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CSU Extension Home Gardening Fact Sheets

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CE Fact Sheets in Numerical Order

General Headings

• Compost -- see Soils, Fertilizers and Soil Amendments
• Fertilizers -- see Soils, Fertilizers and Soil Amendments
• Fire-Wise Landscaping
• Flowers -- see Herbaceous Plants
• Fruit
• Diseases / Plant Pathology
• Herbaceous Plants -- Flowers, Ground Covers and Ornamental Grasses
• House Plants
• How Plants Grow -- Botany
• Insects/Entomology
• Irrigation Management
• Lawn Care
• Plant Health Care
• Plant Propagation and Seeds
• Seeds -- see Plant Plant Propagation and Seeds
• Shrubs -- see Woody Plants
• Soil Amendments -- see Soils, Fertilizers and Soil Amendments
• Soils, Fertilizers and Soil Amendments
• Trees and Shrubs -- see Woody Plants
• Vegetables
• Weeds & Weed Control
• Wildlife
• Woody Plants -- Trees and Shrubs
• Xeriscaping -- see Irrigation Management and Water-Wise Gardening

• Anthracnose -- Sycamore Anthracnose – CSUCE #2.930 --- printable pdf
• Ascochyta Leaf blight of Turf – CSUCE #2.901 --- printable pdf
• Aspen and Poplar Leaf Spots – CSUCE #2.920 --- printable pdf
• Backyard Orchard: Apples and Pears [pest management] – CSUCE #2.800 --- printable pdf
• Backyard Orchard: Stone Fruits [pest management] – CSUCE #2.804 --- printable pdf
• Bacterial Wetwood – CSUCE #2.910 --- printable pdf
• Cytospora Canker – CSUCE #2.937 --- printable pdf
• Diagnosing Tree Disorders, GardenNotes #112-pdf
• Diseases of Roses in Colorado – CSUCE #2.946 --- printable pdf
• Dollar Spot Disease of Turfgrass – CSUCE #2.933 --- printable pdf
• Dutch Elm Disease – CSUCE #5.506 --- printable pdf
• Dwarf Mistletoe Management – CSUCE #2.925 --- printable pdf
• Fairy Ring in Turfgrass – CSUCE #2.908 --- printable pdf
• Fire Blight – CSUCE #2.907 --- printable pdf
• Forest Fires -- Insects and Diseases Associated with Forest Fires -- CSUCE #6.309 --- printable pdf
• Friendly Pesticides for Home Gardens – CSUCE #2.945 --- printable pdf
• Greenhouse Plant Viruses (TSWV-INSV) – CSUCE #2.947 --- printable pdf
• Homeowner's Guide to Alternative Pest Management for the Lawn and Garden -- CSUCE XCM-211 --- printable pdf
• Homeowner's Guide to Pesticides Use Around the Home -- CSUCE XCM-220 --- printable pdf
• Honeylocust Diseases – CSUCE #2.939 --- printable pdf
• Juniper-Hawthorn Rust – CSUCE #2.904 --- printable pdf
• Leaf Spot and Melting Out Diseases – CSUCE #2.909 --- printable pdf
• Necrotic Ring Spot in Turfgrass – CSUCE #2.900 --- printable pdf
• Non-Chemical Disease Control – CSUCE #2.903 --- printable pdf
• Pesticides – Friendly Pesticides for Home Gardens – CSUCE #2.945 --- printable pdf
• Pinon Pine Insects and Diseases – CSUCE #2.948 --- printable pdf
• Plant Health Care, GardenNotes #111-pdf
• Powdery Mildew – CSUCE #2.902 --- printable pdf
• Roses – Diseases of Roses in Colorado – CSUCE #2.946 --- printable pdf
• Strawberry Diseases – CSUCE #2.931 --- printable pdf
• Sycamore Anthracnose – CSUCE #2.930 --- printable pdf
• Tomato Early Blight -- GardenNotes #718-pdf

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• Creating Wildfire Defensible Zones – CSUCE #6.302 --- Printable pdf
• Fire-Resistant Landscaping – CSUCE #6.303 --- Printable pdf
• Firewise Plant Materials – CSUCE #6.305 --- Printable pdf
• Forest Home Fire Safety – CSUCE #6.304 --- Printable pdf
• Grass Seed Mixes to Reduce Wildfire Hazard – CSUCE #6.306 --- Printable pdf
• Soil Erosion Control After Wildfire -- CSUCE #6.308 --- Printable pdf
• Vegetative Recovery After Wildfire -- CSUCE #6.307 --- Printable pdf
• Insects and Diseases Associated with Forest Fires -- CSUCE #6.309 --- Printable pdf

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Tree Fruits (apples, cherries, pears, peaches, and plums)

• Apple and Pear Insects – CSUCE #5.519 --- Printable pdf
• Backyard Orchard: Apples and Pears [pest management] – CSUCE #2.800 --- Printable pdf
• Backyard Orchard: Stone Fruits [pest management] – CSUCE #2.804 --- Printable pdf
• Fire Blight – CSUCE #2.907 --- Printable pdf
• Insect Control: Horticultural Oils – CSUCE #5.569 --- Printable pdf
• Peach Tree Borer – CSUCE #5.566 --- Printable pdf
• Pear Slug – CSUCE #5.560 --- Printable pdf
• Plant Health Care, GardenNotes #111-pdf
• Pollination of Tree Fruits – CSUCE #7.002 --- Printable pdf
• Pruning – Training and Pruning Fruit Trees – CSUCE #7.003 --- Printable pdf
• Spider Mites – CSUCE #5.507 --- Printable pdf
• Stone Fruit Insects: Control in Home Planting – CSUCE #5.520 --- Printable pdf

