Plant Problem Diagnosis - Submission Forms Soil Testing - Submission Forms
Insect & Plant Identification - Submission Forms Publication Order Forms
Tick Identification - Submission Forms

Weather - Current Growing Degree Days,
Precipitation & Evapotranspiration Rates


 
General Gardening Information Annual and Perennial Flowers and Bulbs
Organic Gardening - Compost - Mulch Small Fruit
Vegetable Gardening Small Fruit Pests
Vegetable Diseases Tree Fruit Growing
Vegetable Insects Tree Fruit Insect Pests
Lawn Care Tree Fruit Dieases
Lawn Pest Control Indoor/Outdoor Insect Pests
Tree/Shrub/Groundcover/Vine Selection Tick Biology and Control
Tree and Shrub Maintenance Small Animal Pests
Tree and Shrub Insect Pests Indoor Plant Care
Tree and Shrub Diseases Christmas Trees
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Poisonous Plants

 

Plant Problem Diagnosis - Submission Forms (Includes instructions for submitting samples)

Herbaceous Plants (Flowers) & Ornamental Grass Problem - Submission Form
Indoor Plant Problem - Submission Form
Lawn Problem - Submission Form
Tree, Shrub, Vine, Groundcover Problem - Submission Form
Tree Fruit & Small Fruit Problem - Submission Form
Vegetable Problem - Submission Form

Insect & Plant Identification - Submission Forms (Includes instructions for submitting samples)

Insect Identification - Submission Form
Plant Identification - Submission Form

Tick Identification - Submission Forms (Includes instructions for submitting samples)

Tick Identification - Submission Form

Soil Testing - Submission Forms (Includes instructions for submitting samples)

Soil pH & Soluble Salt Testing (Homeowners/Homegardeners) - Submission Form
Soil pH & Soluble Salt Testing (Commercial Horticulture - landscapers, arborist, etc.) - Submission Form

Soil pH & Soluble Salt Testing (Commercial Agriculture Growers) - Submission Form


Soil Nutrient Test Instructions (Nutrient Test)

Cornell Waste Management Institute - Soil Quality/Testing (Information on soil contaminants)

Publication Order Forms

Horticulture Publications Order Form
Cornell Cooperative Extension Publications Order Form (Pest Management Guidelines, Pesticide Certification Manuals, etc.)
The Cornell Book of Herbs & Edible Flowers (The Perfect Gift For The Gardening Enthusiast)

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General Gardening Information

Coldframes and Hotbeds
Liming Acid Soils
Starting Seeds Indoors
Trickle Irrigation for Home Gardens
The Culture and Use of Ornamental Gourds
Understanding the Pesticide Label

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Organic Gardening - Compost - Mulch

Natural Enemies: Nature's Pest Control
Alternative Pesticide Fact Sheet Series - Cornell University Landscape Horticulture PWT
Choosing a Compost System
A Guide to Nutrient Value of Organic Materials
Insect Traps and Barriers
Companion Planting
Types and Uses of Mulch in the Landscape
New York State Compost Facility Map - A link to finding compost

Cornell Waste Management Institute

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Vegetable Gardening

The Cornell Book of Herbs & Edible Flowers (The Perfect Gift For The Gardening Enthusiast)
Salmonellosis Outbreak In Certain Types of Tomatoes
The Home Vegetable Garden
Fertilizing Home Flower/Vegetable Gardens
Growing Potatoes in the Home Garden
Growing Tomatoes on Long Island
Growing Vegetables in Containers
How to Save Vegetable Seeds
Oriental Vegetables for Fall Harvest
Selected List of Vegetable Varieties for Home Garden Use in New York State - 2009
Special Salads from Your Garden
The Out-of-the-Ordinary Vegetables: Miniature Vegetables
Three Less Common Vegetables (Rhubarb, Shallots and Horseradish)
Using Average Freeze Dates For Starting Vegetable Seeds
Using Home-Grown Herbs with Your Vegetables
Vegetable Harvest and Storage
Vegetable Planting Times - Guidelines for Long Island

