Can bermudagrass be controlled, or is it forever? America’s Favorite Retired College Horticulture Professor, Debbie Flower, has tips for converting a bermudagrass turf area into another lawn type or to control it to the point you can use that area to expand your garden. 

Organic advocate Steve Zien tells us how plants communicate to get the nutrients they need and to ward off invading pests. And, he talks about using compost tea for increasing the good guys in your soil biology. 

Also, we get a Quick Tip about a very necessary, but psychologically difficult garden task: removing excess fruit from your deciduous fruit trees in mid-Spring.

We’re podcasting from Barking Dog Studios here in the beautiful Abutilon Jungle in Suburban Purgatory. It’s the Garden Basics with Farmer Fred podcast, brought to you today by Smart Pots. And we will do it all in under 30 minutes. Let’s go!

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Bermudagrass Lawn Solarization

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Farmer Fred Rant: Solarizing a Bermudagrass Lawn
Turflon Ester for Bermudagrass Control (Read the Label)
Nematode-trapping fungi video
Peaceful Valley Farm Supply: Commercial compost aerator
Amazon: More compost aeration equipment
Growing Solutions: Compost Tea supplies
Truth about Compost Tea, from VA Cooperative Extension
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