Small Fruits

• Currants, gooseberries and jostaberries – CSUCE #7.005 --- Printable pdf
• Raspberries for the home garden – CSUCE #7.001 --- Printable pdf
• Root weevils – CSUCE #5.551 --- Printable pdf
• Spider mites – CSUCE #5.507 --- Printable pdf
• Strawberries for the home garden – CSUCE #7.000 --- Printable pdf
• Strawberry diseases – CSUCE #2.931 --- Printable pdf

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• Bulbs – Fall-Planted Bulbs and Corms – CSUCE #7.410 --- Printable pdf
• Bulbs – Spring-Planted Bulbs, Corms and Roots – CSUCE #7.411 --- Printable pdf
• Butterfly Gardening – Attracting Butterflies to the Garden – CSUCE #5.504 --- Printable pdf
• Container Gardens – CSUCE #7.238 --- Printable pdf
• Diseases – Greenhouse Plant Viruses (TSWV-INSV) – CSUCE #2.947 --- Printable pdf
• Diseases – Powdery Mildew – CSUCE #2.902 --- Printable pdf
• Edible Flowers – CSUCE #7.237 --- Printable pdf
• Grass – Ornamental Grasses – CSUCE #7.232 --- Printable pdf
• Grass -- Native Grasses -- CSUCE #7.801 --- Printable pdf
• Ground Cover Plants – CSUCE #7.400 --- Printable pdf
• Ground Cover Plants for Mountain Communities – CSUCE #7.413 --- Printable pdf
• Insects – Flea Beetles – CSUCE #5.592 --- Printable pdf
• Insects – Greenhouse Whitefly – CSUCE #5.587 --- Printable pdf
• Insects – Insect Control: Horticultural Oils – CSUCE #5.569 --- Printable pdf
• Insects – Leafcutter Bees – CSUCE #5.576 --- Printable pdf
• Insects – Slugs – CSUCE #5.515 --- Printable pdf
• Insects – Tobacco (Geranium) Budworm – CSUCE #5.581 --- Printable pdf
• Mountain – Flowers for Mountain Communities – CSUCE #7.406 --- Printable pdf
• Native Grasses, GardenNotes #571-pdf
• Native Plant Reference, GardenNotes #572-pdf
• Perennials – Herbaceous Perennials – CSUCE #7.405 --- Printable pdf
• Perennials – Perennial Gardening -- CSUCE #7.402 --- Printable pdf
• Plant Health Care, GardenNotes #111-pdf
• Rock Garden Plants – CSUCE #7.401 --- Printable pdf
• Roses – Diseases of Roses in Colorado – CSUCE #2.946 --- Printable pdf
• Roses – Rose Culture – CSUCE #7.416 --- Printable pdf
• Roses – Selecting and Planting Roses – CSUCE #7.404 --- Printable pdf
• Seeds – Growing Plants from Seed – CSUCE #7.409 --- Printable pdf
• Wildflowers in Colorado – CSUCE #7.233 --- Printable pdf
• Xeriscaping: Garden Flowers – CSUCE #7.231 --- Printable pdf
• Xeriscaping: Ground Cover Plants – CSUCE #7.230 --- Printable pdf

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• Pests -- Managing Houseplant Pests -- CSUCE #5.595 --- Printable pdf
• Poinsettias Home Care and Culture – CSUCE #7.412 --- Printable pdf

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• Horticulture Classification, GardenNotes #121-pdf
• Plant Growth: Hormones, GardenNotes #145-pdf
• Plant Growth: Light, GardenNotes #142-pdf
• Plant Growth: Photosynthesis, Respiration and Transpiration, GardenNotes #141-pdf
• Plant Growth: Temperature, GardenNotes #143-pdf
• Plant Growth: Water, GardenNotes #144-pdf
• Plant Structures: Cells, Tissues, and Structures, GardenNotes #131-pdf
• Plant Structures: Flowers, GardenNotes #135-pdf
• Plant Structures: Fruit, GardenNotes #136-pdf
• Plant Structures: Leaves, GardenNotes #134-pdf
• Plant Structures: Roots, GardenNotes #132-pdf
• Plant Structures: Seeds, GardenNotes #137-pdf
• Plant Structures: Stems, GardenNotes #133-pdf
• Taxonomy, GardenNotes #122-pdf

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Household and Biting Insects

