Garden Resource Center For Northern NY

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-- Growing Gardens in the North Country --

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-- Vegetable Botany and Production --

• -- Vegetables Crops (NCSU) --
• Beans
• Tomato
• Cucumber
• Pepper
• Potato
• Sweet Corn
• Eggplant
• Squash, Gourd, and Pumpkin
• Muskmelon and Watermelon
• Cabbage, Broccoli, and Other Cole Crops
• NCSU: Sustainable Practices for Vegetable Production
• -- Soybeans --
• How a Soybean Plant Develops (U Iowa)
• -- Corn: Origins, History, Production --
• How a Corn Plant Grows (Very Detailed Study - U Iowa)
• Corn: Origin, Adaption, and Types of Corn (Purdue U)
• NativeTech: Native American Culture
• Corn (Ontario Corn Producers)
• -- Corn Breeding --
• Theories About the Origin of Corn (U Texas)
• New Evidence on Corn Ancestry (Duke U)
• -- Evolution of Plant Crops (Origins of Agriculture) --
• Evolution of Crop Plants (ucdavis.edu) * Excellent Resource! *
• -- Information on Vegetables --
• Home Garden Information (PLANTanswers)
• Search Ohioline (Plant Info)
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-- Common Problems in Northern Gardens: --

• - Frost -
• Frost/Freeze Protection for Crops
• - Drought -
• Watering Basics (popularacre.com)
• - Animals -
• Controlling Deer And Raccoons In The Home Garden (Affluent Peasant)
• - Plant Diseases -
• Tomatoes:
• (Early Blight)
• Early Blight of Tomatoes (Cornell)
• Anthracnose of Tomato (Ohio State U.)
• Early Blight and Septoria Leaf Spot of Tomato (Kansas State)
• Tomato Diseases
• (Late Blight)
• Tomatoes and Late Blight
• Late Blight - Potato + Tomato: Control in Home Garden (wsu.edu)
• Potatoes:
• Rhizoctonia Disease Of Potato (Black Scurf - N Carolina Co-Op Ext)
• Black Scurf and Stem Rot of Potatoes (Rhizoctonia - Ohio State)
• Corn:
• A Systems Approach to Common Rust Management in Sweet Corn (umn.edu)
• Corn: Common Rust (ucdavis.edu)
• Rust Showing Up in Corn (ag.uiuc.edu)
• ID Rust Spores (microscopic)
• Beans
• Bean, Snap (see ID Pictures) -- White Mold
• Bean, Dry -- White Mold (Sclerotinia Rot)
• White Mold on Dry Bean and Soybean -Sclerotinia Workshop (nodak.edu)
• Other:
• Disease Management In Home-Grown Cucumber, Melons and Squash
• Search For Plant Diseases:
• Plant Disease Handbook (tamu.edu)
• Search Plant Disease Control Handbook (orst.edu)
• Plant Disease Factsheets (Ohio State U.)
• - Weeds: -
• Weed Images and Descriptions - (Rutgers - State U. of NJ)
• Problem Weed of 1998 In Northern NY (Crab Grass)
• Weeding Strategies For Large Gardens (Affluent Peasant
• - Insects: -
• Practical Controls for Potato Beetles in the Home Garden (Affluent Peasant)
• Colorado Potato Beetle in the Home Garden (Ohio State)
• Colorado Potato Beetle - Integrated Pest Management (NCSU)
• Striped Cucumber Beetle - Damage + Control (UMN)
• Latest Research on Cucumbers Beetle Damage (UMN)
• Seed Corn Maggots [Cause of Poor Stands of Corn, Beans, Peas and Other] (NCSU)
• Seed Maggots (Virginia Tech)
• Seed Maggots (PennState)
• Seed Maggots [Picture Damage] (Iowa State)
• -- Japanese Beetles and Milky Spore Disease for Control --
• Japanese Beetles (Michigan State Co-op Extension)
• Managing the Japanese Beetle (USDA)
• JAPANESE BEETLES (Delaware Co-op Extension)
• Japanese Beetle + Grub Control (Good info but find a cheaper local source)
• Cutworms
• Army Cutworm - Euxoa auxiliaris
• Vegetable Pest Fact Sheets
• Integrated Pest Management IPM Insects (NCSU)
• Internet IPM Resources on Vegetable Crops
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-- General Gardening --

• -- General Gardening Sites --
• Growing Vegetables In The Home Garden
• Vegetable Gardens of the Columbia Basin (Home Garden Resource Center)
• The Cyber-Farm (ohio-state.edu)
• Cornell Cooperative Extension Home Page
• Garden Resources on the Net (GardenNet)
• Yard and Garden (Ohio State U.)
• -- Seed and Garden Supply Businesses for the North --
• St. Lawrence Nurseries (Cold Hardy Fruit + Nut Trees)
• Johnny's Selected Seeds (Northern Varieties) from Maine
• Territorial Seed Company
• -- Seed Companies --
• Seed Company Catalog List and Reviews (dvol.com)
• Cyndi's Catalog of Seed Catalogs - Extensive Listing of 1711 Seed Catalogs
• -- Flower Gardens --
• WiseAcre Gardens (Photo Gallery of Perennials and Wildflowers for Northern NY)
• -- Biodiversity --
• Biodiversity Conservation Network
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-- Forest Resources (Woodlot Management) --

