10 Master Gardener Basic Training: Vegetable Gardening

Master Gardener Class Assignments

The assignments for this session are listed under "Related Files."

Supplemental Reading and Resources

Purdue Master Gardener Manual, Chapters 13 (and 7 if you haven't already)

Purdue Master Gardener Vegetable Encyclopedia (see Related Files near bottom of page)

Home Vegetable Gardening in Kentucky, part of Kentucky Master Gardener Manual (Consult Purdue information first.)

Vegetable Gardening, Missouri Master Gardener Core Manual (Consult Purdue information first. Some information may not be suitable or recommended for Indiana.)

Watch Your Garden Grow: A Guide to Growing, Storing and Preparing Vegetables, University of Illinois

Vegetables Adapted to Indiana

Frequently Asked Vegetable Questions, University of Missouri

Growing Vegetables at Home: Questions & Answers, University of Wisconsin

Pollination of Vegetable Crops, University of Georgia

Vegetable Seeds and Seed Information, Texas A&M University

Storing Vegetable and Flower Seeds, Colorado State University

Making a Raised Bed Garden (video), National Gardening Association

Growing Vegetables in Pots, Kansas State University

Organic Gardening, Kentucky Master Gardener Manual

Organic Vegetable Production (Intro & Links), Purdue University

Food Safety in the Garden, North Carolina State University

NewCROP Website, Purdue University

Herbs Adapted to Indiana

Savory Herbs: Culture and Use, USDA

Herb Gardening, University of Illinois

Plant Categories: Herbs, North Carolina State University

Purdue Extension FoodLink, Purdue University (How to Select, Prepare & Care for Fruits & Vegetables and More)

Safe Produce Indiana, Purdue University

Purdue Tomato Doctor App, Purdue University

Purdue Publications Related to the Topic

Home Gardener's Guide (HO-32)

Indiana Vegetable Planting Calendar (HO-186)

Protecting Pollinators in Fruit and Vegetable Production (POL-2)

Container and Raised Bed Gardening (HO-200)

Growing Herbs (Purdue publication HO-28)

Additional Vegetable Publications

Food Preservation and Storage Publications

Key Pest Publications

Insects: Managing Insects in the Home Vegetable Garden (E-21), Purdue University

Diseases: Common Diseases in the Home Garden, University of Missouri Extension

Diseases: Five Steps for Healthy Garden Tomatoes (BP-184), Purdue University

Related Files