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A child eats a watermelon. (Adobe Stock │ #660095202 - yanadjan)

Cantaloupe, watermelon, honeydew…oh my! When should you harvest melon?

Hand pollination flower with brush. (iStock │ #133833585 - DLeonis)

In the garden: Why is my crop not producing fruit?

Cracking of a tomato as a result of excess moisture, overheating of a vegetable or an overdose of fertilizers, on a bush close-up. Crop loss. Problems of agriculture, tomato disease. (iStock │ #1340725845 - Lyubov Kulikova)

Tomato cracking: is it preventable?

Watering a garden bed with watering can. (Adobe Stock │ #526862504 - Valerii Honcharuk)

How to brace the garden to resist heat stress

Tar spot on corn. (Photo by Mandy Bish.)

Tar Spot confirmed in Kansas cornfields for 2025

  • By Madeline Drake │ K-State Research and Extension news service
Prescribed burn in the Flint Hills of Kansas. (Photo courtesy of Kansas State University Research and Extension.)

Redmond takes a look at wildfire risk for High Plains 

Striped mosquito eating blood on human skin. (Adobe Stock │ #306185088 - witsawat)

Reduce mosquitoes by taking away their habitat

  • By Pat Melgares │ K-State Research and Extension news service