• Ants in the Home – CSUCE #5.518 --- Printable pdf
• Ants: Carpenter Ants – CSUCE #5.554 --- Printable pdf
• Bat Bugs and Bed Bugs – CSUCE #5.574 --- Printable pdf
• Bees -- Nuisance Wasps and Bees – CSUCE #5.525 --- Printable pdf
• Bed Bugs – Bat Bugs and Bed Bugs – CSUCE #5.574 --- Printable pdf
• Biting Flies – CSUCE #5.582 --- Printable pdf
• Box Elder Bugs – CSUCE #5.522 --- Printable pdf
• Carpet beetles – CSUCE #5.549 --- Printable pdf
• Clothes Moths: Identification and Control in the Home, CSUCE #5.599 --- Printable pdf
• Cockroaches – CSUCE #5.553 --- Printable pdf
• Firewood and house Log insects in Colorado – CSUCE #5.563 --- Printable pdf
• Flies in the home – CSUCE #5.502 --- Printable pdf
• Flies -- Biting Flies – CSUCE #5.582 --- Printable pdf
• Food – Insect Pests of Home-Stored Food – CSUCE #5.501 --- Printable pdf
• Food -- Indian Meal Moths -- CSUCE #5.598 --- Printable pdf
• Houseplants -- Managing Houseplant Pests -- CSUCE #5.595 --- Printable pdf
• Indian Meal Moths -- CSUCE #5.598 --- Printable pdf
• Miller Moths – CSUCE #5.597 --- Printable pdf
• Mosquito Management – CSUCE #5.526 --- Printable pdf
• Moths in the Home – CSUCE #5.572 --- Printable pdf
• Root Weevils – CSUCE #5.551 --- Printable pdf
• Spiders in the Home – CSUCE #5.512 --- Printable pdf
• Sunspiders (Windscorpions) – CSUCE #5.589 --- Printable pdf
• Termites – CSUCE #5.532 --- Printable pdf
• Ticks – Colorado Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases – CSUCE #5.593 --- Printable pdf
• Wasps -- Nuisance Wasps and Bees – CSUCE #5.525 --- Printable pdf