• Forest Resource Center For Small Woodlots (Affluent Peasant)
• Snowmobile Sled Firewood System (Moving Wood With A Snow Sled)(Affluent Peasant)
• The Woodlot [Great Resources] (ag.ohio-state.edu)
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-- Homesteading (Land, Gardens, Traditional Skills)--

• -- Homesteading --
• The Affluent Peasant Home Page
• Homestead Home Page
• Online Homesteading Resources - (Homestead.org)
• WolfWeb Homesteading Page
• Vegetable Gardens of the Columbia Basin (Food Self Sufficiency)
• The Old Timer's Page (Walton)
• Walton Feed: Your Source For Food Storage At Home
• Lehman's Non Electric Catalogue (Old Time Tools)
• General Homesteading Internet Sites List
• -- Native American --
• American Indian Ethnobotany Database (Foods, Drugs, Dyes, and Fibers - u mich)
• NativeTech: Native American Culture
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-- Sustainable Agriculture --

• NCSU: Sustainable Practices for Vegetable Production
• The NE Region Sustainable Agriculture (USDA)
• Cornell Cooperative Extension -- Sustainable Agriculture
• UC Sustainable Research and Education Program
• Sustainable Agriculture Network
• Alternative Farming Systems Info (USDA)
• -- Organic Gardening --
• National Organic Farmers Assoc (NOFA Vermont)
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-- Community Gardens --

• City Farmer's Urban Agriculture Notes
• City Farmer: Community Gardens
• Houghton-Chocksett Children's Garden
• Gardens For Children
• Clinton Community Garden
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-- Growing Gardens In Northern New York --

• GardenShare (Give Extra Garden Produce To Neighborhood Centers)
• North Country Garden School (Work Shops, Special Events, Projects)
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Planting Chart for Family of Four

• HARVEST: (days to harverst - from seed or transplant)
• AV PLANT DATE: (early + late -- end of March is early for our area)
• ROW: (length of row in feet for family of 4)
• SEEDS: (in lbs and oz - p= plants if crop is normally transplanted)
• DEPTH: (how deep to plant seed - in inches)
• IN ROW: (distance apart in the row)
• ROWS: (distance between the rows)

                        GENERAL PLANTING INFORMATION:

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       Group A Hardy,  plant as soon as the soil dries out in the spring.

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VEGETABLE  | HARVEST | AV PLANT DATE  | ROW |  SEEDS | DEPTH | IN ROW | ROWS

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LETTUCE      38-48     Mar 20- May 1     50  1 oz     1/4-1/2   6       14-18

ONIONS       80-90     Mar 15- May 15   50   2 lbs-300          1-2     14-18

PEAS         59-68     Mar 15- May 15  100   1.5 lbs  1-1 1/2   1-3     18-24

SPINACH      46-50     Mar 15- May 1    60   1oz      1/2-3/4   2-4     14-18

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         GROUP B  Semihardy  Plant a week or two after A group (above):

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VEGETABLE  | HARVEST | AV PLANT DATE  | ROW |  SEEDS | DEPTH | IN ROW | ROWS

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BEET         55-80     Mar 20- July 15   50  1 oz     3/4-1 1/4 1-2     14-18

BROCOLLI     50- 60    Mar 20- July 15   50    25p               24      30-36

CABBAGE      60-100    Mar 20- May 1    30    30p               12      18-24

CARROT       68-78     Mar 20- June 15  100  1 oz     1/2-3/4   1-2     14-18

PARSNIP      105-120   Mar 20- May 1     50  1/2      1/2-3/4   2       14-18

POTATO       125       Mar 20- May 1   1000  100lb    5-6       9       30-36

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GROUP C       Tender plant on the average date of last spring frost

                            (when first apples bloom)

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DRY BEANS    90-100    May 5- June 1     200  1 lb    1-1 1/2   3       18-24

SNAP BEANS   50-55     May 5- June 10    300  2 lb     "        "         "

SWEET CORN   63-70     May 5- July 1     400  1 1/2lb  1-1 1/2  12      30-36

CUCUMBER     54-70     May 5- June 20    30   1/2 oz   1- 1/2   24      48

SUMMER SQUASH47-54     May 5- June 20    25   1/2 oz   1-1 1/2  18      36-48



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GROUP D   Very tender  Plant when the soil is warm about 2 weeks after C group

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VEGETABLE  | HARVEST | AV PLANT DATE  | ROW |  SEEDS | DEPTH | IN ROW | ROWS

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SOY BEAN     82-90     May 20- June 10   100  1/2lb    1-1 1/2  2       18-24

CANTALOPE    82-90     May 20- JUne 10   100  1 oz     1-1 1/2  24-48   48-60

EGGPLANT     62-80     May 20- June 1    30   20p               18      24-30

PEPPER       62-78     May 20- June 1    45   30p               18      24-30

WINTER SQ    85-110    May 20- June 10   20   1 pac    1-1 1/2  24      48

TOMATOE      45-70     May 20- June 10   120  60p               24      36



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                 GROUP E  Special plantings for fall harvest

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BEETS        60-76     July 1- Aug 1    50   1 oz 3/4-1 1/4     2       14-18

CABBAGE      76-100    May 1- June 15   30   29p                18      24-30

LETTUCE      80        June 1- Aug 1    50   1/2  1/4-1/2       12      14-18

 



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