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Vegetable Diseases

Blossom-end Rot on Tomatoes
Early Blight and Septoria Leaf Spot of Tomatoes
Late Blight A Serious Disease of Potatoes and Tomatoes
Minimizing Vegetable Diseases
Fusarium and Verticillium Wilts on Tomatoes
Troubleshooting in the Home Vegetable Garden

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Vegetable Insects

Aphids
Cabbage Maggots
Colorado Potato Beetle
Cutworms
Imported Cabbage Worm
Managing Insect Pests in the Home Vegetable Garden
Mexican Bean Beetle
Onion Maggot
Spinach Leafminer
Squash Vine Borer
Whiteflies

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Lawn Care

A Local Law To Reduce Nitrogen Pollution By Reducing Use Of Fertilizer In Suffolk County
Just Mow It: A Guide to Grass Recycling

Lawn Care Without Pesticides
The Homeowner's Lawn Care and Water Quality Almanac

Repetitive Overseeding - Increase Your Lawn Density

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Lawn Pest Control

Brown Patch On Turfgrass
Control of Broadleaf Lawn Weeds

Crabgrass Control
Dollar Spot on Turfgrass
Dreschlera Leafspot
Lawn Insects
Moss Growth in Lawns
Necrotic Ringspot on Turfgrass
Yellow Nutsedge in Turfgrass
Pythium Blight and Root Rot on Turfgrass
Red Thread on Turfgrass
Rust on Turfgrass
Summer Patch on Turfgrass
Stripe Smut on Turfgrass

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Tree/Shrub/Groundcover/Vine Selection

Woody Plant Database - Cornell University
Crabapples For The Home Landscape
Flowering Vines for Long Island: Indoor & Outdoors
Pest Resistant Hedges and Screens for Privacy
Dwarf Conifers for Landscapes
Rhodendrons for Long Island Gardens
Recommended Urban Trees - A guide to tree selection, site assessment and planting
Trees and Shrubs for Moist to Wet Soils

Woody Plants for Shady Places
Deciduous Woody Groundcovers - Cornell University Urban Horticulture Institute
Groundcovers (Perennials, Fescues, and Other Grasses/Forbs) - Cornell University Landscape Hort. PWT - Groundcovers
Weed-Suppressive Groundcovers

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Tree and Shrub Maintenance

Culture of Garden Roses
Homeowners Guide for Beautiful, Safe and Healthy Trees
How to Correctly Prune a Tree
How to Plant Trees and Shrubs
Creating the Urban Forest: The Bare Root Method (Planting trees bare root)
Planting and After-Care of Container Grown Plants

Pruning Hydrangea

Cornell Guide to Planting and Maintaining Trees and Shrubs
Illustrated Guide to Pruning Trees and Shrubs

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Tree and Shrub Insect Pests

The Interactive Plant Manager: Diagnosing Pests of Woody Ornamental Plants
Arborvitae Leafminer

Birch Leafminer
Black Turpentine Beetle & It's Role in Pine Mortality
Black Vine Weevil (Taxus Weevil)
Cankerworms (Inchworms)
Hemlock Wooly Adelgid
Holly Leafminers
Horned Oak Galls
Gypsy Moth
Periodical Cicada Emergence In Suffolk County - 2008
Pine Sawflies
Spruce Gall Adelgid
Spruce Spider Mite
The Japanese Black Pine: What's Happening
White Pine Weevil
White Prunicola Scale

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Tree and Shrub Diseases

The Interactive Plant Manager: Diagnosing Pests of Woody Ornamental Plants
Anthracnose of Flowering Dogwood
Bark Splitting on Trees
Cankers on Trees
Cenagium Canker of Pines
Cytospora Cankers
Diagnosing Rhododendron Problems
Diplodia Tip Blight on Pines
Gymnosporangium Rust The Three Common Cedar Rust Diseases
Juniper Tip Blight
Leaf Scorch
Maple Decline
Normal Needle and Foliage Shedding on Evergreens
Oak Leaf Blister
Pachysandra Leaf Blight
Sooty Mold
Verticillium Wilt
Winter Injury
Why Flowering Shrubs Fail to Bloom
How To Recognize Hazardous Defects In Trees
USDA Forest Service Hazard Tree Publications and Leaflets

