Master Gardener Training Materials

Master Gardener Class training information and materials.

Week 1 - January 4, 2008

Study Materials

• Sense of Place

  Sense of Place & Environmentally Friendly Landscape:

  FYN Handbook (1-13)

  Florida Yardstick Workbook (1-3)

  Your Florida Landscape (1-18)

  Web sites

  • http://fyn.ifas.ufl.edu
  • http://floridayards.org/landscape/quiz (take quiz)

  Soils:

• Plant and Soil Relations

  FYN Handbook (14, 16-17)

  Your Florida Landscape (89-91)

  Web sites

  • http://soils.ifas.ufl.edu/extension
  • http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/TOPIC_Soil_Testing

  Water:

• Watering Efficiently in the Florida Keys

  FYN Handbook (39-45)

  Florida Yardstick Workbook (10-11, 18-19, 21)

  Your Florida Landscape (13-18)

  Web sites

  • http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/MG217
  • http://solutionsforyourlife.ufl.edu/environment/water_resources.html
  • http://livinggreen.ifas.ufl.edu/water/water_conservation.html
  • http://disaster.ifas.ufl.edu/wwe.htm
• Jeopardy - Week 1

Week 2 - January 11, 2008

Study Materials

        Plant Identification:

• Botany Handbook     Botany Notes
• Plant Identification and Information Service

        Plant Growth and Development  - FYN Handbook (21)

• How Plants Grow in the Urban Environment
• Plant Growth     Plant Growth Notes
• Growing a Healthy Native Landscape
• Taxonomy

        Landscape:

• FYN Handbook (18-26, 30-38, 58-61, 80-87)
• Your Florida Landscape (19-24, 29-60) (77-88) (113-126)
• Florida Yardstick Workbook
• Landscape Plants for the Gulf and South Atlantic Coast  (1-59)

Web sites

• DDIS - http://ddis.ifas.ufl.edu
• http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/MG012
• http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/garden/mg/botany/physiology.html
• http://extension.oregonstate.edu/mg/botany/growth.html
• http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/woody/index.html
• http://livinggreen.ifas.ufl.edu/landscaping/xeriscaping.html
• Basic Principles of Landscape Design   http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/MG086

Week 3 - January 18, 2008

Study Materials

    Palms:

• Your Florida Landscape (61-77)
• Palms in the South Florida Landscape

Web sites

• Ft. Lauderdale Research & Education Center - http://flrec.ifas.ufl.edu/palm_prod/palm_production.shtml
• Care and maintenance of Landscape Palms in South Florida - http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/EP119
• Coconut Palm - http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/MG043

    Turfgrass:

• Turfgrass
• Ornamental and Turf Weeds
• Lawn Handbook: St. Augustine (35-45)
• Lawn Handbook: Zoysia (45-53)
• Lawn Handbook: Watering your Florida Lawn (90-93)
• Lawn Handbook: Preparing your Lawn for Drought (153-156)
• Lawn Handbook: Mowing your Lawn (87-90)
• Lawn Handbook: Thatch and Its Control in Florida Lawns (98-102)

Web sites

• Turfgrass - http://yourfloridalawn.ifas.ufl.edu

• Ft. Lauderdale Research & Education Center - http://flrec.ifas.ufl.edu/turfgrass_science.shtml

• Organic Lawn Care - http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/EP140

    Nematodes:

• Your Florida Landscape (155-162, 163-174)
• Ornamental Turf Pest Management (121-138, 261-276)

Web sites

• Nematodes - http://solutionsforyourlife.ufl.edu/lawn_and_garden/problems/nematodes.html
• Nematodes Assay Laboratory

Week 4 - January 25, 2008

Study Materials

Tropical Fruits:

• Tropical Fruit Culture in the Home Landscape

Web sites

• Tropical Fruits - http://fruitscapes.ifas.ufl.edu

Entomology:

• Entomology: Insect ID (Note: This is a very large pdf file (12 MB) - A fast connection is needed to open this document.)
• Helpful, Harmful, or Harmless (Deck)
• FYN Handbook (72-77)
• Your Florida Landscape (133-153)
• Ornamental Turf Pest Management (71-83, 196-210)
• Commercial Ornamental Nursery Scouting Manual (32-43, 56-59, 79-104)

Web sites

• Entomology - http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/publicat.html
• New Pests - http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/pi/enpp/pi-pest-alert.html                                              http://pestalert.ifas.ufl.edu

Week 5 - February 1, 2008

Study Materials

Native Plants:

• Native Plants in the Florida Keys
• Florida-Friendly Plant List 2006 (back cover of FYN Handbook)
• Landscape Plants for the Gulf & South Atlantic Coasts
• Native Trees and Shrubs of the Florida Keys (Scurlock)
• Florida Keys Wildflowers (Hammer)

Web sites

• Native Plants - http://livinggreen.ifas.ufl.edu/landscaping/using_native_plants.html
• Low-Maintenance Landscape Plants for South Florida
• Natives for Your Neighborhood

Invasive Exotics:

• Healing the Pain of Pest Plants

Web sites

• Invasive Exotics
• Plant Assessment
• Identification & Biology of Non-Native Plants in Florida's Natural Areas
• Florida Keys Invasive Task Force

Iguanas - http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/IN528

Africanized Bees - http://solutionsforyourlife.ufl.edu/hot_topics/environment/africanized_honey_bees.html

http://www.ffcatraining.com/africanized_honey_bees.asp

Week 6 - February 8, 2008

Study Materials

Plant Pathology:

• Causes of Ornamental Plant Diseases & Nonpest Problems
• Greening & Canker Training for Master Gardeners
• Managing Diseases & Disorders in Ornamentals
• Plant Pathology Millionaire Game
• Propagating Woody Ornamentals
• Root Shield HG
• Your Florida Landscape (163-174)
• Ornamental Turf Pest & Management (47-70, 157-196)
• Commercial Ornamental Nursery Scouting Manual (21-31, 67-69, 79-104

Week 7 - February 15, 2008

Study Materials

Pest Control:

• Challenges of Insect Pest Management in Landscapes
• Harmful, Helpful & Harmless Insects
• Managing Weeds Around Turf and Ornamentals
• FYN Handbook (69-73)
• Ornamental Turf & Pest Management (85-96, 211-233)
• Your Florida Landscape (179-185)
• Florida Yardstick Workbook (16-17)
• Weed and Their Control - Ornamental Turf & Pest Management (107-120, 245-259)

Web sites

• IPM - http://ipm.ifas.ufl.edu
• Natural Enemies and Biological Control - http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/IN120
• Natural Products for Insect Pest Management - http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/IN197

Week 8 - February 22, 2008

Study Materials

    Fertilizers:

• FYN Handbook (47-56)
• Your Florida Landscape (91-112)
•  Florida Yardstick Workbook (12-13)

   Composting:

• FYN Handbook (57-61)
• Your Florida Landscape (24-27)

Week 9 - February 29, 2008

Study Materials

• Ornamental Turf & Pest Management (139-154, 277-284)

 

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