Gardening
The Penn State Agronomy Guide is designed for easy reading and quick reference.
The backyard composting program promotes the recycling and reuse of yard trimmings, leaves, grass, kitchen scraps and other organic materials.
A great resource for gardeners who are interested in indoor gardening, vegetable and herb plants, flowering annual and perennial garden plants and so much more.
A resource for people who wish to produce fruit on a small scale (one acre or less) and who are not legally licensed to use pesticides.
A multidisciplinary publication, PSU College of Ag Sciences, which is published monthly for the whole year.
The Pennsylvania Integrated Pest Management Program (PA IPM) is a collaboration between the PA Department of Agriculture and the Pennsylvania State University College of Agricultural Sciences (view the 1998 Memorandum of Understanding between PDA and PSU). The mission of this program is to promote effective pest management that results in the efficient protection of our food, fiber, health, home and industrial resources in a manner that is profitable, safe and environmentally compatible.
The Penn State University Master Gardener program was established to assist booth Cooperative Extension in reaching the consumer horticulture audience. The program provides interested individuals with extensive training in many phases of gardening. In return, participants dedicate volunteer time to teaching horticultural information based on university research and recommendations.
Common diseases of plants frequently grown in greenhouses, interiorscapes, and in outdoor landscapes and nurseries in the northeastern U.S.
Plum pox virus (PPV) was discovered for the first time in North America in 1999 in a peach orchard in Adams County, Pennsylvania. In Pennsylvania, peach, plum, nectarine, and apricot stone fruit and native and ornamental Prunus are susceptible to PPV, Strain D. In 2007 to 2009 analyses of PPV survey data showed that all quarantined areas met the three-year requirement of no new positives.
The gardens are living laboratories and garden classrooms for horticulture, plant pathology and entomology. Commercial visitors use the gardens to develop plant lists knowing that varieties have been fully tested in this climate and under standard cultural conditions. Others use the trials for photography, relaxation, inspiration or the simply selecting the best plants for their own gardens.
Weeds can be native or alien invasive plants that harm agricultural, disturbed, and natural ecosystems. Some people call weeds “plants out of place”, but to farmers, conservationists, land managers, and even homeowners, weeds can be extremely problematic.
