Newsletter sign-up – join one or both:
- Concho Valley Horticulture Update – Monthly e-newsletter on landscaping and gardening
- Pecan List – PNC pest alert and pecan show announcement – two emails per year
Currently Highlighted Resources:
Horticulture Information and Publications:
Vegetables
- Vegetable Planting Chart – by month
- Container Vegetable Gardening
- Urban Vegetable Gardening guide
- Harvesting and Handling Vegetables
- Collecting Vegetable Seeds – Hybrid Varieties
- Strawberry Growing Guide
- Controlling Insect and Mite Pests in Vegetable Gardens
- Collecting Vegetable seeds
Fruit and nuts
- Home Strawberry Production
- Recommended Fruits & Nut Varieties for Tom Green
- West Texas Pecan Management
- Controlling Insect and Mite Pests of Pecan Trees
- Controlling the Pecan Weevil
- Controlling the Pecan Nut Casebearer
Lawn
- Controlling Khakiweed
- Bermudagrass Management Guide
- St. Augustine Turf Management Guide
- Establishing Turfgrass
- Lawn Fertilization
- Take-All Root Rot of Lawns
- Chinch Bug Control
- Controlling White Grubs in the Lawn
- Pre-Emergence Herbicides for the Home Lawn
General Landscape
Pest Control
- Grasshoppers and Their Control – Extension Factsheet
- CityBugs Blog – Grasshopper Control
- DIY Backyard Mosquito Control – Extension Factsheet
- Mosquito Control Options
- Preventing Ticks
- Controlling Fleas
- Armyworms – Insects in the City blog
- Armyworms – AggieTurf
Water Conservation
Miscellaneous
- Bee Friendly Plants List
- Bee Removal Resources
- How to Make a Rain Barrel
- Dr. Bill Welch’s Summer 2020 Newsletter – Cut Flowers
- Collecting and Storing Wildflower Seeds
- Protecting Plants from Frosts and Freezes
Concho Valley Horticulture Update Newsletter Archive
Allison Watkins, County Extension Agent – Horticulture
About Us:
At Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, we are excited about the growing interest in home horticulture among Tom Green County residents!
To encourage local interest in environmental stewardship and home gardening, we offer a wide spectrum of literature and practical resources, host workshops and event throughout the Concho Valley area, and coordinate with the Concho Valley Master Gardener volunteer program.
Tom Green County’s Horticulture program holds free or low-cost seminars on gardening, landscaping and food preservation topics at various time throughout the year. These seminars help the public get more productivity and joy from their gardens, troubleshoot problems and develop environmentally sensitive gardening techniques.
Tom Green Horticulture works closely offering programs, workshops and seminars with the Master Gardeners, the People-Plant Connection, local schools and the City of San Angelo as well as Garden Clubs and other entities wanting in-depth horticultural programs.
Other Resources:
Texas Master Gardeners Association –
Concho Valley Master Gardeners –
