Mid-American Gardener

Peach Pruning and Early Spring Planting Guide

 

On this episode Tinisha Spain welcomes longtime horticulture specialist Chuck Voigt to talk peaches, planting guides, and those first garden tasks of the season. 

Peach trees are famously productive… when they feel like it. Chuck calls them the “heartbreakers” of the fruit tree family, especially in central and northern Illinois where winter hardiness and late freezes can sabotage flower buds. 
Plus more on growing onions, asparagus and clematis.  Later, Chuck considers penning a garden journal to take us through 365 days in the garden. 

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Air Dates and Times

Channel Day Time
WILL-TV, Urbana Thursday 7 pm (live)
  Saturday 11 am (repeat)
WTVP-TV, Peoria Saturday 11:30 am
WEIU-TV, Charleston Sunday 1:30 pm
WSEC-TV, Springfield Saturday 11 am
WQEC-TV, Quincy Saturday 11 am
WMEC-TV, Macomb Saturday 11 am
Lakeshore PBS, Chicago/Northwest Indiana Friday 1 pm

Featured Entry

Pruning Tips with Ryan Pankau

Spring has Sprung and you’re almost out of time to get that last minute pruning done before it’s too late for the season. Late winter, early Spring is prime time pruning season and to discuss this and learn all about the perfect technique we’ve brought in a local expert in forestry and a friend of our show through the University of Illinois Extension office, Ryan Pankau. 

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