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Insects Fact Sheets – A-Z

• Ants in the Home – CSUCE #5.518 --- Printable pdf
• Ants: Carpenter Ants – CSUCE #5.554 --- Printable pdf
• Aphids on Shade Trees and Ornamentals – CSUCE #5.511 --- Printable pdf
• Apple and Pear Insects – CSUCE #5.519 --- Printable pdf
• Bacillus thuringiensis – CSUCE #5.556 --- Printable pdf
• Backyard Orchard: Apples and Pears [pest management] – CSUCE #2.800 --- Printable pdf
• Backyard Orchard: Stone Fruits [pest management] – CSUCE #2.804 --- Printable pdf
• Bagworms – Snailcase Bagworm – CSUCE #5.580 --- Printable pdf
• Bat Bugs and Bed Bugs – CSUCE #5.574 --- Printable pdf
• Bed Bugs – Bat Bugs and Bed Bugs – CSUCE #5.574 --- Printable pdf
• Bees – Nuisance Wasps and Bees– CSUCE #5.525 --- Printable pdf
• Beneficial Insects and Other Arthropods – CSUCE #5.550 --- Printable pdf
• Billbugs and White Grubs – CSUCE #5.516 --- Printable pdf
• Biting Flies – CSUCE #5.582 --- Printable pdf
• Borers – Shade Tree Borers – CSUCE #5.530 --- Printable pdf
• Box Elder Bugs – CSUCE #5.522 --- Printable pdf
• Brown-Headed Ash Sawfly – CSUCE #5.586 --- Printable pdf
• Carpenter Ants – CSUCE #5.554 --- Printable pdf
• Carpet Beetles – CSUCE #5.549 --- Printable pdf
• Caterpillars – Gypsy Moth – CSUCE #5.539 --- Printable pdf
• Caterpillars – Tent-Making Caterpillars CSUCE #5.583 --- Printable pdf
• Centipedes – Millipedes, Centipedes and Sowbugs – CSUCE #5.552 --- Printable pdf
• Cicadas – CSUCE #5.590 --- Printable pdf
• Clothes Moths: Identification and Control in the Home, CSUCE #5.599 --- Printable pdf
• Clover and Other Mites of Turfgrass – CSUCE #5.505 --- Printable pdf
• Cockroaches – CSUCE #5.553 --- Printable pdf
• Conifer Seed Bugs – CSUCE #5.588 --- Printable pdf
• Cooley Spruce Galls – CSUCE #5.534 --- Printable pdf
• Douglas-Fir Tussock Moths – CSUCE #5.542 --- Printable pdf
• Earwigs – European Earwigs – CSUCE #5.533 --- Printable pdf
• Elm Leaf Beetles– CSUCE #5.521 --- Printable pdf
• Firewood and House Log Insects in Colorado – CSUCE #5.563 --- Printable pdf
• Flea Beetles – CSUCE #5.592 --- Printable pdf
• Flies -- Biting Flies – CSUCE #5.582 --- Printable pdf
• Flies in the Home – CSUCE #5.502 --- Printable pdf
• Food – Insect Pests of Home-Stored Food – CSUCE #5.501 --- Printable pdf
• Food -- Indian Meal Moths -- CSUCE #5.598 --- Printable pdf
• Forest Fires -- Insects and Diseases Associated with Forest Fires -- CSUCE #6.309 --- Printable pdf
• Galls – Insect and Mite Galls of Woody Plants – CSUCE #5.557 --- Printable pdf
• Galls – Poplar Twig-Gall Fly – CSUCE #5.579 --- Printable pdf
• Grasshopper Control in Yards and Gardens – CSUCE #5.536 --- Printable pdf
• Greenhouse Whitefly – CSUCE #5.587 --- Printable pdf
• Gypsy Moth – CSUCE #5.539 --- Printable pdf
• Homeowner's Guide to Alternative Pest Management for the Lawn and Garden -- CSUCE XCM-221 --- Printable pdf
• Homeowner's Guide to Pesticides Use Around the Home -- CSUCE XCM-220 --- Printable pdf
• Honeylocust -- Insect and Mite Pests of Honeylocust – CSUCE #5.571 --- Printable pdf
• Honeysuckle Witches Broom Aphid – CSUCE #5.546 --- Printable pdf
• Hornworms and Hummingbird Moths – CSUCE #5.517 --- Printable pdf
• Horticultural Oils -- CSUCE #5.569 --- Printable pdf
• Houseplants -- Managing Houseplant Pests -- CSUCE #5.595 --- Printable pdf
• Indian Meal Moths -- CSUCE #5.598 --- Printable pdf
• Insect and Mite Galls of Woody Plants – CSUCE #5.557 --- Printable pdf
• Insect and Mite Pests of Honeylocust – CSUCE #5.571 --- Printable pdf
• Insect Control: Horticultural Oils – CSUCE #5.569 --- Printable pdf
• Insect Control: Soaps and Detergents – CSUCE #5.547 --- Printable pdf
• Insects and Diseases Associated with Forest Fires -- CSUCE #6.309 --- Printable pdf
• Insecticides – Bacillus thuringiensis – CSUCE #5.556 --- Printable pdf
• Insecticides – Friendly Pesticides for Home Gardens – #2.945 --- Printable pdf
• Insecticides -- Homeowner's Guide to Alternative Pest Management for the Lawn and Garden -- CSUCE XCM-221 --- Printable pdf
• Insecticides -- Homeowner's Guide to Pesticides Use Around the Home -- CSUCE XCM-220 --- Printable pdf
• Insecticides – Insect Control: Horticultural Oils – CSUCE #5.569 --- Printable pdf
• Insecticides – Insect Control: Soaps and Detergents – CSUCE #5.547 --- Printable pdf
• IPS Beetles -- CSUCE #5.558 --- Printable pdf
• Lady Beetles – CSUCE #5.594 --- Printable pdf
• Leafcutter Bees – CSUCE #5.576 --- Printable pdf
• Leafmining Insects – CSUCE #5.548 --- Printable pdf
• Managing Houseplant Pests -- CSUCE #5.595 --- Printable pdf
• Mantids of Colorado – CSUCE #5.510 --- Printable pdf
• Miller Moths – CSUCE #5.597 --- Printable pdf
• Millipedes, Centipedes and Sowbugs – CSUCE #5.552 --- Printable pdf
• Mites -- Clover and Other Mites of Turfgrass – CSUCE #5.505 --- Printable pdf
• Mites -- Spider Mites – CSUCE #5.507 --- Printable pdf
• Mosquito Management – CSUCE #5.526 --- Printable pdf
• Moths in the Home – CSUCE #5.572 --- Printable pdf
• Mountain Pine Beetle and Bark Beetles – CSUCE #5.528 --- Printable pdf
• Nematodes – Insect Parasitic Nematodes for Insect Control – CSUCE #5.573 --- Printable pdf
• Oyster Shell Scale – CSUCE #5.513 --- Printable pdf
• Peach Tree Borer – CSUCE #5.566 --- Printable pdf
• Pear Slug – CSUCE #5.560 --- Printable pdf
• Pine Tip Moths – CSUCE #5.529 --- Printable pdf
• Pinon Pine Diseases and Insects– CSUCE #2.948 --- Printable pdf
• Plant Health Care, GardenNotes #111-pdf
• Ponderosa Pine Budworm – CSUCE #5.567 --- Printable pdf
• Ponderosa Pine Needle Miners – CSUCE #5.544 --- Printable pdf
• Poplar Twig-Gall Fly – CSUCE #5.579 --- Printable pdf
• Potato or Tomato Psyllids – CSUCE #5.540 --- Printable pdf
• Root Weevils – CSUCE #5.551 --- Printable pdf
• Sawfly – Brown Headed Ash Sawfly – CSUCE #5.586 --- Printable pdf
• Scale – Oyster Shell Scale – CSUCE #5.513 --- Printable pdf
• Scale Insects Affecting Conifers – CSUCE #5.514 --- Printable pdf
• Shade Tree Borers – CSUCE #5.530 --- Printable pdf
• Slugs – CSUCE #5.515 --- Printable pdf
• Snailcase Bagworm – CSUCE #5.580 --- Printable pdf
• Soaps and Detergents – CSUCE #5.547 --- Printable pdf
• Sod Webworms and Cutworms – CSUCE #5.509 --- Printable pdf
• Sowbugs – Millipedes, Centipedes and Sowbugs – CSUCE #5.552 --- Printable pdf
• Spider Mites – CSUCE #5.507 --- Printable pdf
• Spiders in the Home – CSUCE #5.512 --- Printable pdf
• Stone Fruit Insects: Control in Home Planting – CSUCE #5.520 --- Printable pdf
• Sunspiders (Windscorpions) – CSUCE #5.589 --- Printable pdf
• Tent-Making Caterpillars CSUCE #5.583 --- Printable pdf
• Termites – CSUCE #5.532 --- Printable pdf
• Ticks – Colorado Tick's and Tick-Borne Diseases – CSUCE #5.593 --- Printable pdf
• Tobacco (Geranium) Budworm – CSUCE #5.581 --- Printable pdf
• Wasps-- Nuisance Wasps and Bees – CSUCE #5.525 --- Printable pdf
• Western Spruce Budworms – CSUCE #5.543 --- Printable pdf
• White Grubs – Billbugs and White Grubs – CSUCE #5.516 --- Printable pdf
• Whitefly -- Greenhouse Whitefly – CSUCE #5.587 --- Printable pdf
• Windscorpions – Sunspiders (Windscorpions) – CSUCE #5.589 --- Printable pdf
• Zimmerman Pine Moths – CSUCE #5.591 --- Printable pdf

