Horticulture | Daviess County Extension Office

Daviess County Extension Office

Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment

HORTICULTURE

Our horticulture program provides educational training and technical assistance to our community. Our technical services include soil testing, disease diagnosis, and plant, weed, and insect identification.

What is Horticulture Extension?

The Daviess County Extension Office Horticulture program provides educational training and technical assistance to our community. Our technical services include soil testing, disease diagnosis, and plant, weed, and insect identification. Cooperative Extension is the major provider of research-based information for consumers and horticulture businesses.

Publications and Information about Horticulture

Planting Container-Grown Trees and Shrubs in Your Landscape (HO-114)

Planting Balled and Burlapped Trees and Shrubs in Your Landscape (HO-91)

Transplant Shock: Disease or Cultural Problem?

Stink Bug Infestation of Dwellings (ENTFACT-654)

Home Vegetable Gardening in Kentucky (ID-128)

Common Tomato Diseases

Principles of Home Landscape Fertilization (ED-72)

Selecting the Right Grass for Your Kentucky Lawn (AGR-52)

Gardening in Small Spaces (ID-248)

Spiders around the House (ENTFACT-622)

Emerald Ash Borer Information and Identification (ENTFACT-453)

Click Here "Horticulture Webinar Wednesdays"

University of Kentucky Horticulture Related Websites

Commercial Fruit & Vegetable Production

Commercial Growers Information Website

Department of Entomology - Insect and Pest Information

Drought Information Website

Home Landscape Information Website

Home Vegetable Information Website

Home Woody Plants Website

Information for Home Growers Website

Integrated Pest Management in Home Landscape Website

Turfgrass Science (Home Lawn, Golf Turf, Sports Turf)

University of Kentucky Department of Horticulture

What's Bugging you?

USDA Plant Hardiness Map

Center for Crop Diversification

Upcoming Horticulture Events

Please look at our upcoming events!

Extension Master Gardener Program

Learn More about our Master Gardener Program!

Submitting Soil, Plant and Insect Samples

The Cooperative Extension Service provides testing for Soil, Insect, and Plants!

Annette M. Heisdorffer

Extension Agent, Horticulture

(270) 685-8480 annette.heisdorffer@uky.edu Daviess County Extension Office 4800A New Hartford Road Owensboro, Kentucky 42303

Rachel Logue

Extension Assistant, Horticulture

(270) 685-8480 relo230@uky.edu Daviess County Extension Office 4800A New Hartford Road Owensboro, Kentucky 42303

Articles by Annette Heisdorffer

September 2 - Trees and Shrubs for Bees

September 9 - Trees You Wish You Didn't Plant

September 16 - Recycling Yard Waste Into Compost

September 23 - Forcing Bulbs

August 5 - Boxwood Issues

August 12 - Establishing A New Lawn

August 19 - Spiders

August 26 - Growing Garlic

July 1 - Truth About Chiggers

July 8 - Rain Garden

July 15 - Importance of Watering

July 22 - Hydrangea

July 29 - Renovating Lawns

June 24 - Getting the Most Out of the Garden

June 17 - Tomato Management

June 10 - Blobs on Mulch and Plants

June 3 - Lacebug and Bagworm

May 27 - Insect Hitch Hikers

May 20 - Managing Carpenter Bees and Dogwood Borers

May 13 - Good Insect Bugs in the Garden

May 6 - Butterflies in the Garden

April 1 - Preparing for Hummingbirds

April 8 - Gardening In Containers

April 15 - Vegetables in Containers

April 22 - Prevent Mosquitoes From Biting You

April 29 - Anthracnose

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