Resources
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| Growing Vegetables: Managing Blossom End-Rot [fact sheet] Blossom-end rot (BER) is a disorder that commonly affects tomato, pepper and squash. Symptoms are caused by the death of a group of cells in the…
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Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens, Yard & Garden | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
| Growing Vegetables: Tomatoes [fact sheet] Tomatoes are one of the most popular crops among home gardeners, and with good reason: not only are tomatoes delicious and versatile, they are…
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Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens, Yard & Garden | 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.
You must first, determine the last…
Location: Education Center at Goffstown |
Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens, Yard & Garden | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
| Growing Woody Cut Branch Crops [fact sheet] Introduction
Cut branch crops are shrubs from which branches are harvested for their unique shape, color, flowers or fruit and used as…
Location: Durham Campus |
Greenhouse, Nursery & Garden Centers, Agriculture & Gardens, Landscape Installation & Maintenance | Agriculture & Gardens | Fact Sheet | |
| Grub Control [video] In this video, Extension field specialist Margaret Hagen describes controlling grubs in your home lawn. Read a full video transcript below. …
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Landscape Installation & Maintenance, Agriculture & Gardens, Yard & Garden | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
| Guide to Using Wood Ash as an Agricultural Soil Amendment Introduction
Wood ash has a long history of use in New England. Our Yankee ancestors used wood ash to make lye for soaps, to clean glass, silver…
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Soil Testing Services, Agriculture & Gardens | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
| Guidelines for Collecting and Submitting Plant Material to the Plant Diagnostic Lab Step by step instructions for submitting a sample to the Plant Diagnostic Lab.
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Plant Disease & Diagnosis Services, Agriculture & Gardens | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
| Guidelines for Using Animal Manures and Manure-Based Composts in the Garden [fact sheet] Animal manures and animal manure-based composts are rich in plant nutrients such as Nitrogen (N), Phosphorous (P) and Potassium (K) and provide…
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Soil Testing Services, Agriculture & Gardens, Yard & Garden | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
| Gypsy Moth [fact sheet] The gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar) is an important defoliating insect of hardwoods in New Hampshire. A native of Europe and Asia, the gypsy moth was…
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Pesticide Safety Education, Agriculture & Gardens, Forest & Trees, Natural Resources | Agriculture & Gardens, Natural Resources | ||
| Hairy Chinch Bug [fact sheet] Hairy chinch bugs, (Blissus leucopterus), are probably the most destructive pest of home lawns. The adults are small (1/16" long), black with…
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Pesticide Safety Education, Agriculture & Gardens | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
| Hay Quality Many livestock species use forages as their primary source of nutrition. Therefore, it is important to provide animals with the best quality forage…
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Dairy, Livestock & Forage Crops, Agriculture & Gardens | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
| Haymaking Haymaking combines science and art. Old timers knew just the right feel of hay before it was ready to put into the barn. It’s hard to quantify that…
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Dairy, Livestock & Forage Crops, Agriculture & Gardens | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
| Hiring a Farm Employee in New Hampshire: Tax and Paperwork Checklist Introduction
Hiring a farm employee is an exciting moment. It means the farm is getting large enough and stable enough to take on additional help…
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Agricultural Business Management, Agriculture & Gardens | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
| Hornworms on Tomatoes in New Hampshire [fact sheet] We have two species of hornworms that feed on tomato foliage (occasionally the fruit) in New Hampshire. The most common by far is the tobacco…
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Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens, Integrated Pest Management (IPM), Yard & Garden | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
| House Fly [fact sheet] The house fly, Musca domestica, is a familiar insect pest. It is of economic importance because it can transmit disease-causing organisms, such as…
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Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens, Pesticide Safety Education | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
| Housing and Space Guidelines for Livestock As New Hampshire becomes more urban, the potential for conflict between the farming and non-farming communities increases. By using *best management…
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Dairy, Livestock & Forage Crops, Agriculture & Gardens, Yard & Garden | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
| How Do I Build a Rain Garden? [video] The video below shows the steps involved in installing a small residential rain garden. It was produced by the NH Dept. of Environmental Services…
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Landscape Installation & Maintenance, Agriculture & Gardens, Yard & Garden | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
| How Insecticides Work [fact sheet] The variety of insecticides available today is much greater than it was 20 years ago. It includes some made from bacteria, insect-killing fungi or…
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Fruit & Vegetable Crops, Agriculture & Gardens, Pesticide Safety Education | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
| How is your garden center going to do business this spring? [tip sheet] New Hampshire’s Governor Chris Sununu has listed “Nurseries, greenhouses, garden centers, and agriculture supply stores” as “essential services” in…
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Greenhouse, Nursery & Garden Centers, Agriculture & Gardens | Agriculture & Gardens | ||
| How to site a greenhouse to receive the most sun Many factors go into proper site selection for a greenhouse, such as slope, access and proximity to utilities. An important factor is how much…
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Greenhouse, Nursery & Garden Centers, Agriculture & Gardens | Agriculture & Gardens |