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• Converting Inches to Minutes, GardenNotes #264-pdf
• Drip Irrigation for Home Gardens -- CSUCE #4.702 --- Printable pdf
• Graywater Reuse and Rainwater Harvesting -- CSUCE #6.702 --- Printable pdf
• Homeowner's Guide to Protecting Water Quality and the Environment -- CSUCE XCM-223 --- Printable pdf
• How to Conduct an Irrigation Check-Up, GardenNotes #266-pdf
• Irrigation Check-Up Form, GardenNotes #267-pdf
• Irrigation Check-Up: How to Conduct an Irrigation Check-Up, GardenNotes #266-pdf
• Irrigation Check-Up for the Yard, GardenNotes #269-pdf
• Irrigation Management: Converting Inches to Minutes, GardenNotes #264-pdf
• Irrigation Management-Irrigation Check-Up for the Yard, GardenNotes #269-pdf
• Irrigation Management: Methods to Schedule Irrigation, GardenNotes #265-pdf
• Irrigation Management: Types of Sprinklers, GardenNotes #263-pdf
• Methods to Schedule Irrigation, GardenNotes #265-pdf
• Rainwater -- Graywater Reuse and Rainwater Harvesting -- CSUCE #6.702 --- Printable pdf
• Soil Water Holding Capacity and Irrigation Management, GardenNotes #261-pdf
• Types of Sprinklers, GardenNotes #263-pdf
• Water Conservation In and Around the Home -- CSUCE #9.952 --- Printable pdf
• Watering Efficiently, GardenNotes #262-pdf
• Watering Established Lawns – CSUCE #7.199 --- Printable pdf

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• Landscaping for Energy Conservation – CSUCE #7.225 --- Printable pdf
• Sustainable Landscapes -- CSUCE #7.243 -- Printable pdf

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• Aeration – Lawn Care – CSUCE #7.202 --- Printable pdf
• Ascochyta Leaf Blight of Turf– CSUCE #2.901 --- Printable pdf
• Billbugs and White Grubs – CSUCE #5.516 --- Printable pdf
• Clover and Other Mites of Turfgrass – CSUCE #5.505 --- Printable pdf
• Cutworms – Sod Webworms and Cutworms – CSUCE #5.509 --- Printable pdf
• Diseases – Ascochyta Leaf Blight of Turf– CSUCE #2.901 --- Printable pdf
• Diseases – Dollar Spot Disease of Turfgrass – CSUCE #2.933 --- Printable pdf
• Diseases – Fairy Ring in Turfgrass – CSUCE #2.908 --- Printable pdf
• Diseases – Leaf Spot and Melting Out Diseases – CSUCE #2.909 --- Printable pdf
• Diseases – Necrotic Ring Spot in Turfgrass – CSUCE #2.900 --- Printable pdf
• Dollar Spot Disease of Turfgrass – CSUCE #2.933 --- Printable pdf
• Fairy Ring in Turfgrass – CSUCE #2.908 --- Printable pdf
• Fertilizing -- Homeowner's Guide to Fertilizing Your Lawn and Garden -- CSUCE XCM-222 --- Printable pdf
• Fertilizing – Lawn Care – CSUCE #7.202 --- Printable pdf
• Homeowner's Guide to Alternative Pest Management for the Lawn and Garden -- CSUCE XCM-221 --- Printable pdf
• Homeowner's Guide to Fertilizing Your Lawn and Garden -- CSUCE XCM-222 --- Printable pdf
• Homeowner's Guide to Pesticides Use Around the Home -- CSUCE XCM-220 --- Printable pdf
• Homeowner's Guide to Protecting Water Quality and the Environment -- CSUCE XCM-223 --- Printable pdf
• Insects – Billbugs and White Grubs – CSUCE #5.516 --- Printable pdf
• Insects – Clover and Other Mites of Turfgrass – CSUCE #5.505 --- Printable pdf
• Insects – Sod Webworms and Cutworms – CSUCE #5.509 --- Printable pdf
• Lawn Care – CSUCE #7.202 --- Printable pdf
• Leaf Spot and Melting Out Diseases – CSUCE #2.909 --- Printable pdf
• Mites – Clover and Other Mites of Turfgrass – CSUCE #5.505 --- Printable pdf
• Mowing – Eliminate Grass Clipping Collection – CSUCE #7.007 --- Printable pdf
• Mowing – Lawn Care – CSUCE #7.202 --- Printable pdf
• Necrotic Ring Spot in Turfgrass– CSUCE #2.900 --- Printable pdf
• Pest Management -- Homeowner's Guide to Alternative Pest Management for the Lawn and Garden -- CSUCE XCM-221 --- Printable pdf
• Pesticides -- Homeowner's Guide to Pesticides Use Around the Home -- CSUCE XCM-220 --- Printable pdf
• Power Raking – Lawn Care – CSUCE #7.202 --- Printable pdf
• Renovating the Home Lawn -- CSUCE #7.241 --- Printable pdf
• Salt – Growing Turf on Salt-Affected Sites – CSUCE #7.227 --- Printable pdf
• Sod Webworms and Cutworms – CSUCE #5.509 --- Printable pdf
• Thatch – Lawn Care – CSUCE #7.202 --- Printable pdf
• Water Quality -- Homeowner's Guide to Protecting Water Quality and the Environment -- CSUCE XCM-223 --- Printable pdf
• Watering – Home Landscape Watering During Drought – CSUCE #7.240 --- Printable pdf
• Watering – Lawn Care – CSUCE #7.202 --- Printable pdf
• Watering – Operating and Maintaining a Home Irrigation System – CSUCE #7.239 --- Printable pdf
• Watering – Watering Established Lawns – CSUCE #7.199 --- Printable pdf
• Weeds – Broadleaf Weed Control in Lawns – CSUCE #3.100 --- Printable pdf
• Weeds – Grassy Weed Control in Lawn – CSUCE #3.101 --- Printable pdf
• White Grubs – Billbugs and White Grubs – CSUCE #5.516 --- Printable pdf

