News From Hyde County Center

Turf & Ornamental Update 2025
Turf and Ornamental Update - Upcoming Pesticide Classes

Published - January 15, 2025

From: Beaufort County Center
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Pesticide Exam (Including Commodity Fumigation) in Ponzer - January 13

Published - December 19, 2024

Five green serrated leaves arranged left-to-right from largest to smallest on white background
Wait…Roundup Is No Longer Roundup?

Published - October 4, 2024

From: Beaufort County Center
Handmade Harvest Craft Expo

Published - October 3, 2024

Wreath
Wreath Sale

Published - September 23, 2024

Green agricultural fields with planted rows toward distant treeline under blue sky
Root Knot Nematodes and Southern Blight in Soybeans

Published - August 23, 2024

Beach shoreline with overlaid text "HELLO SUMMER" and NC Cooperative Extension logo
School's Out (Almost)...Now What?

Published - May 17, 2024

Hyde County 4-H Summer Fun Programs poster with photos of children and REGISTER NOW!!!
2024 Hyde County 4-H Summer Fun

Published - May 8, 2024

Grow Series Flyer 2024
What You Need to Know So You Can Grow

Published - February 8, 2024

From: Beaufort County Center
Taken at the Beaufort County Extension Center - The weed in the picture is Wild Garlic (not wild onion). Pre-emergent herbicides will not work on this weed, use a post-emergent such as those with the active ingredients metsulfuron, 2, 4-D, or metsulfuron+
What Should I Be Doing in My Yard Right Now?

Published - February 6, 2024

From: Beaufort County Center
Notice the prolific amount of thorns protruding from the stem. In-season these will be either green or red. This is the biggest symptom of the rose rosette virus. Gene Fox
What Happened to My Knock Out Roses?

Published - February 2, 2024

From: Beaufort County Center
Vine located at the Extension Office showing the single wire trellis system.These vines have been trimmed with hedge trimmers at harvest (this past summer) and will be pruned to the spurs in mid-February.
How Do I Prune My Scuppernong Grapes?

Published - January 23, 2024

From: Beaufort County Center
Rosemary growing in the Teaching Garden located at the Beaufort County Cooperative Extension. Gene Fox
Can You Recommend an Easy-to-Grow Herb Plant?

Published - January 17, 2024

From: Beaufort County Center
Registration Due Soon
2024 Hyde County 4-H Livestock Show and Sale

Published - January 5, 2024

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2024 Winter Production Meetings

Published - January 3, 2024

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How to Care for Your Poinsettia?

Published - December 28, 2023

From: Beaufort County Center
Washington's historic Leach House, owned by The Gerard's and decorated by The Acreage - Gene Fox
Ever-Greenery

Published - December 18, 2023

From: Beaufort County Center
As the sun sets on the swamp in Beaufort County. The Bald Cypress in the middle of this picture is home to a wood duck family every winter! - Gene Fox
What Do Cypress Trees Have to Do With Culpepper Virginia?

Published - December 8, 2023

From: Beaufort County Center
Pink Christmas cactus with blooms and buds in a pot on a windowsill
Thanksgiving or Christmas Cacti: What Is the Difference & How to Force Rebloom

Published - November 20, 2023

From: Beaufort County Center
Armillaria Root Rot on Arborvitae 'Green Giant'. Photo Credit: Beaufort County Resident Diane Ross
My Trees Are Turning Brown

Published - November 15, 2023

From: Beaufort County Center
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Frost, What to Do

Published - November 13, 2023

From: Beaufort County Center
USDA Forest Service - Southern Research Station , USDA Forest Service, SRS, Bugwood.org
Going Batty for Bat Week?

Published - October 31, 2023

From: Beaufort County Center
Notice the blueberry suckers in the middle (red arrow). These can be severed from the mother plant during the dormant season using a sharp shovel. Immediately replant suckers in a container or prepared bed and prune the top 1/3 of the whip to allow roots
Propagating Blueberry Bushes

Published - October 24, 2023

From: Beaufort County Center
2023 GROWING GARLIC AT HOME
Growing Garlic at Home - Free Class!

Published - October 24, 2023

From: Beaufort County Center
European Pear Bartlett
When Can You Eat Pears?

Published - October 20, 2023

From: Beaufort County Center
Blackland Bulletin, Hyde County Extension — "Nematodes: A Growing Issue in Hyde County"
Blackland Bulletin Fall 2023 Newsletter

Published - October 17, 2023

The photo is my daughter, Willa Grace, standing in the Pumpkin House at Stokes Family Farm in Greenville, NC. Photo Credit: Kayla Fox
How to Pick and Keep the Perfect Pumpkin!

Published - October 10, 2023

From: Beaufort County Center
Pomegranate fruit hiding among the foliage. Karan A. Rawlins, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org
Have You Ever Had a Pomegranate Martini?

Published - October 4, 2023

From: Beaufort County Center
Crepe Murder! This is not a good practice, but if you must do it, wait until February so the branches do not split from the cold.
Two Myths That Should Go Down With Fall

Published - September 27, 2023

From: Beaufort County Center
Gray Garden Slug found beneath a rotten planter. Slugs like to hide during the day under leaves, wood, or even mulch. Cheryl Moorehead, Bugwood.org
Got Slugs?

Published - September 18, 2023

From: Beaufort County Center
I took the photo in our teaching garden here at the Beaufort County Center. This is an older vine (I presume the cultivar to be a superior) in which I have regrown and trained the cordons on to teach how this is done to gardeners in the area.
Muscadine or Scuppernong Grapes

Published - September 11, 2023

From: Beaufort County Center
NC State University's Factsheet on Glyphosate Alternatives. https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/are-there-alternatives-to-glyphosate-for-weed-control-in-landscapes
Glyphosate Aka Roundup Fact or Fiction?

Published - September 5, 2023

From: Beaufort County Center
Karen Thomas took this picture last week of our poor defoliated peach tree. Karen is a certified Extension Master Gardener Volunteer from our most recent class in 2022.
Even When You Do It All the Right Way...

Published - August 28, 2023

From: Beaufort County Center
Hammerhead Worm (Bipalium kewense) Picture from Matt Bertone NCSU
Aliens Among Us?

Published - August 21, 2023

From: Beaufort County Center
The Angel Oak's massive branches reach nearly 100 feet from the trunk of the tree. Photo: Charlotte Fox
The Angel Oak

Published - August 16, 2023

From: Beaufort County Center
Great picture of the Azalea Caterpillar
Azalea Caterpillars or Labor Day Worms?

Published - August 8, 2023

From: Beaufort County Center
Five pecan shells, one split open showing a cream-colored caterpillar-like larva inside
Every Year I Have These Holes in My Pecans

Published - July 31, 2023

From: Beaufort County Center
Deadly Nightshade
Gardener Beware

Published - July 10, 2023

From: Beaufort County Center
Various Herbicides
There's an "Icide" for That!

Published - July 7, 2023

From: Beaufort County Center
Swallowtail Butterfly sipping nectar from a butterfly bush. (Picture by Jim Lawerence CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Native & Non-native Plants Help Pollinators In Your Garden

Published - June 27, 2023

From: Beaufort County Center
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