Master Gardener Training Materials
Master Gardener Training Class information and materials.
Week 1
Study Materials
- FYN
- Sense of Place
- Plant & Soil Relations
- Watering Efficiently
- Jeopardy (game)
- Web sites
Sense of Place & Environmentally Friendly Landscape (FYN)
Your Florida Landscape (1-18)
http://floridayards.org/landscape/quiz/ (take quiz)
Soils:
Your Florida Landscape (89-91)
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/topic_mg_soil_and_fertilizers
http://soils.ifas.ufl.edu/extension/
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/TOPIC_Soil_Testing
Water:
Your Florida Landscape (13-18)
Rain Barrels - A Homeowner's Guide
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/MG217
http://solutionsforyourlife.ufl.edu/environment/water_resources.html
http://livinggreen.ifas.ufl.edu/water/water_conservation.html
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/topic_landscapes_and_water_conservation
Week 2
Study Materials
- Taxonomy
- Botany
- Plant Growth
- How Plants Grow in the Urban Environment
- Growing a Healthy Landscape
- Web sites
Plant Identification:
Botany Handbook http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/MG012
Plant Identification and Information Service http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/SR013
Scientific Nomenclature: What's in a Name? http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/IN661
DDIS Web site http://ddis.ifas.ufl.edu
U: master P: gardener
Plant Growth and Development:
How Trees Grow in the Urban Environment http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FR002
http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/garden/mg/botany/physiology.html
http://extension.oregonstate.edu/mg/botany/growth.html
Ornamentals (trees, shrubs, groundcovers):
Your Florida Landscape (19-24, 29-60) (77-88) (113-126)
Landscape Plants for the Gulf and South Atlantic Coasts (1-59)
http://livinggreen.ifas.ufl.edu/landscaping/xeriscaping.html
Basic Principles of Landscape Design http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/MG086
Week 3
Study Materials
Tropical Fruits: Dr. Jonathan Crane, Jay Osborne
http://fruitscapes.ifas.ufl.edu/
Avocado, Bananas, Mango
Plant Pathology: Dr. Aaron Palmateer
Your Florida Landscape (163-174)
Ornamental Turf Pest & Management (47-70, 157-196)
Commercial Ornamental Nursery Scouting Manual (21-31, 67-69, 79-104)
- Web sites
Collecting & submitting turf samples for disease identification http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/LH/LH04100.pdf
Plant Disease Diagnostic Form http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/SR007
http://trec.ifas.ufl.edu/clinic/index.shtml
http://erec.ifas.ufl.edu/Program/Extensi/extpklp.htm
http://plantpath.ifas.ufl.edu/takextpub/FactSheets/pppfactsheet.htm
Week 4
Study Materials
Vegetable Gardening
- Florida Vegetable Gardening Guide
- Gardening in the Keys
- Garden Journal
- Insects in Vegetable Gardens
- Squash Diseases
Palms
- AFEC Palm Special Fertilizer Fact Sheet
- Palm Anatomy & the Environment
- Salt Tolerant Palms for the Florida Keys
- Palm Problems
Ft. Lauderdale REC Palms http://flrec.ifas.ufl.edu/palm_prod/palm_production.shtml
Turfgrass
Turfgrass http://yourfloridalawn.ifas.ufl.edu
Nematodes
Nematodes Assay Laboratory http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/SR011
Week 5
Study Materials
Nutrition, Fertilization, Composting, Entomology, IPM
Plant Nutrition & Fertilizers: Your Florida Landscape (91-112)
Composting: Your Florida Landscape (24-27)
Entomology: http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/publicat.html
- Indoor Pests and Occasional Invaders
- Insect ID and Management for South Florida Master Gardeners
- Methods for Monitoring and Diagnosing Insects
Helpful, Harmful or Harmless (Deck)
Your Florida Landscape (133-153)
Ornamental Turf Pest Management (71-83), 196-210)
Commercial Ornamental Nursery Scouting Manual (32-43, 56-59, 79-104)
Week 6
Study Materials
Managing InsectsOrnamental and Turfgrass Pest Management (85-96, 2-233)
Your Florida Landscape (79-85)
Ornamental Insects:
- Aphids on Landscape Plants
- Avocado Lace Bug
- Eastern Lubber Grasshopper
- Insect Borers of Trees and Shrubs
- Insect Galls
- Leafminers on Ornamental Plants
- Mites on Ornamental Plants
- Scale Insects and Mealybugs on Ornamental Plants
- Scale Insect Identification Guide
- Stinging and Venomous Caterpillars
- Thrips on Ornamental Plants
- Whiteflies on Landscape Ornamentals
Turf Insects:
- Fall Armyworm
- Ground Pearls
- Hunting Billbug
- Lawn Caterpillars
- Pest Mole Cricket Management
- Southern Chinch Bug
- Twolined Spittlebugs
- White Grub Biology and Management
Weeds
Ornamental and Turfgrass Pest Management (99-119, 237-258)
Managing Ornamental Plant and Turfgrass Disease and Non-pest Problems: Ornamental and Turfgrass Pest Management (59-67, 75-93)
Pesticide Management Education
Managing Diseases
Turf Diseases:
- Anthracnose
- Brown Patch
- Dollar Spot
- Fairy Rings
- Gray Leaf Spot
- Helminthosporium Leaf Spot
- Homeowner's Guide to Fungicides for Lawn and Landscape Disease Management
- Pythium Root Rot
- Take-all Root Rot
- Turfgrass Diseases
- Turf Rust
Web sites
Natural Enemies and Biological Control http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/IN120
Natural Products for Insect Pest Management http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/IN197
Week 7
Study Materials
Native Plants, Invasive Plants, Iguanas, Africanized Honey Bees- Low-Maintenance Landscape Plants for South Florida
- Native Plants in the Florida Keys
- Healing the Pain of Pest Plants
- Dealing with Iguanas in the South Florida Landscape
- Iguanas in Florida
- Living with Africanized Honey Bees
Invasive Exotics - http://solutionsforyourlife.ufl.edu/environment/invasive_species.html
http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/assessment
Identification and Biology of Non-Native Plants in Florida's Natural Areas
Florida Keys Invasive Task Force
Week 8
Study Materials
- Greening and Canker Training for MGs
- How to Solve Ornamental & Turf Problems
- Pesticide Safety & Labeling
- Dr. Aaron Palmateer's PowerPoint on Plant Pathology
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