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• Diagnosing Tree Disorders, GardenNotes #112-pdf
• Plant Health Care, & the Life Cycle of Trees, GardenNotes #111-pdf

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• Grafting – Plant Grafting for Home Gardeners – CSUCE #7.223 --- Printable pdf
• Seeds – Growing Plants from Seed – CSUCE #7.409 --- Printable pdf
• Seeds – Storing of Vegetable and Flower Seeds – CSUCE #7.221 --- Printable pdf

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Fertilizers

• Calculating Fertilizer Rates, #233-pdf
• Homeowner's Guide to Fertilizing Your Lawn and Garden -- CSUCE XCM-222 --- Printable pdf
• Iron Chlorosis, #223-pdf
• Nitrogen Sources and Transformations -- CSUCE #0.550 --- Printable pdf
• Nutrition: Plant Nutrition, #231-pdf
• Organic Fertilizers, #234-pdf
  Organic Materials as Nitrogen Fertilizers – CSUCE #0.546 --- Printable pdf
• Plant Nutrition, #231-pdf
• Soil Tests, GardenNotes #221-pdf
• Soil Testing – CSUCE #0.501 --- Printable pdf
• Soil Testing – Selecting an Analytical Laboratory – CSUCE #0.520 --- Printable pdf
• Soil Testing – Soil Test Explanation – CSUCE #0.502 --- Printable pdf
• Soil Testing – Soil, water and plant testing – CSUCE #0.507 --- Printable pdf
• Understanding Fertilizers, #232-pdf

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Soil Amendments

• Choosing A Soil Amendment – CSUCE #7.235 --- Printable pdf
• Compost -- Composting Yard Waste – CSUCE #7.212 --- Printable pdf
• Compost -- Using Compost, GardenNotes #243-pdf
• Cover Crops and Green Manure Crops, GardenNotes #244-pdf
• Earthworms, GardenNotes #212-pdf
• Green Manure Crops -- Cover Crops and Green Manure Crops, GardenNotes #244-pdf
• Manure -- Preventing E. coli From Garden to Plate – CSUCE #9.369 --- Printable pdf
• Manure -- Using Manure, GardenNotes #242-pdf
• Preventing E. coli From Garden to Plate – CSUCE #9.369 --- Printable pdf
• Soil Amendments, GardenNotes #241-pdf
• The Living Soil, GardenNotes #211-pdf
• Using Compost, GardenNotes #243-pdf
• Using Manure, GardenNotes #242-pdf
  
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Soil Management

• Compaction -- Soil Compaction, GardenNotes #215-pdf
• Compost -- Using Compost, GardenNotes #243-pdf
• Cover Crops and Green Manure Crops, GardenNotes #244-pdf
• Drainage -- Soil Drainage, GardenNotes #217-pdf
• Earthworms, GardenNotes #212-pdf
• Estimating Soil Texture, GardenNotes #214-pdf
• Expansive Soils -- Landscaping on Expansive Soils – CSUCE #7.236 --- Printable pdf
• Iron Chlorosis, #223-pdf
• Landscaping on Expansive Soils – CSUCE #7.236 --- Printable pdf
• Managing Soil Tilth, GardenNotes #213-pdf
• Mulches for Home Grounds – CSUCE #7.214 --- Printable pdf
• Mulches for the Vegetable Garden, GardenNotes #715-pdf
• Mulching with Wood/Bark Chips, Grass Clippings and Rock, GardenNotes #216-pdf
• pH -- Soil pH, GardenNotes #222-pdf
• Saline Soils, GardenNotes #224-pdf
• Salt -- Diagnosing Saline and Sodic Soil Problems -- CSUCE #0.521 --- Printable pdf
• Salt – Managing Saline Soils – CSUCE #0.503 --- Printable pdf
• Salt -- Managing Sodic Soils -- CSUCE #0.504 --- Printable pdf
• Salt -- Saline Soils, GardenNotes #224-pdf
• Soil Amendments, GardenNotes #241-pdf
• Soil Compaction, GardenNotes #215-pdf
• Soil Drainage, GardenNotes #217-pdf
• Soil pH, GardenNotes #222-pdf
• Soil Tests, GardenNotes #221-pdf
• Soil Testing - CSUCE #0.501 --- Printable pdf
• Soil Testing – Selecting an Analytical Laboratory – CSUCE #0.520 --- Printable pdf
• Soil Testing – Soil Test Explanation – CSUCE #0.502 --- Printable pdf
• Soil Testing – Soil, Water and Plant Testing – CSUCE #0.507 --- Printable pdf
• Soil Tests, GardenNotes #221-pdf
• Texture -- Estimating Soil Texture, GardenNotes #214-pdf
• The Living Soil, GardenNotes #211-pdf
• Using Compost, GardenNotes #243-pdf

