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Let us help you get started with vegetable gardening!

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A soil pH test is a great first step to successful gardening.

What's eating your plants? We can help you find out, and suggest ways to control it!

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Learn skills and share what you know, as a volunteer in the CCE Master Gardener program.

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Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)

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Our master gardeners are ready to help with your garden question, identification or issue. Bring your question to the Help Line by telephone, e-mail or walk in on Wednesdays Noon to 2PM during the growing season. Our garden experts will review your request and set you in the right direction. Also, as an extra bonus if you bring in a soil sample our garden team will test for PH. PH is important for the adsorption of nutrients in your soil.

Contact us on 716-664-9502 extension 224, e-mail us at chautauquamg@cornell.edu or visit us at the JCC Carnahan Center; 525 Falconer Street; P.O. Box 20; Jamestown, NY 14702-0020, during helpline hours. the "GPS friendly address is 241 James Ave; Jamestown, NY" look for the RED Cornell Signs.

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Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chautauqua County is your resource for information on soils, site improvement, plant selection, proper plant care, eco-friendly practices, integrated pest management, composting and so much more! We offer free or low-cost gardening classes and tours all year long, and opportunities to share your love of gardening as a volunteer! Call us or come by today!

Upcoming Garden Learning Opportunities

Are pests bugging you? We're here to help!

The New York State IPM Program is excited to launch a new virtual series, What’s Bugging You First Fridays, a Virtual presentations on practical solutions to pest problems.

In this monthly virtual series, we'll explore timely topics to help you use integrated pest management (IPM) to avoid pest problems and promote a healthy environment where you live, work, learn and play. What is IPM? It's a wholistic approach that uses different tools and practices to not only reduce pest problems, but to also address the reasons why pests are there in the first place. Each month, our speakers will share practical information about how you can use IPM.

Events will happen on the first Friday of every month from 12:00 to 12:30 PM EST on Zoom. Below is the schedule of presentations from March 2021 to February 2022 Each month we’ll cover a timely topic in 25 minutes, including time for questions. Then, in an IPM Minute, we’ll cover a specific task you can perform in the next few days to help you avoid pest problems.

Details and registration information can be found at:

https://nysipm.cornell.edu/whats-bugging-you/first-friday-events/

TOPIC IPM MINUTE DATE

Indoor cockroaches

Pet flea/tick treatments

February 3, 2023

Carpenter ants

Carpenter bees

March 3, 2023

Avoiding wildlife at home

Slug/snail management

April 7, 2023

Spotted lanternfly update 

Stinging insect ID

May 5, 2023

Common garden insects

Poison ivy management

June 2, 2023

Pest of home berry plants

Spiders in the home

July 7, 2023

Groundhog management

Bat exclusion

August 4, 2023
Right plant, right place
Transplanting trees/shrubs September 1, 2023

Jumping worms

Roof gutter pests

October 6, 2023
Winter garden prep Tick check reminder November 3, 2023

Houseplant IPM Firewood pests December 1 ,2023


LATE BLIGHT RESOURCES:

Late Blight Photos

Managing Late Blight in Tomato and Potato – An Essential Part of Gardening

Late Blight Fact Sheet


Contact

Lucia Conti
Association Administrative Assistant
lpc33@cornell.edu
716-664-9502 ext. 209

Last updated March 1, 2024