Best Management Practices for Gardens

1. Best Management Practices for Gardens

2. US Home and Garden Pesticide Expenditures 2001. htttp://www.epa.gov/pesticides

3. US Home and Garden Pesticide Amounts Used 2001. htttp://www.epa.gov/pesticides

4. Six Most Commonly Used Home and Garden Pesticides. 2001 htttp://www.epa.gov/pesticides

5. Planning Site selection impacted by: • Trees • Buildings • Slope • Drainage • Soil quality

6. Planning Map your garden and keep notes • How much of each crop will you need? • ID-128, page 22 • Keep records • What did you like? • How did certain plants perform? • Locate plants wisely • lump perennials together • place taller plants on the north side

7. Planning Soil Preparation • Soil testing • pH adjustment • Fertilization • Plowing and tilling

8. Hand-push Fertilizer Applicator • Useful for uniform broadcast or band applications. • Can uniformly apply fertilizer, lime or granular pesticides.

9. Rate (lb/1000 sq ft) of Agricultural Limestone Needed to Raise Soil pH to 6.4

10. Lbs. of Lime/100 ft2 to Raise pH to 6.5

11. Pints of Sulfur/100 ft2 to Lower pH to an 8 Inch Depth

12. Phosphate and Potash Nitrogen: For a continuously cropped garden area where little or no organic matter has been added, apply 2 pounds of actual N per 1000 square feet before planting. Following heavy grass sod, apply 3 pounds of actual N per 1000 square feet before plowing. Where heavy applications of barnyard manure or compost has been added, apply no nitrogen.

13. Guide to the Nutrient Value of Organic Materials

14. Guide to the Nutrient Value of Organic Materials

15. Guide to the Nutrient Value of Organic Materials

16. Vegetables and Flowers benefit from:A Side Dressing with Nitrogen

17. Vegetables and Flowers benefit from:A Side Dressing with Nitrogen

18. BSC Hand-Operated Plastic Layer • Suitable for large garden or small truck farm. • 2-3 ft. plastic widths • HP 5.5 – 14 • Can apply drip tape at the same time.

19. Backpack Mist blower • Fungicide, Insecticide applications. • No agitation so premix pesticides. • Mist blown • 5 gal tank • 5 hp motor

20. Shielded Herbicide Sprayer • Battery powered. • Concentrated herbicide • Used primarily with Round*Up and Gramoxone. • Post emergent to weeds.

21. Care During Growing Season Water: • One inch per week • Water infrequently but thoroughly • Application methods • Wet the soil not the plant • Water during the cool of the morning • Automated systems-drip irrigation

22. Care During Growing Season • Mulch • Reduces water evaporation from soil surface • Reduces soil temperature • Reduces competition by weeds • Types of mulch • Organic • Inorganic

23. Care During Growing Season Fertilization • Usually only need to supplement nitrogen fertilization • Fertigation (added through irrigation water) • Sidedressing with ammonium nitrate (1/2 Tbs per foot of row) • Compost and organic mulch as source of nutrients

24. Vegetable Yields and Amounts to Plant per Person (Table 1 of 5)

25. Vegetable Yields and Amounts to Plant per Person (Table 2 of 5)

26. Vegetable Yields and Amounts to Plant per Person (Table 3 of 5)

27. Vegetable Yields and Amounts to Plant per Person (Table 4 of 5)

28. Vegetable Yields and Amounts to Plant per Person (Table 5 of 5)

29. Best Management Practices for Gardens • Pesticide use affects: • Human health • Environment • Non-target organisms

30. Best Management Practices for Gardens • EPA said 100 million pounds of pesticides applied to homes and gardens in 2001

31. Best Management Practices for Gardens • Integrated Pest Management is a science based decision making process that uses information on: • Pest biology • Environment • Available technology to manage pest problems in a way that poses least risks.

32. Best Management Practices for Gardens • First step in IPM is to correctly identify problem • Many abiotic problems mistaken for pests

33. Best Management Practices for Gardens • Tactics to reduce pesticide use in home environment: • Select suitable environment for plant • Sun/shade • Moist/dry • Soil type • Soil pH • Plant resistant/adapted cultivars • Insects, diseases, drought tolerant, cold hardiness

34. Best Management Practices for GardensQuestions to Consider before Applying a Pesticide • Has pest been identified correctly • Read pesticide label • Is pesticide warranted • Risks/Benefits of application • How toxic is pesticide • Residual activity • Are low risk alternatives available • Time and method of application • How best to target pest

35. Best Management Practices for Gardens • Do not purchase pest infested plants • Do not predispose plants to pests • Proper pH and fertilization • Do not over crowd • Avoid wet waterlogged soils • Plant at proper time • Rotate crops year to year • Practice good sanitation • Prune dead material • Remove debris • Control weeds

36. Best Management Practices for GardensRecommendations for woody trees and shrubs • Set at proper planting depth • Avoid pot-bound containers • Water adequately during establishment • Mulch 2 in. deep • Avoid damage to roots, stems, trunks • Lawnmowers, weed eaters • Prune properly at correct time

37. Best Management Practices for Gardens • There are no True All-Purpose pesticides.

38. Gardening Information Websites That I Use • http://webgarden.osu.edu/(useful gardening information) • http://www.ext.vt.edu/cgi-bin/htsearch(Gardening Pubs) • http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~vegnet/(production info) • http://vric.ucdavis.edu/usesites/ressite.htm(Information Center) • http://www.gardening.cornell.edu/(Gardening Information) • http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/altseed_search.php(organic seed) • http://www.halcyon.com/tmend/find.htm(Heirloom seed) • http://www.ansci.cornell.edu/plants/(Poisonous Plants)