pineapple available at the local surf club, or fish and chips (eaten on the beach to give it the seaside connection), with the fish often imported from New Zealand or Vietnam. None of this is the true food of the Gold Coast.

Haskap (Blue Honeysuckle) In The Garden, Elisa Lauritzen, Tiffany Maughan, Brent Black

All Current Publications

This fact sheet is about Haskap, a relatively new crop in the United States and subsequently, the home garden. It describes the plants, recommended varieties, how to grow them, problems, harvest, use, and storage.

Wisteria In The Garden, Michael Caron, Taun Beddes, Gabriela Judd

All Current Publications

Wisteria is a vigorous, cold-hardy, long-lived, true climbing/twining vine best known for large panicles of beautiful spring blooming flowers. This fact sheet describes varieties, how to grow, and pruning and training.

Ornamental Grasses In The Landscape, A Guide For The Intermountain West, Jaydee Gunnell, Jerry L. Goodspeed, Richard M. Anderson

All Current Publications

This publication illustrates basic identifying structures and features of grasses in general, as well as key taxonomic characteristics that horticulturists use in classifying the different species. It also covers how to use ornamental grasses in landscape settings and highlights some of the commonly grown ornamental species that are adapted to the Intermountain West.

Vegetable Irrigation: Squash And Pumpkin, Tiffany Maughan, Dan Drost, L. Niel Allen

All Current Publications

This fact sheet discusses the basic principles of irrigation systems, whether furrow, sprinkler or drip, that will help ensure proper irrigation of squash and pumpkin.

Gardening In Clay Soils, Katie Wagner, Michael R. Kuhns, Grant Cardon

All Current Publications

This fact sheet covers the basics of clay, silt and sand soils with an emphasis on gardening in soils with a high clay content. It includes information on the composition of clay soils, gardening tips for managing clay soils, and the types of plants that grow best in clay soils.

Sagers Solar Greenhouse, Larry A. Sagers

Archived Gardening Publications

No abstract provided.

Vegetable Irrigation: Sweet Pepper And Tomato, Tiffany Maughan, Dan Drost, L. Niel Allen

All Current Publications

This fact sheet discusses basic principles that will help ensure proper irrigation of sweet pepper and tomato.

Vegetable Irrigation: Onion, Tiffany Maughan, Dan Drost, L. Niel Allen

All Current Publications

This fact sheet discusses the basic principles for properly irrigating onions.

Raspberry Management For Utah, Tiffany Maughan, Brent Black

All Current Publications

This fact sheet provides a general guide to raspberry production that can be adapted for both home use and for small-scale commercial production.

Historical Common Names Of Great Plains Plants, With Scientific Names Index. Volume Ii: Scientific Names Index, Elaine Nowick

Zea E-Books Collection

Containing thousands of entries of both vernacular and scientific names of Great Plains plants, the literature that informs this exhaustive listing spans nearly 300 years. Author Elaine Nowick has drawn from sources as diverse as Linnaeus, Lewis and Clark, and local university extension publications to compile the gamut of practical, and often fanciful, common plant names used over the years. Each common name is accompanied by a definitive scientific name with references and authority information. Interspersed with scientifically-correct botanical line drawings, the entries are written in standard ICBN format, making this a useful volume for scholars as well as lay …

Historical Common Names Of Great Plains Plants, With Scientific Names Index. Volume I: Common Names, Elaine Nowick

Zea E-Books Collection

Containing thousands of entries of both vernacular and scientific names of Great Plains plants, the literature that informs this exhaustive listing spans nearly 300 years. Author Elaine Nowick has drawn from sources as diverse as Linnaeus, Lewis and Clark, and local university extension publications to compile the gamut of practical, and often fanciful, common plant names used over the years. Each common name is accompanied by a definitive scientific name with references and authority information. Interspersed with scientifically-correct botanical line drawings, the entries are written in standard ICBN format, making this a useful volume for scholars as well as lay …

Water-Wise Landscaping: Ideas For Landscape Water Conservation Without Changing Your Landscape Design, Kyle Frandsen, Larry Rupp

All Current Publications

This fact sheet describes many ways to conserve water without changing your existing landscape design.

Vegetable Transplant Production, Dan Drost

All Current Publications

This fact sheet discusses what is needed to grow quality (compact, well rooted, healthy) transplants. It introduces things to consider when producing vegetable transplants. Transplants are commonly grown in greenhouses. Success depends on knowing the right conditions needed for the crop of interest so the plants are the correct size, are healthy, and capable of withstanding the transition from the greenhouse to the field. Briefly covered are: transplanting tray selection, transplant age and scheduling, growing mixes and soil media, seeds and seeding, what transplants need , diseases andother problems, and conditioning or hardening transplants.

Vegetable Irrigation: Melon, Tiffany Maughan, Dan Drost, Niel Allen, Brent Black

All Current Publications

This fact sheet discusses basic principles that will help ensure proper irrigation of melon, regardless of the irrigation system used.

Cost Free Landscape Water Conservation Ideas, Kyle Frandsen, Larry Rupp

All Current Publications

This fact sheet gives tips on simple and free things that can be done to help conserve water in the landscape, without changing the existing landscape.

Horticulturae — An International, Multidisciplinary, Open Access Journal, Douglas D. Archbold

Horticulture Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

A Utah Flora, Fifth Edition, Revised, Stanley L. Welsh, N. Duane Atwood, Sherel Goodrich, Larry C. Higgins

Books by Faculty of the Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum

Abstract

This is a revised version of a comprehensive treatment of the vascular flora of Utah. All new taxa and distributional records discovered since the publication of the second edition in 2003 are included.

Keys are provided to families, genera, species, and infraspecific taxa (when present). Taxa are described, ecological data is given, and geographical information is provided. County distribution in Utah is given for each species and infraspecific taxon. General geographical information is given for taxa that extend beyond the boundaries of Utah. Chromosome numbers are provided for each taxon, where that information was available in literature.

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A Comparison Of 16 Summer-Bearing Raspberry Cultivars For Northern Utah, Britney Hunter, Rick Heflebower, Shawn Olsen, Brent Black, Diane Alston, Thor Lindstrom

All Current Publications

This fact sheet compares summer-bearing raspberry cultivars for northern Utah, including their winter hardiness, yield, fruit quality and resistance to common insects and diseases.