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• Block Style Layout in Raised Bed Vegetable Gardens, GardenNotes #713-pdf
• Container -- Vegetable Gardening in Containers, GardenNotes #724-pdf
• Corn – Sweet Corn for the Home Garden – CSUCE #7.607 --- Printable pdf
• Early Blight of Tomato, GardenNotes #718-pdf
• Eggplants – Peppers and Eggplant – CSUCE #7.616 --- Printable pdf
• Fertilizer -- Vegetable Garden: Soil Management and Fertilization, GardenNotes #711-pdf
• Flea Beetle – CSUCE #5.592 --- Printable pdf
• Frost Protection and Extending the Growing Season, GardenNotes #722-pdf
• Grasshopper Control in Yards and Gardens – CSUCE #5.536 --- Printable pdf
• Greenhouse -- Growing Vegetable in a Hobby Greenhouse, GardenNotes #723-pdf
• Growing Tomatoes, GardenNotes #717-pdf
• Growing Vegetable in a Hobby Greenhouse, GardenNotes #723-pdf
• Herbs – Growing, Preserving and Using Herbs – CSUCE #9.335 --- Printable pdf
• Horticultural Oils – CSUCE #5.569 --- Printable pdf
• Insect Control: Horticultural Oils – CSUCE #5.569 --- Printable pdf
• Insects – Flea Beetle – CSUCE #5.592 --- Printable pdf
• Insects – Grasshopper Control in Yards and Gardens – CSUCE #5.536 --- Printable pdf
• Insects – Greenhouse Whitefly – CSUCE #5.587 --- Printable pdf
• Insects – Potato or Tomato Psyllids – CSUCE #5.540 --- Printable pdf
• Irrigating the Vegetable Garden , GardenNotes #714-pdf
• Layout -- Block Style Layout in Raised Bed Vegetable Gardens, GardenNotes #713-pdf
• Leafy Vegetable Crops for the Home Garden – CSUCE #7.608 --- Printable pdf
• Manure -- Preventing E. coli From Garden to Plate – CSUCE #9.369 --- Printable pdf
• Mulches for the Vegetable Garden, GardenNotes #715-pdf
• Onions and Related Species for Home Gardens – CSUCE #7.614 --- Printable pdf
• Peppers and Eggplant – CSUCE #7.616 --- Printable pdf
• Planting Guide -- Vegetable Planting Guide, GardenNotes #720-pdf
• Potatoes for the Home Garden – CSUCE #7.610 --- Printable pdf
• Preventing E. coli From Garden to Plate – #9.369 --- Printable pdf
• Psyllids – Potato or Tomato Psyllids – CSUCE #5.540 --- Printable pdf
• Raised bed -- Block Style Layout in Raised Bed Vegetable Gardens , GardenNotes #713-pdf
• Root crops – Vegetable Root Crops – CSUCE #7.604 --- Printable pdf
• Sample Vegetable Garden Seed Catalogs, GardenNotes #712-pdf
• Seed Catalogs -- Sample Vegetable Garden Seed Catalogs, GardenNotes #712-pdf
• Seeds – Growing Plants from Seed – CSUCE #7.409 --- Printable pdf
• Seeds – Home Storage of Vegetable and Flower Seeds – CSUCE #7.221 --- Printable pdf
• Seeds – Saving Seeds – CSUCE #7.602 --- Printable pdf
• Soils -- Vegetable Garden: Soil Management and Fertilization, GardenNotes #711-pdf
• Storage of Home-Grown Vegetables – CSUCE #7.601 --- Printable pdf
• Tomatoes - Tomato Early Blight, GardenNotes #718-pdf
• Tomatoes - Growing Tomatoes, GardenNotes #717-pdf
• Tomatoes – Recognizing Tomato Problems – CSUCE #2.949 --- Printable pdf
• Varieties - Sample Vegetable Garden Seed Catalogs, GardenNotes #712-pdf
• Vegetable Garden Hints, GardenNotes #719-pdf
• Vegetable Garden: Soil Management and Fertilization, GardenNotes #711-pdf
• Vegetable Gardening in Containers, GardenNotes #724-pdf
• Vegetable Planting Guide, GardenNotes #720-pdf
• Vine Crops – Cucumbers, Pumpkins, Squash, and Melons – CSUCE #7.609 --- Printable pdf
• Water Conservation in the Vegetable Garden, GardenNotes #716-pdf
• Whitefly – Greenhouse Whitefly – CSUCE #5.587 --- Printable pdf

