CCE of Genesee County - Gardening

Contact the Master Gardeners

Consumers can call (585) 343-3040 ext. 127 or visit the Master Gardener Office at the Extension Center to get assistace from a Master Gardener. Master Gardeners are in the office Monday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. They may also be reached via e-mail at: geneseemg@hotmail.com.

Consumers are encouraged to bring plant or insect samples in to the office to help the Master Gardeners better diagnose their problems.

Messages can be left at any time for the Master Gardeners to answer. Please leave your name, address and phone number so the Master Gardeners can respond to your question.

Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD)

SWD Factsheets

HowdolmangeSWDinmygarden.pdf
Manage SWD in the garden

Lists approved insecticides in NYS.

Cornell University

How do I manage Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD) in my garden?

SWD Home Factsheet 2013 NC.pdf
SWD Home Factsheet
North Carolina University
SWD damage.pdf
Fruit Damage
Recognize Fruit Damage from Spotted Wing

Drosophila
(SWD)

swd IPM fact sheet.pdf
IPM SWD Factsheet
NYS IPM

YardWorks Contest

yardworks_presentation.pdf
Yardworks Presentation
Find out what YardWorks is all about.
handout.pdf
Poster
Share with your neighbors to get them involved!

2013 Buy Local Brochure

2013 Buy Local Brochure.pdf

Impatiens Downy Mildew

Alternative-Shade-Plants-S.pdf
Great Annuals for Shade
Suffolk Co trifold brochure
Replacements-for-Impatiens-walleriana.pdf
Replacements for Impatiens

This is a large file! Color pictures of plants to use instead of impatiens.

Michigan State University

Alternatives-to-Garden-Impatiens.pdf
Alternatives to Impatiens
Ideas for plants to use this year if you don't want to chance impatiens.
Impatiens-Downy-mildew.pdf
Impatiens downy mildew

Disease threatens Impatiens

CCE Suffolk County

E-GRO_2_06.pdf
Impatiens Downy Mildew - A Review

e-Gro Alert, CCE Suffolk Co.

Geared for greenhouse growers of impatiens

DM-landscape.pdf
Impatiens Downy Mildew in the Landscape
CCE Suffolk Co factsheet for landscapers

Plant Hardiness

Plant Hardiness Zone Map

Adult Bed Bug

Home Composting

compost brochure.pdf
Home Composting Brochure
Cornell Coop Extension
home_composting.pdf
Home Composting Fact Sheet
Penn State
compost DEC.pdf
Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Composting
NYS DEC
Winter Composting.pdf
Winter Composting
Tompkins County CCE
nuisance control in compost.pdf
Nuisance Control in Compost
Cornell Waste Management Institute

Container Gardening

Successful Container Gardens
Vegetable Gardening in Containers

House Plants

Caring for Houseplants

University of Missouri

Houseplants

University of Illinois

Insect Pests of Houseplants

Giant Hogweed

DEC Giant Hogweed
Giant Hogweed and Look-alikes
USDA Brochure

Late Blight Information

June 5 late blight.pdf
Late Blight MG Article
June 5, 2012 Master Gardener Article
Trifold_late_blight_Generic.pdf
USAblight.org Brochure
2012 new brochure for home gardeners
lateblight.pdf
Late Blight Cornell Univ
updated 4/11
late blight home fact sheet - homeowners.pdf
Late Blight Fact Sheet for Homeowners
Identification, Treatments, What to do for next year
Late Blight FAQ.pdf
Late Blight FAQ
Dr. Meg MacGrath, Cornell University, answers your questions about late blight.
Late Blight FAQ Fact Sheet.pdf
Late Blight FAQ Fact Sheet
Master Gardener
Safe for canning Penn State.pdf
Are they Safe for Canning?

Luke F. Laborde; Penn State Dept of Food Science

Tomatoes & potatoes UW Ext.pdf
Tomatoes & Potatoes Infected with LB

Article by Barbara Ingham, Univ of Wisconsin

Are they safe to eat?

Late Blight of Potato & Tomato.pdf
Late Blight of Potato & Tomato
Fact sheet from Ohio State
Late blight alert for gardeners.pdf

Prepare for Late Blight in 2010.pdf

Late Blight on Potato

Late Blight on Tomato

Tomato Problems

Blossom-end Rot
Cornell Fact Sheets
Diagnostic Key
Diseases & Disorders
Late Blight IPM
Pictures of Tomato Diseases
Tomato Problem Solver
Tomato Problems

Lawn Care

Cornell Turfgrass
Growing Green Lawns

IPM Lawn Advice

Healthy Lawns Clean Water
Lawn Care Basics

Cornell University Dept of Horticulture

Lawn Talk

University of Illinois Extension

NYS IPM Grub Control

Vegetable Gardening

Composting
Cornell University
Cucurbit Downy Mildew Forecast Homepage
Food Preservation - OSU
Late Blight Alerts

Welcome to USA blight, a new national website that will act as an information portal on late blight. You can report disease occurrences, submit a sample online, observe disease occurrence maps, and sign up for text disease alerts. There are also useful links to a decision support system, and information about identification and management of the disease.

