Tools for tackling the Top 10 Pests Diseases and Weeds in a Community Garden 2017 Gardens Summit February 18 2017 Introductions Jill Schneider Troy Community Gardens Annette Nekola Atwood Community Gardens ID: 769063
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Tools for tackling the Top 10 Pests, Diseases and Weeds in a Community Garden 2017 Gardens SummitFebruary 18, 2017
IntroductionsJill Schneider, Troy Community GardensAnnette Nekola, Atwood Community Gardens
BackgroundCommunity gardens offer a unique growing environmentConcentration of plots Lack of gardening experience by someEveryone growing the same cropsWhich leads to what?
BackgroundLong-term community gardeners frustrated at TroyGardens Coalition Top 10 Work Group form in July 2016 Goal: Create brief, one-page information sheetsSurveyed Dane County community garden leaders Master Garden Volunteers (MGVs) help enlisted to research each pest, weed and diseaseTHANK YOU MGVs !!
Diseases (10)Early Blight & Septoria Leaf SpotLate Blight Bacterial Speck & SpotDowny MildewPowdery MildewBlossom End RotBacterial Wilt on Cucurbits Allium Rust Verticillium Wilt Aster Yellows
Insects (11)Flea BeetlesSquash BugsColorado Potato BeetlesSquash Vine Borers Cucumber BeetlesBean Leaf BeetlesJapanese BeetlesCutworms Root Maggots Earwigs Cabbageworms
Animals (9)RabbitWoodchuck/GroundhogVole or Meadow MouseThirteen-lined Ground Squirrel Rats, Brown and Black White-tailed DeerChipmunkSquirrel, Eastern Grey Raccoon
Weeds (11)Field BindweedCanada ThistleWild ParsnipGarlic Mustard Reed Canary GrassQuack GrassCreeping CharliePurslane Lambsquarters Pigweed Crabgrasses
Good to KnowAdditional resources at bottom of sheets may include information about non-organic prevention and treatment methodsSheets will be posted on the Gardens Network website ( www.danegardens.net) English-only version at this pointA second phase of project could include combining sheets into one file with an index
Do these problems sound familiar?What are your experiences?What have you tried?
How can we use these information sheets?Email sheets to your gardenersPost sheets at the gardenProvide sheets in a binder at the garden Present them at spring registration meetingProvide them at opening day, especially to new gardenersHold an early-season work shop for your gardeners to talk about these challenges and share information sheets Be proactive!
What else?Create a list of crops that grow well at your garden and ones that don’tEducate gardeners to plant same crops at different times Email your gardeners regularly to ask what they are seeing out thereHave a volunteer scout for problems on a regular basis and send out appropriate information sheets or offer information on best practicesAlert other gardens via Google Group on what your garden is seeing
What else?Keep track of problems for next yearPartner with other gardens to do Bt spraying Other ways to partner
Good ResourcesGardens Network Resources www.danegardens.net/grow-a-garden UW-Extension Learning Store (e.g., Common Crops for Community Gardens A3905-05) https://learningstore.uwex.edu/Assets/pdfs/A3905-05.pdf Dane County UW-Extension Horticulture Hotline 608-224-3271 or horticulture@countyofdane.com (M-F, 9-12 noon, April 15 – October 31 Forsyth Community Garden (NC State/A&T State University Cooperative Extension) materials http://www.forsythcommunitygardening.com/PrintedMaterials.aspx