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Monitoring and Management Checklists - Landscape Nursery and Urban Forestry - UMass Extension
Current pesticide and integrated pest management recommendations can be found in UMass Extension's Management Guide for Woody Ornamentals. Questions about downloading files followed by the symbol? If you are experiencing problems with this site, please contact the webmaster.

Gardening Resources, Cornell University
They grow almost unperceptively, and only once a year do they flower or produce edible products. However, plants are very active in ways that are not so obvious to the casual observer.

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June-bearing plants because their populations can soar during the summer months when day-neutral cultivars are struggling to cope with the heat. Because currants and gooseberries be-gin growth very early in the spring, you should plant them in the early fall or very early in the spring, before the plants begin to grow.

U.S. National Arboretum: Gardens: Pest Management Tips: December
It is best to plant when the soil is evenly moist; plan to plant 2 to 3 days after a significant rain event. Dried foliage and flowers of many perennials and herbaceous plants can be used in holiday arrangements, wreaths and other seasonal items.

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If you carefully choose the kinds and cultivars (varieties) of a fruit before you plant, you can harvest dessert-quality fruit from early summer through the fall. Many cane diseases attack bramble or blueberry plants that have been weakened by winter damage.


Local Listings for Beneficial Insect Boxes
in Massachusetts
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Northeast Nursery Garden Center
Peabody, Massachusetts  (MA) 01960
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Pleasant View Nursery
Paxton, Massachusetts  (MA) 01612-1408