The U.S. elderberry market is expected to grow, as the popularity of this low-input crop continues to rise. With suitable growing conditions in New Jersey and access to diverse markets, elderberry may ...

Rutgers Soil Testing Laboratory is OPEN June 19 (Juneteenth holiday) but will be CLOSED on June 20—along with the rest of Rutgers University—in observance of Juneteenth. The Soil Testing Laboratory is ...

The goal of the Stormwater Management in Your Backyard program is to empower volunteers to educate their communities about the benefits of rain gardens. The purpose of this Rain Garden Outreach Manual ...

Welcome to Rutgers University’s Home, Lawn, and Garden resource website for how to design and build a garden anywhere, grow plants successfully, and reap the many benefits. Anyone can learn how to be ...

Andy Wyenandt, Extension Specialist in Vegetable Pathology Peter Nitzsche, Agriculture and Natural Resources Agent, Morris County Win Cowgill, Retired Agriculture and Natural Resources Agent, ...

Crabgrass (Digitaria spp.) is a true annual in the northeastern United States (Figure 1). Seeds germinate in the spring and seedlings grow rapidly throughout the summer as a warm-season (C 4) plant.

Phytophthora blight (Phytophthora spp.) is an important soil-borne fungal disease in the home garden. Phytophthora blight can infect tomato, pepper, eggplant, and cucurbit (pumpkin, squash) crops ...

Ricardo Kairios, MS, Family and Community Health Sciences Educator, Mercer County Jalen Jules, Rutgers Public Health Undergraduate Student / FCHS Volunteer Briana Belcher, Public Health Professional / ...

This publication provides pesticide applicators with a comprehensive source of information and guidance on the selection and safe use of respiratory protection for pesticides in compliance with ...

An integral part of shellfish aquaculture is the nursery phase. It follows the hatchery phase where the shellfish are spawned, swim in a larval tank for a couple weeks, then metamorphose from free ...

Beach plum (Prunus maritima) plants are extremely variable in growth habit. They may vary in size from a small woody, low-lying shrub with numerous shoots to a medium-sized tree with one or more ...