Videos Provide Education on Unsightly Tree Diseases
The Integrated Pest Management team has published three new videos on common tree diseases in Iowa.
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Pruning Landscape Trees
Landscape trees need proper care and management throughout their lives, and one of the most important tree management practices is pruning. When done properly, pruning can improve the health and structure of trees, and provide a safer environment for people, pets, and property. Pruning is more than just indiscriminately removing branches. Proper pruning includes knowing which branches to remove, when to do it, and how to minimize damage to the tree.
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What is Chinese Chestnut?
Chinese chestnut (Castanea mollissima) is a deciduous tree that produces edible nuts in September and October. This is a different species from the American chestnut that was decimated last century by a fungal canker blight that essentially eliminated it from the eastern U.S. forests. In Iowa Chinese chestnuts are grown more frequently in the southern half of the state.
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Late Summer Plantings
Seeds germinate fast when the soil is already nice and warm, which makes late summer a good time to rejuvenate lawns and plant fall vegetable crops of spinach, lettuce, peas and kale. Or plant a new tree.
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Select Cold Hardy Fruit Tree Cultivars
Several species of fruits can be grown successfully in Iowa for home use or commercial sales. However, because of our winter temperatures and local soil conditions, not all fruits or fruit cultivars (cultivated varieties) are adapted to all areas of the state. What works well?
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Late Spring Frost Having Impact on Animals this Fall
Nuts produced by trees and shrubs in short supply after killing frost last May. Birds including bluejays, ducks and wild turkeys, white-tailed deer, fox squirrels and many other creatures rely on hard mast from trees and shrubs to build up energy reserves for long winter days or fuel their migration to warmer climates.
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Harvesting Walnut
If you have trees on your acreage and are thinking of some selective harvest, this article has information on the process, including how harvesters value trees.
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Agroforestry on the Farm: Black Walnuts
This article is part of a series in perennial crops for an acreage and is reprinted with permission from Trees Forever. The entire guide features landowners interviewed to solicit feedback on their management practices, producution data, pricing information, critical issues to success and some tips for others that might be interested in getting started with a perennial crop.
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Agroforestry on the Farm: Chestnuts
Chestnuts are an agroforestry option for small acreages. Learn how one Iowa producer got started in chestnuts and what production practices worked well for him.
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