Late Blight Photos
Safety of Garden Produce
Seed Savers Exchange
SNAP Gardens

Households can use SNAP benefits (Food Stamps) to buy seeds and plants which produce food for the household to eat.

Vegetable Gardening Basics
Vegetable Gardening in Containers
Vegetable MD Online
Vegetable Varieties

Pest Management

Ornamental Pests

Diagnosing Pests of Woody Ornamental Plants

EPA IPM
Safety Using Foggers

Drought Resources

Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN): http://eden.lsu.edu/Topics/Hazards/Drought/Pages/default.aspx

eXtension: http://www.extension.org/pages/64730/drought-resources-content

U.S. Drought Monitor: http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/monitor.html

Consumer Horticulture Program

Extension's Consumer Horticulture Education program teaches Genesee County residents about the science and art of gardening. Creative workshops and educational classes, along with newspaper articles and Extension publications, provide garden enthusiasts with science-based information and helpful tips that will keep their gardens healthy and beautiful all season long.

The Master Gardener Program is a key component of the Consumer Horticulture Program at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Genesee County. Master Gardeners are trained volunteers with an interest in horticulture, who assist in developing and delivering educational programming to Genesee County residents. They assist homeowners by answering questions regarding landscaping, houseplants, beneficial and harmful insects, diseases, wildlife management, integrated pest management, soils, and much more.

"Tracking the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug" Videos

Resource from stopbmsb.org: "'Tracking the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug' shows growers and others how to identify BMSB, why this pest is important in agriculture, and what’s at stake if we don’t stop it. A team of 50 scientists is working toward sustainable solutions, and our outreach team is producing this video series to showcase the group’s work."

http://www.stopbmsb.org/video

Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD)

SWD is an introduced pest from East Asia. The crops at highest risk for infestation by spotted wing drosophila (SWD) include fall raspberries, blackberries and blueberries. Cherries, both tart and sweet, elderberries and peaches are also susceptible. Thin-skinned grapes can be infested directly, though cracked or damaged berries are more susceptible. Early season June-bearing strawberries may escape injury, but late summer fruit or day-neutral varieties may suffer damage.

Guidelines for farmers to protect berry crops from spotted wing drosophila were recently published in the NY Berry News. The article, Chemical Control of Spotted Wing Drosophila in Berry Crops, by Loeb et al., outlines key approaches for getting the best results from sprays aimed at protecting berries from SWD infestation. To help home gardeners battle SWD, a fact sheet has been developed, How do I manage Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD) in my garden?

Get the latest information from the NYS IPM Program. http://blogs.cornell.edu/swd1/

There are several websites now dedicated to SWD biology and management in both the eastern and western US. The Cornell Fruit Resources website offers information on SWD monitoring and management for NYS: http://www.fruit.cornell.edu/spottedwing/.

Learn how to identify it. Oregon State Extension has a video posted on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxHhMRh9gnI

Scientists at Cornell University have set traps in NY to monitor for SWD. As of June 7, 2013 no SWD have been found in any traps. They are posting data directly into a NY distribution map that is linked on Cornell Fruit Resources (http://www.fruit.cornell.edu/spottedwing/dist.html) and the NYS IPM (http://nysipm.cornell.edu/invasives_exotics/swd/swd.asp) websites.

YardWorks Contest

Neighbors Join Forces to Create Bird-Friendly Yards

Ithaca – An area the size of West Virginia is converted to residential use each decade, leaving less habitat to support wildlife. But many people use their yards to help birds and other wildlife by setting up feeders, building nest boxes, or putting in special plants. With that in mind, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's YardMap project (http://content.yardmap.org/), in partnership with the Cornell University Department of Landscape Architecture, is hosting a unique contest. Groups of neighbors across New York State are invited to work together to build larger networks of bird-friendly habitat.

YardMap is a free, year-round citizen-science project focused on building bird habitat. Individuals sign up for YardMap and create a basic map of their yard using easy "point and click" online tools. The goal of the contest is to gather other neighbors to join YardMap and map their properties then enter the contest as a neighborhood group.

Contest winners will receive free landscape design advice from the Cornell Department of Landscape Architecture. A student-professor team from the Cornell YardWorks Studio led by Cornell Landscape Architecture Assistant Professor Josh Cerra will work with the winning neighborhood groups to develop a habitat enhancement plan that coordinates the efforts of all participating landowners. Winners will receive schematic designs that lay out concepts for habitat enhancement in each individual yard and include planting advice, plant lists, and illustrative landscape designs. http://yardworks.yardmap.org/

Winners will be selected based on the number of maps that neighborhoods can generate, and their proximity to one another. Participants don't have to be bird experts. For additional contest information, visit yardworks.yardmap.org. The deadline for entries is June 25, 2013.

"One important step we can take is to think a little bigger than our own backyard by working with neighbors across property boundaries to create larger areas of habitat," says Cerra. "This is not a common practice, and that is where expert help, like the design and planning exercises we are offering as a prize for this contest, can come in handy."

