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CMG GardenNotes (CMG Training Materials, 2-20 pages long)

CMG GardenNotes in Numerical Order   [Printable pdf]

Curriculum Units

• Colorado Master Gardener Program Overview
• Diagnostics and Plant Health Care (IPM)
• Herbaceous Plants (Flowers)
• How Plants Grow (Botany)
• Identifying Trees and Shrubs
• Insect ID
• Native Plants
• Plant Pathology
• Pruning
• Soil, Fertilizers, and Soil Amendments
• Trees Planting
• Vegetables
• Water Wise Landscape Design
• Weed Management

Colorado Master Gardener Program

• Colorado Master Gardener Program, Planting Gardens, Growing People, #013
• Communications, #014
• CSU Yard and Garden Web Sites, #012
• Fielding Questions: Tools for Success, #015
• Learning, #011
• Listening Habits Evaluation, #016
• Using Copyrighted Materials: Are You Legal, #017
  
• CMG Program: Reference and Study Questions, #010
• Homework: CMG Program, #018

Diagnostics and Plant Health Care (IPM)

• Diagnosing Root and Soil Disorders on Landscape Trees, #113
• Diagnosing Tree Disorders, #112
• PHC and Diagnostics: Reference and Study Questions, #110
• Plant Health Care (IPM), #111
• Homework: PHC and Diagnostics, #115
• Homework: Diagnosing Abiotic Tree Disorders, #116
• Worksheet: Root Spread of Trees, #114

How Plants Grow (Botany) and Plant Identification

• Horticulture Classification, #121 
• Identifying Broadleaf Flowering Trees and Shrubs, #153
• Identifying Conifer, #152
• Identifying Trees and Shrubs #151
• Plant Growth: Hormones, #145
• Plant Growth: Light, #142 
• Plant Growth: Photosynthesis, Respiration and Transpiration, #141 
• Plant Growth: Temperature, #143 
• Plant Growth: Water, #144 
• Plant Structures: Cells, Tissues, and Structures, #131
• Plant Structures: Flowers, #135 
• Plant Structures: Fruit, #136
• Plant Structures: Leaves, #134 
• Plant Structures: Roots, #132
  
• Plant Structures: Seeds, #137 
• Plant Structures: Stems, #133 
• Taxonomy, #122
• How Plants Grow: Reference and Study Questions, #120
• Homework: How Plants Grow, #146

Identifiying Trees and Shrubs

• Taxonomy, #122
• Identifying Trees and Shrubs, #151
• Identifying Conifers, #152
• Identifying Broadleaf Flowering Trees and Shrubs, #153
• Worksheet: Identifying Conifers, #154
• Worksheet: Identifiying Broadleaf Flowering Trees and Shrubs, #155

Herbaceous Plants (Flowers)

• Herbaceous Plants: Right Plant, Right Place, #511
• Herbaceous Plants: Reference and Study Questions, #510
• Worksheet: Herbaceous Plants Activity, #512
• Homework: Herbaceous Plants, #513

Insect ID

• Insect ID: Introduction, Reference and Study Questions, #310
• Insect Anatomy and Metamorphosis, #311
• Insect Orders, #312
• Insect Relatives, #313
• Key 1 – Common Garden Insects, #314
• Key 2 – Insect Orders, #315
• Homework: Insect ID, #316

Native Plants

• Native Grasses, #571 
• Native Plant Reference, #572  
• Native Plants: Reference and Study Questions, #570      

Plant Pathology

• Plant Pathology, #331
• Plant Pathology: Reference and Study Questions, #330
• Homework: Plant Pathology, #332

Pruning

• Developing Strong Branch Unions, #612
• Pruning Cuts, #613
• Pruning Evergreens, #618 
• Pruning Flowering Shrubs, #619
• Pruning Mature Shade Trees, #616 
• Structural Pruning Summary, #620  
• Structural Training of Young Shade Trees, #614
• Structural Training of Young Shade Trees – Pruning Flow Chart, #615
• Tree Growth and Decay , #611
• Pruning: Reference and Study Questions, #610

Soils Fertilizers and Soil Amendments

• Asking Effective Questions About Soils, #251
• Calculating Fertilizer Rates, #233 
• Cover Crops and Green Manure Crops, #244
• Earthworms, #218
• Estimating Soil Texture, #214 
• Introduction to Soil, #211
• Iron Chlorosis, #223 
• Managing Soil Tilth, #213 
• Mulching with Wood/Bark Chips, Grass Clippings, and Rock, #245 
• Organic Fertilizers, #234 
• Plant Nutrition, #231   
• Saline Soils, #224 
  
• Soil Amendments, #241 
• Soil Compaction, #215 
• Soil Drainage, #219 
  
• Soil pH, #222
• Soil Tests, #221 
• The Living Soil, #212
• Understanding Fertilizers, #232
• Using Compost, #243
• Using Manure, #242
• Soils, Fertilizers and Soil Amendments: Reference and Study Questions, #210
• Worksheet: Soil Texture, #252
• Homework:  Fertilizers and Soil Amendments, #253

Tree Selection and Planting

• Care of Recently Planted Trees, #635
• The Science of Planting Trees, #633
• Tree Placement: Right Plant, Right Place, #631 
• Tree Planting Steps, #636
• Tree Selection: Right Plant, Right Place, #632
• Tree Staking and Underground Stabilization, #634 
• Tree Planting: Reference and Study Questions, #630
• Homework: Tree Planting, #637

Vegetables

• Block Style Layout in Raised Bed Vegetable Gardens, #713
• Early Blight of Tomato, #718 
• Frost Protection and Extending the Growing Season, #722 
• Irrigating the Vegetable Garden, #714 
• Growing Tomatoes, #717 
• Growing Vegetable in a Hobby Greenhouse, #723 
• Mulches for the Vegetable Garden, #715 
• Sample Planting Guide for Raised-Bed Garden, #721
• Sample Vegetable Garden Seed Catalogs, #712 
• Vegetable Garden Hints, #719 
• Vegetable Garden: Soil Management and Fertilization, #711 
  
• Vegetable Planting Guide, #720 
• Water Conservation in the Vegetable Garden, #716 
• Vegetable Gardening in Containers, #724
• Vegetables: Reference and Study Questions, #710

Climate Summar (Frost Dates)

• Climate Summary: Boulder and Longmont, #741
• Climate Summary: Canon City, #755
• Climate Summary: Castle Rock, Littleton and Parker, #742 
• Climate Summary: Colorado Springs, #743
• Climate Summary: Dillon, #744
• Climate Summary: Eagle and Glenwood Springs, #745
• Climate Summary: Fort Collins, Greeley and Estes Park, #746 
• Climate Summary: Gunnison, #747 
• Climate Summary: Northeast Colorado, #748 
• Climate Summary: Northwest Colorado, #749
• Climate Summary: Norwood and Telluride, #753
• Climate Summary: Pueblo, #751
• Climate Summary: Salida and Buena Vista, #752
• Climate Summary: San Luis Valley, #754
• Climate Summary: Southwest Colorado, #750 

Water Wise Landscape Design

• Water Wise Landscape Design, #411
• Water Wise Landscape Design: Reference and Study Questions, #410
• Worksheet: Water Wise Landscape Design, #412
• Homework: Water Wise Landscape Design, #413

Weed Management

• Indicator Weeds, #353
• Weed Management, #351
• Weed ID, #352
• Weed Management: Reference and Study Questions, #350
• Worksheet: Weed Life Cycles, #354
• Worksheet: Weed Management, #355
• Homework: Weed Management, #356

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