Good Growing

Summer is in full swing, and with the heat comes plenty of garden and lawn questions! Join us as we tackle some of the most common summertime issues, including crabgrass taking over lawns, brown patches of turf, cracked tomatoes, swarms of beetles, and more!

 

Watch us on YouTube: https://youtu.be/x-5ENejfrTE

 

Skip to what you want to know:  

  01:10 – What to do about crabgrass in lawns? 

  06:33 – Lawn is dying, what do I do?  

  10:00 – What is tearing apart my sassafras tree? 

  13:40 – Why are my tomatoes cracking?

  17:04 – Why are hot peppers hot? Why did they evolve to be hot?

  16:18 – Green June Beetle ruined the park concert...

  24:28 – Wrap-up, what’s up next week, and goodbye!

 

 

Contact us! 

Chris Enroth: cenroth@illinois.edu

Ken Johnson: kjohnso@illinois.edu

Emily Swihart: eswihart@illinois.edu

 

 

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