Citizen Science

Beetle Busters

The Asian longhorned beetle is killing our trees. We need your help to stop it. Learn the signs. Look for it. Report it. And never move firewood. It’s that simple — simple as black and white.

Citizen Science Central

Look for Citizen Science projects through this Cornell Univeristy site.

Feeder Watch

Watch and record birds at your backyard feeder this winter.

Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Great Backyard Bird Count

The Great Backyard Bird Count is an annual four-day event that engages bird watchers of all ages in counting birds to create a real-time snapshot of where the birds are across the continent.

Lab of Ornithology Projects

A listing of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology citizen science projects.

Lost Lady Bug Project

Look for ladybugs

Nest Cams

CamClickr, a year-round citizen science project carried out completely online that allows cam viewers to "tag" and classify breeding behaviors from our archived images. CamClickr will help us answer questions that can only be answered using the cams while providing scientists with a tool to search and sort images once they are tagged. It's fun, easy, and promises to change the way you think about breeding behavior! Try it for yourself and see if you can become the top CamClickr!

Science for Citizens

If you're a citizen: This is the place to find out about, take part in, and contribute to science through recreational activities and research projects.

Viburnum Leaf Beetle

Help gather information that researchers can use to help stop the spread of this pest, reduce the damage it causes, and help us all be better prepared for future invasions by exotic pests.

Yard Map

Launching Soon -

Mapping project about habitat creation and low-impact land use

Emerald Ash Borer

For information on the Emerald Ash Borer go to our web page at http://geneseebuylocal.shutterfly.com/emeraldashborer.

Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) University

A series of FREE online webinars that are focused on topics such as recent research on EAB and other invasive pests and diseases (such as hemlock wooly adelgid, thousand cankers, Asian longhorned beetle & viburnum leaf beetle), what homeowners need to know to recognize and manage EAB, preparing municipalities for EAB, and many other useful and interesting subjects. The EAB webinars are being updated so that participants will have the latest information. It is funded by the USDA Forest Service.

For the webinar schedule or to view past webinars go to http://emeraldashborer.info/eab_university.cfm.

Resources

water tips for drought.pdf
Watering Tips for Drought Conditions
Univ Maryland factsheet
water new trees.pdf
Watering Newly Planted and Young Trees

water estb trees.pdf
Watering Established Trees and Shrubs

bed-bug-guide.pdf
Bed Bug Guide
NYC Dept Health
right_perennial.pdf
Right Perennial in the Right Place

Try one of these under used plants in your garden.

Bat_factsheet Cornell.pdf
Bat Factsheet
Cornell University
Downy mildew colored.pdf
Downy Mildew in Cucurbits
Ohio State Fact Sheet - color photos
Downy Mildew Cucurbits.pdf
Downy Mildew Cucumbers
List of some resisitant varieties of cukes to DM
diagnosing_turfgrass_problems.pdf
Diagnosing Turfgrass Problems

Needle Cast on Spruce Ohio State.pdf
Needle Cast on Spruce Trees
Ohio State Factsheet
Giant Hogweed 2012.pdf
Giant Hogweed 2012 program
Info from the DEC and Hotline number
Giant Hogweed Control DEC.pdf
Giant Hogweed Control Methods
DEC recommendations
Hogweed_Brochure.pdf
Giant Hogweed Brochure
USDA brochure - compare with similar plants
hogweed Ohio factsheet.pdf
Giant Hogweed Factsheet
Ohio State
lily_leaf_beetle Conn.pdf

lily_leaf_beetle UMass.pdf

Winter storage geraniums etc.pdf
Winter Storage of Geranium, Cana, etc.

Winter Storage of Geranium, Canna, Gladiolus, Caladium, and Begonia

Pudue University

windowsill herb garden.pdf
How to Start a Windowsill Herb Garden

growing_herbs_indoors.pdf
Growing Herbs Indoors
Penn State
Care of Flowering Gift Plants.pdf
Care of Flowering Gift Plants
Univ of New Hampshire - 11 pages
landscape plants rated by deer resistance.pdf
Landscape plants rated by deer resistance

Monarch Butterfly

The Monarch Butterfly in North America
Monarch Watch
Monarch Butterfly Lifecycle
Waystation requirements

Frost Damage

Extend the Season.pdf
Extend the Season
Protect your plantings from frost.
strfrostprotect.pdf
Frost Protection in Strawberries
Cornell University
FrostsandFreezes.pdf
Frosts and Freezes

nybn1103b.pdf
NY Berry News Special Frost Protection Edition

frost.pdf
Understanding Frost

Christmas Trees, etc

Care for your Tree
Christmas Cactus Care
Christmas Tree Care
Christmas Tree Farmers NY
Christmas Trees & More
Living with Holiday Plants
National Christmas Tree Association
Selecting your Christmas Tree
The Poinsettia Page

Bed Bugs

If you suspect that you have bed bugs in your home, contact the Health Department first. The Health Dept. is located at County Building 2, 3837 West Main St., Batavia. Insect samples should be put in a clear sandwich bag and then in another sealed bag or in a clear bag and then in a jar. Place them in the freezer for 3 days.

Please do not bring live samples into the Master Gardener office.