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Master Gardener Lectures, Fall 2012

Each week, I will (try to remember to) upload the current Master Gardener class lecture to this site.  The lectures will be in PDF format, set up so that each slide has its own page, with my lecture notes below the photo.  Please do not print out the lectures!  You'll be going through an entire forest worth of paper!

 

Week #

Thursday,
6 - 9 pm

Friday,
9 am - noon

Topic

Homework Answers

1

9/6

9/7

Introduction to Master Gardener Program; Plant Science and Physiology, Classification  Plant Science

2

9/13

9/14

Soil Science Soil

3

9/20

9/21

Plant Nutrition, Fertilizers;
Composting and Yard Waste Recycling   

Plant Nutrition

4

9/27

9/28

General Disease Diagnosis,
Insect Introduction
Diagnosis

5

10/4

10/5

Plant Propagation - Deb Goedde
**Propagating by Seed
**Vegetative Propagation

No homework this week

6

10/11

10/12

Pest Control--With & Without Pesticides  Pest Ctl

7

10/18

10/19

Tree and Shrub Care 1:
Selection, planting, fertilizing
;
Pruning shrubs

No homework this week...it will be reviewed next week

8

10/25

10/26

Tree and Shrub Care 2:
Pruning trees

Diseases and Pests of Woody Plants

Trees

9

11/1

11/2

Home Fruit Production
There are no slides for this lecture, just videos, which I cannot post online.

Fruit Production Notes

Fruit

10

11/8

11/9

Houseplants, Landscaping with Flowers- Deb Goedde

Flower Quiz- Blank

Flowers - Answersflower quiz answers.pdf

11

11/15

11/16

Vegetable Gardening, Vegetable Insects and Diseases

 

 Vegetables

12

11/22

11/23

NO CLASS -- THANKSGIVING   

13

11/29

11/30

Fruit Diseases, Wildlife Damage

Wildlife

 

14

12/6

12/7

Lawn Care,
Turfgrass Pests
Lawns

15

12/13

12/14

Weed Identification and Control;
Review for Exam  
Weeds

16

12/20

No class

12/21

No class

 Final Exam:  Click on the link to download a copy of the final exam.  If it asks for a password, leave it blank and just hit "Cancel". 
You can either:
1.  Print it out, complete it by hand, and mail it to me; or,
2.  Save it to your hard drive, and insert your answers directly into the document wherever it says "click here to enter text."

Contact me ASAP if you have a problem.

 Final Exam