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IDM update; diploid tip blight; new thoughts on invasives

by Jane Milliman on October 27, 2014

Good morning! We are going to press UGJ Holiday issue (it is hoped); let me know if you want to squeeze in an ad. —Jane Monroe County’s Cornell Cooperative Extension will vacate its digs and move to a renovated farm house in Seneca Park, near the zoo. No one wants to see CCE leave 249 Highland Ave., but […]

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EAB finds another victim, Bioswales galore, more.

by Jane Milliman on October 17, 2014

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Scotts keeps on growing; Armed drug cops seize okra; more

by Jane Milliman on October 9, 2014

Good morning! Here in Victor it has been a beautiful, breezy, fall week. I hope yours was as lovely. —Jane Scotts Miracle-Gro has acquired Fafard and Brothers Ltd., the Canadian growing medium business behind such cult favorites as Fafard 52 Mix. (Ok, there’s one person in the cult, and it’s me.) It will be interesting […]

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Spring Trials Coverage; Hellebores; Sales Pitch

by Jane Milliman on April 11, 2014

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Miller Nurseries OOB; Matt Smith honored; Gadgets

by Jane Milliman on September 13, 2013

Good morning! Took last week “off” as it is darned near impossible to work on the computer and drive at the same time. There’s a lot to catch up on. The September-October UGJ is available to read online. Canandaigua’s Miller Nurseries is going out of business. The rumor is it’s been sold to Stark Brothers. […]

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I said “Tuesday.” I didn’t say what time Tuesday. On to the news! Two Inches for Tulips A new study out of Cornell suggests that, for optimum flowering and perennialization (if the varieties in question go that way), tulips should only be planted with the tips two inches below the surface, contrary to conventional wisdom. […]

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