 

Climate Summary (Frost Dates)

• Climate Summary: Boulder and Longmont, GardenNotes #741-pdf
• Climate Summary: Castle Rock, Littleton and Parker, GardenNotes #742-pdf
• Climate Summary: Colorado Springs, Pueblo, and Cannon Cit, GardenNotes #743-pdf
• Climate Summary: Dillon, GardenNotes #744-pdf
• Climate Summary: Eagle and Glenwood Springs, GardenNotes #745-pdf
• Climate Summary: Fort Collins, Greeley and Estes Park, GardenNotes #746-pdf
• Climate Summary: Gunnison, GardenNotes #747-pdf
• Climate Summary: Northeast Colorado, GardenNotes #748-pdf
• Climate Summary: Northwest Colorado (Steamboat Springs and Craig), GardenNotes #749-pdf
• Climate Summary: Southwest Colorado, GardenNotes #750-pdf

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• Broadleaf weed control in lawns – CSUCE #3.100 --- Printable pdf
• Grassy weed control in lawn – CSUCE #3.101 --- Printable pdf

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• Deer – Preventing Deer Damage – CSUCE #6.520 --- Printable pdf
• Gophers – Managing Pocket Gophers – CSUCE #6.515 --- Printable pdf
• Prairie Dogs – Managing Prairie Dogs – CSUCE #6.506 --- Printable pdf
• Skunks – Coping with Skunks – CSUCE #6.500 --- Printable pdf
• Snakes – Coping with Snakes – CSUCE #6.501 --- Printable pdf
• Squirrels -- Managing Wyoming Ground Squirrels -- CSUCE #6.505 ---Printable pdf
• Voles – Managing Voles in Colorado – CSUCE #6.507 --- Printable pdf
• Woodpeckers – CSUCE #6.516 --- Printable pdf

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Care and planting

• Care of Recently Planted Trees, GardenNotes #635-pdf
• Diagnosing Tree Disorders, GardenNotes #112-pdf
• Environmental Disorders of Woody Plants – CSUCE #2.932 --- Printable pdf
• Mulching with Wood/Bark Chip, Grass and Rock, GardenNotes #216-pdf
• Healthy Roots and Healthy Trees – CSUCE #2.926 --- Printable pdf
• Irrigation – Fall and Winter Watering – CSUCE #7.211 --- Printable pdf
• Plant Health Care & Life Cycle of Trees, GardenNotes #111-pdf
• The Science of Planting Trees, GardenNotes #633-pdf
• Tree Placement: Right Plant Right Place, GardenNotes #631-pdf
• Tree Planting Steps, GardenNotes #636-pdf
• Tree Selection: Right Plant Right Place, GardenNotes #632-pdf
• Tree Staking and Underground Stabilization, GardenNotes #634-pdf
• Trees and Shrubs for Mountain Areas -- CSUCE #7.423 -- Printable pdf

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Evergreen Pests

• Conifer Seed Bugs – CSUCE #5.588 --- Printable pdf
• Cooley Spruce Galls – CSUCE #5.534 --- Printable pdf
• Diagnosing Tree Disorders, GardenNotes #112-pdf
• Douglas-Fir Tussock Moths – CSUCE #5.542 --- Printable pdf
• Dwarf Mistletoe Management – CSUCE #2.925 --- Printable pdf
• Insect Control: Horticultural Oils – CSUCE #5.569 --- Printable pdf
• IPS Beetles -- CSUCE #5.558 --- Printable pdf
• Juniper-Hawthorn Rust – CSUCE #2.904 --- Printable pdf
• Mountain Pine Beetle and Bark Beetles – CSUCE #5.528 --- Printable pdf
• Pine Tip Moths – CSUCE #5.529 --- Printable pdf
• Pinon Pine Insects and Diseases – CSUCE #2.948 --- Printable pdf
• Plant Health Care, GardenNotes #111-pdf
• Ponderosa Pine Budworm – CSUCE #5.567 --- Printable pdf
• Ponderosa Pine Needle Miners – CSUCE #5.544 --- Printable pdf
• Scale Insects Affecting Conifers – CSUCE #5.514 --- Printable pdf
• Spider Mites – CSUCE #5.507 --- Printable pdf
• Western Spruce Budworms – CSUCE #5.543 --- Printable pdf
• Zimmerman Pine Moths – CSUCE #5.591 --- Printable pdf

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Pruning

• Developing Strong Branch Unions, GardenNotes 612-pdf
• Pruning Cuts, GardenNotes #613-pdf
• Pruning Evergreens, GardenNotes #618-pdf
• Pruning Flowering Shrubs, GardenNotes #619-pdf
• Pruning Mature Trees, GardenNotes #616-pdf
• Structural Training of Young Shade Trees, GardenNotes #614-pdf
• Structural Training: Pruning Flow Chart, GardenNotes #615-pdf
• Structural Pruning Summary (2 page summary), GardenNotes #620-pdf
• Tree Growth and Decay, GardenNotes #611-pdf

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Shade Tree Diseases

• Anthracnose -- Sycamore Anthracnose – CSUCE #2.930 --- Printable pdf
• Aspen and Poplar Leaf Spots – CSUCE #2.920 --- Printable pdf