Drought

120 Kentucky Counties Eligible for FSA Emergency Loans

General

Your Virtual Garden Advisor
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The Weather, The Plants and ......Oh My Goodness.......
   Dr. Bill Fountain, Horticulture

Home Landscape
   Getting Drought and heat damaged Lawns Back in Shape
      By Laura Skillman
      Contact: A.J. Powell, Jr., 859-257-5606

   Landscape Plant Diseases Respond to 2007 Drought
    by Aimee Neilson
    Contact:  John Hartman,859-257-7445, ext. 80720

   Problems after the Easter Freeze and Summer Drought
   Tom Priddy, John Hartman, Lee Townsend, Doug McLaren

   Water Management in the Home Landscape
    Richard Durham and William Fountain, Extension
    Specialists in Horticulture

   Maintaining Kentucky Lawns During Summer Drought
     A. J. Powell, Jr., Plant and Soil Sciences

   Effects of Hot Dry Weather on More Insects and Their
Relatives
      Lee Townsend, Entomology

   Oak Bacterial Leaf Scorch Affected by Drought
      John Hartman, Plant Pathology

Fruit and Vegetables
   Effect of Drought on 2007 Wines
      Timothy Martinson and Ben Gavitt, Cornell University      
     Kentucky Vineyard Newsletter, October 1, 2007, S. Kaan
     Kurtural, Phd. Editor

   West Kentucky Growers Newsletter, July 2007
   Plant and Soil Water Relations 101
     John Strang, Horticulture

   Spider Mites in Vegetables in Hot Dry Weather
     Ric Bessin, Entomology

   Grape Powdery Mildew is a Threat Even in a Dry Year
     John Hartman, Plant Pathology

   Continuing Mite Problems in Vegetables
      Ric Bessin, Entomology

University of Kentucky Publications:
   Critical Periods for Drought Stress in Fruit Trees
    John Strang, Extension Specialist in Fruit and Vegetable
    Crops

LISTEN ON-LINE

Listen to the following consumer water use and conservation tips by clicking any of the titles below to access the full listing of consumer tips from the UK College of Agriculture.

Find the  year and date to listen.

Watering Now for Flowers Later-July 4, 2005
Saving Water and Energy-May 23, 2005
Using Recycled Water in the Landscape-May 2, 2005

Kentucky Emergency Disaster Education Network  (EDEN) Drought Site
   Drought:  Lawns, Gardens, and Other Horticulture
   Plants/Fruits

Information from UMass Extension's Landscape, Nursery and Urban Forestry Program
 

• Frequently Asked Questions
• 2001 Drought Effects on Trees
• Efficient Water Use on Outdoor Plantings
• Drought Stress, Its AfterEffects and Management Implications
• Encouraging Recuperation of Drought and Heat Stressed Turf