Agriculture & Gardens
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Growing Fruits: Growing Pears in the Home Orchard [fact sheet]
Pears will grow well in all but the coldest areas of New Hampshire. Popular varieties such as Bartlett and Bosc are reasonably winter hardy where temp...
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Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens, Yard & Garden | Agriculture & Gardens | |
Beetles on Ornamental Plants [fact sheet]
In late spring and early summer, there are several species of adult beetles in the home landscapes of New Hampshire, attacking prized ornamental trees...
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Landscape Installation & Maintenance, Agriculture & Gardens | Agriculture & Gardens | |
Colorado Potato Beetle [fact sheet]
The Colorado Potato Beetle (CPB) preferred the potato to its host weed and has spread to become a serious pest throughout the US and Eastern Canada. T...
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Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens, Integrated Pest Management (IPM), Insect Identification Services, Pesticide Safety Education | Agriculture & Gardens | |
Codling Moth [fact sheet]
Once thought of as the most destructive insect pest on apples, this European native now exists wherever apples are grown in the U.S. Since the introdu...
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Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens, Integrated Pest Management (IPM) | Agriculture & Gardens | |
Tarnished Plant Bug [fact sheet]
Among the several species of plant bugs that invade New Hampshire fruit, vegetable, and ornamental crops, the one that does the most damage is the tar...
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Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens, Pesticide Safety Education, Yard & Garden | Agriculture & Gardens | |
Greenhouse Aphids [fact sheet]
Aphids (plant lice) are the most common pest in New Hampshire greenhouses. Varying in size, color, and numbers, New Hampshire growers are constantly f...
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Greenhouse, Nursery & Garden Centers, Agriculture & Gardens, Pesticide Safety Education | Agriculture & Gardens | |
Redbanded Leafroller [fact sheet]
The redbanded leafroller (Argyrotaenia velutinana) became an important apple pest after the introduction of DDT to control codling moths in the late 1...
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Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens, Integrated Pest Management (IPM) | Agriculture & Gardens | |
Growing Vegetables: When to Plant Your Vegetable Garden [fact sheet]
The information below, and in a printable table, will help you to determine the best time to start your seeds.<br />
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You must first, determin...
Location: Education Center at Goffstown
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Agriculture & Gardens, Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Yard & Garden | Agriculture & Gardens | |
Raising Broilers
Broilers are hybrid chickens bred for fast growth and finish. Typically raised to about 5 pounds, they are usually processed between 7 and 9 weeks of ...
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Agriculture & Gardens, Dairy, Livestock & Forage Crops, Yard & Garden | Agriculture & Gardens | |
Peach Tree Borers in New Hampshire [fact sheet]
We have two species of borers that attack trunks or branches of peach trees in New Hampshire. The most destructive (and larger of the two) is the peac...
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Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens, Integrated Pest Management (IPM) | Agriculture & Gardens |