On this week’s Good Growing podcast, we discuss the dry, hot weather we’ve been having recently. We discuss Illinois State Climatologist Trent Ford’s recent blog post on the Increased Risk of Drought Conditions in Illinois, providing water to our plants, how you can help monitor drought conditions in your area, and more! 

Watch us on YouTube:  https://youtu.be/RI4_daRf1O0

Skip to what you want to know:  
  00:25 – Welcome, Ken, how much have we been watering lately?
  02:00 – What has the weather been like and what does the future hold?
  03:12 – Trent Ford’s blog post (Increased Risk of Drought Conditions in Illinois)
    03:55 – Rainfall in Illinois the past 30 days
    04:30 – Multi-sensor Precipitation map (precent of normal rainfall)
    07:24 – Soil moisture levels
  08:10 – Why should we be concerned about dry, hot weather?
  11:30 – Watering the lawn, trees, and other plants and the benefits of mulching
  20:20 – Reporting weather conditions
    21:00 - National Drought Mitigation Center’s Condition Monitoring Observer Reporting (CMOR)
  26:00 – Wrap-up, thank you’s, what’s up next week, and goodbye! 

Check out Trent Ford’s blog post: https://stateclimatologist.web.illinois.edu/2023/05/23/increased-risk-of-drought-conditions-in-illinois/ 
The National Drought Mitigation Center’s Condition Monitoring Observer Reporting (CMOR): https://droughtimpacts.unl.edu/Tools/ConditionMonitoringObservations.aspx       
      

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Ep. 142 Dealing with dry weather and drought monitoring | #GoodGrowing

This week for the Good Growing podcast we have a gardenbite episode that dives into the basics of how to water your landscape and garden plants. While some may have built-in irrigation systems, many gardeners must reach for the hose to hand-water when times get dry, and right now times are VERY dry in central Illinois. Chris shows how to water and gives some great tips to know if you are irrigating enough or should be applying more water!

Watch on YouTube https://youtu.be/kUwhrFc0kkM

Stay up to date on drought conditions with the U.S. Drought Monitor website https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/ 

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Gardenbite - How to hand water your landscape plants |#GoodGrowing

On this week's Good Growing Podcast, Ken Johnson discusses fireflies. Learn about fireflies in Illinois, the threats to their populations, and how you can help conserve them in your own landscape.

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Gardenbite - Fireflies and tips on conserving them |#GoodGrowing

This week on the Good Growing podcast Chris tackles a question about how to hire a lawn care service when facing a list of services to choose from. How does a homeowner decide what is best for their lawn? Does the lawn care service match with university recommendations? Find out on this week’s podcast!

LawnTalk website https://web.extension.illinois.edu/lawntalk/index.cfm

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Gardenbite - Selecting a lawn care service | #GoodGrowing

After a few rounds of severe weather in Illinois, Chris chats about what to do with a storm-damaged tree and how to make your trees more resilient to future storms. 

Find a Certified Arborist https://www.treesaregood.org/findanarborist
Find your local Illinois Extension office https://extension.illinois.edu/global/where-we-serve

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Gardenbite - Dealing with Storm Damaged Trees | #GoodGrowing

On this week’s Good Growing podcast, we’re answering some of your questions that have come into our offices this summer. We discuss poison hemlock, aphids, Japanese beetles, green June beetles, galls on oaks, and more!

Watch us on YouTube:  https://youtu.be/AGe43Ff0eL0 

Skip to what you want to know:  
  00:25 – Welcome, Ken, vacation and pet spider
  05:45 – Should I avoid eating vegetables growing near poison hemlock?
  10:35 – There are red insects all over my tomatoes and sunflowers. What are they, and why are there so many?
  17:55 – What pesticides can be used to protect blackberries from Japanese beetles but not make the fruit toxic?
  24:35 – Why is my Christmas cactus wilted and shriveled? 
  27:25 – Large green beetles are flying around trees. What are they, will they kill my tree? Can I spray them?
  32:10 – There are galls on the branches of my oak tree. What can I do? 
  36:30 – Can I still treat my ash tree for emerald ash borer in the fall? 
  42:02- Wrap-up, thank you’s, what’s up next week, and goodbye!
  

Buckeye Yard & Garden onLine (BYGL) articles:
  Poison hemlock - https://bygl.osu.edu/node/1996 
  Aphids - https://bygl.osu.edu/node/2169 
      
How to identify and care for holiday cacti and get them to rebloom: https://extension.illinois.edu/blogs/good-growing/2022-12-09-how-identify-and-care-holiday-cacti-and-get-them-rebloom 

Insecticide Options for Protecting Ash Trees from Emerald Ash Borer: https://extension.entm.purdue.edu/EAB/PDF/NC-IPM.pdf 


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Ep. 143 Answering your summer garden questions | #GoodGrowing

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