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The University of Missouri Extension Center in Webster County provides you with access to the best resources on gardening and horticulture topics.

GO TO: | Planting Zones | Problem-Solving |
               | Vegetables | Fruits | Trees | Lawns | Flowers |

Planting Zones

bullet-blue-tiny.gif (529 bytes) Current Weather Conditions
bullet-blue-tiny.gif (529 bytes) Missouri Planting Regions
bullet-blue-tiny.gif (529 bytes) Spring Freeze Dates for Missouri
bullet-blue-tiny.gif (529 bytes) Fall Freeze Dates for Missouri
bullet-blue-tiny.gif (529 bytes) USDA Hardiness Zone Map (large file--loads slowly)

Problem-Solving

bullet-blue-tiny.gif (529 bytes) Horticulture Publications
    Online access to University of Missouri Extension's horticulture guidesheets
bullet-blue-tiny.gif (529 bytes) Horticulture Solutions
    Answers to flower, fruit, lawn, garden and tree questions from the University
    of Illinois
bullet-blue-tiny.gif (529 bytes) Hort Corner
    Gardening information from the University of Illinois Extension
    Urban Programs Resource Network
bullet-blue-tiny.gif (529 bytes) Missouri Alternatives Center
    Links to Extension guidesheets from some of the top university research
    centers in the world for information on everything you want to raise or
    grow -- from asparagus to watermelons, and aquaculture to worms.
bullet-blue-tiny.gif (529 bytes) Missouri Master Gardener Program
    Get horticulture training and use your interest in gardening to help your
    neighbors learn more.
 bullet-blue-tiny.gif (529 bytes) Missouri Environment & Garden
    News for Missouri's gardens, yards and resources, including a
    what-to-do-when gardening calendar.
bullet-blue-tiny.gif (529 bytes) PlantFacts
    Over 20,000 pages of Extension fact sheets and bulletins for answering
    plant-related questions from 46 different universities and government
    institutions across the United States and Canada. Maintained by Ohio State
    University.

Vegetables

bullet-blue-tiny.gif (529 bytes) Missouri Vegetable Planting Calendar
    Lists amounts, varieties and dates to plant Missouri vegetables
bullet-blue-tiny.gif (529 bytes) Organic Gardening Techniques
    This approach depends on how gardeners use and prepare organic matter.
bullet-blue-tiny.gif (529 bytes) Vegetable Gardening Questions and Answers
    Answers to frequently-asked questions about vegetable gardening in Missouri

Fruits

bullet-blue-tiny.gif (529 bytes) State Fruit Experiment Station at Mountain Grove, MO
    Operated by Southwest Missouri State University
bullet-blue-tiny.gif (529 bytes) Northwest Berry and Grape InfoNet
    Fruit-growing research, information and markets in the Pacific Northwest
bullet-blue-tiny.gif (529 bytes) Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium
    Fruit-growing resources maintained by North Carolina State University

Trees

bullet-blue-tiny.gif (529 bytes) Tree Publications
    Online access to University of Missouri Extension's tree care guidesheets
bullet-blue-tiny.gif (529 bytes) How to Prune Trees
    University of Minnesota site shows the right way to prune trees
bullet-blue-tiny.gif (529 bytes) Forest Health Protection
    USDA site offers helpful information on tree pest and disease identification
    and control

Lawns

bullet-blue-tiny.gif (529 bytes) Soil Testing for Lawns
    Maintaining a healthy lawn starts with correcting soil nutrient deficiences
bullet-blue-tiny.gif (529 bytes) Lawn Establishment and Renovation
    Step-by-step guide to planting a cool-season grass lawn in Missouri  
bullet-blue-tiny.gif (529 bytes) Lawn Maintenance Calendar
    Month-by-month steps to keeping a healthy cool-season grass lawn
bullet-blue-tiny.gif (529 bytes) Home Lawn Weed Control
    Combine good grass management with appropriate herbicide use

Flowers

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    Online access to University of Missouri Extension's guidesheets on growing
    and caring for flowering plants

University of Missouri Extension Web Manager:  Bob Schultheis
Webster County Extension Center
Email comments to: schultheisr@missouri.edu
Last revised: 01/18/2006

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