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Annual and Perennial Flowers, Bulbs and Ornamental Grasses

Cornell Herbaceous Perennials Database
Sequence of Bloom of Perennials, Biennials & Bulbs - Including Height & Color Range
Ornamental Grasses for the Home and Garden
Annual Flowers for New York State (Site requirements, sizes, etc.)
Annuals for Special Uses
Suggested Annual Flower Varieties for Long Island - 2008
Ferns and Native Plants in the Natural Landscape for Long Island
Meadow Gardening
Perennials
Perennials for Special Uses
Plant List for Everlastings (Plants for Drying)
Potpourri and Fragrance Gardens
Resistance of Annuals, Biennials, Perennials, Groundcovers and Vines to Deer Damage
Summer Flowering Bulbs
Ten Winsome Wildflowers for Your Garden
The Culture of Garden Chrysathemum
The Culture of Herbaceous and Tree Peonies
The Culture of Spring Flowering Bulbs
Growing Iris

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Small Fruit

Growing Currants and Gooseberries
Growing Blueberries in Home Gardens
Growing Brambles in the Home Garden
Growing Day-Neutral Strawberries in Home Gardens (everbearing-types)
Growing Grapes in the Home Garden
Growing Strawberries in Home Gardens
The Easiest Berry Crops to Grow Ecologically
2008 Nursery Guide for Berry Crops (Cross references cultivars w/ nurseries that sell them)

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Small Fruit Pests

The Berry Diagnostic Tool: A link to an interactive aid to diagnosing problems with berries.
Black Rot of Grapes
Fungal Disease of Grapevines on Long Island
Insect and Mite Pests of Grapevines on Long Island

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Tree Fruit Growing

Tree Fruit Pest Management - Cultural Methods
Tree Fruit Pest Management - Guidelines for a limited spray program
Why Fruit Trees Fail to Bear Fruit

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Tree Fruit Insect Pests

Apple Maggot
Peach Tree Borers
Pear Psylla
Plum Curculio
What's Eating My Apples? (And Pears & Peaches and ...)

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Tree Fruit Dieases

Apple Scab
Bacterial Spot of Peach
Black Knot
Brown Rot of Stone Fruits (peach, plum, etc.)
Cytospora Canker Of Fruits
Peach Leaf Curl

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Indoor/Outdoor Insect Pests

Ants in Houses
Bed Bugs
Beetles Infesting Flour and Meal
Beetles Infesting Woolens
Booklice
Boxelder Bug
Carpenter Ants
Carpenter Bees
Cigarette and Drugstor Beetles
Clothes Moths
Cockroaches
Controlling Wasps, Yellow-jackets and Hornets
Eastern Subterranean Termites
European Earwig
Fleas
Indian Meal Moth
Insects and Firewood, Some Facts...
Larder Beetles
Millipedes, Sowbugs, Pillbugs and Centipedes
Powder Post Beetles
Selecting A Pest Management Professional
Silverfish and Firebrats
Slugs and Snails
Spiders
Springtails and Snowfleas
Vinegar Flies, Pomace Flies, or Fruit Flies
Western Conifer Seed Bug: Unwanted House Guest

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Tick Biology and Control

Tick Biology for the Homeowner
Integrated Pest Managment for the Deer Tick

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Small Animal Pests

Moles
Voles

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Indoor Plant Care

Forcing Bulbs for Indoor Bloom
Care of Holiday Plants (Poinsettia, cyclamen, etc.)
Growing Conditions for Indoor Plants
Propagation of House Plants
Springtails and Snowfleas

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Christmas Trees

How to Choose and Plant a Live Christmas Tree
Selection and Care of Your (Cut) Christmas Tree

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Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

New York State IPM Program
Using Oil Sprays for Insect Pest Management
Pheromone Traps for Insect Pest Management
Plant Health Care: A Basis for IPM
Using Growing Degree Days for Insect Pest Management
Current Accumulated Growing Degree Days, Precipitation and Evapotranspiration Rate for Selected Long Island Locations
Using Insecticidal Soap in Your Home Garden or Landscape

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Poisonous Plants

Poison Ivy
Cornell University Poisonous Plants Informational Database

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Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County / 2006