The Gardens at Texas A&M University will be hosting their fall festival on Nov. 3 in College Station from 2-4 p.m. Free and open to all ages, the event will be filled with fun and refreshments. Enjoy some Babe’s Doughnuts and fresh apples. Make a leaf crown craft to wear around the Gardens, or snag…
Turfgrass needs to be tolerant to drought and shade as well as resistant to disease in order to thrive in Texas. A Texas A&M AgriLife Research turfgrass breeder discussed genetically engineered St. Augustine grass and hybrids bred to meet these criteria during the recent Texas A&M AgriLife Turfgrass Field Day in College Station. Ambika Chandra,…
The citrus greening quarantine has expanded to Brazoria and Galveston counties, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts. Citrus greening is one of the most serious citrus plant diseases in the world. The disease poses no threat to humans or animals but has ruined millions of acres of citrus crops throughout the U.S. and…
The state of the floral industry was the topic of the Ellison International Floriculture Chair Distinguished Lecture Series held recently in College Station, featuring guest speaker Drew Gruenberg, chief operating officer for the Society of American Florists, SAF. Charlie Hall, Ph.D., professor and Ellison Chair in International Floriculture for Texas A&M College of Agriculture and…
Writer: Adam Russell, 903-834-6191, adam.russell@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Becky Grubbs, 979-845-0603, bgrubbs@tamu.edu Homeowners can prepare their lawns for winter dormancy and set turfgrasses up for a good spring and summer now, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert. Becky Grubbs, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension turfgrass specialist, College Station, said lawns are about to enter dormancy throughout…
Texas wildflower lovers should know that now is the time to plant their favorite varieties for blooms in spring, said Joseph Johnson, program manager for The Gardens at Texas A&M University. Planting in the fall — before the start of the rainy season — will give your wildflowers time to germinate and gain a good…
Texas A&M AgriLife on Tuesday hosted a grand opening of the Texas A&M AgriLife Center at Dallas renovated campus, which aims to serve as a rural-urban interface connecting Texans to their food sources, environmental sustainability and healthy living. “Agriculture must become integral to urban culture,” said Patrick Stover, Ph.D., vice-chancellor of Texas A&M Agrilife, dean…
The Texas Fruit Conference is set for Oct. 28- 29 at the New Braunfels Civic Center, 375 S. Castell Ave., New Braunfels. Registration will begin at 8 a.m., and presentations begin at 9 a.m. on both days, and an optional tour will be held on Oct. 30. Preregistration for the event is now open with…
AgriLife Extension connects food growth to consumption Jesse Wieners knows consumers buy with their eyes, so he makes sure his produce meets the “pretty” criteria. Wieners, owner of Wieners Family Gardens in Carson and Donley counties, is a conventional farmer, growing wheat, cotton, corn, grain sorghum and alfalfa. He’s also a vegetable producer, raising 20…
The annual Fall Plant Sale, presented by the Department of Horticulture in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, will be held on Oct. 4-5 on the Texas A&M University campus in College Station. The plant sale will be from 6-8 p.m. Oct. 4 and continue from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Oct. 5. It will be…
