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Penn State Cooperative Extension Garden Hotline for Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, and Union Counties
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Tuesdays and Thursdays 1 - 4 PM April - September based in Union County
Master Gardeners are present to answer calls and walk-ins.
343 Chestnut St. Suite 3 Mifflinburg Directions
You may call or stop by the office with home gardening questions. Emailing a question is also an option. Please put "Garden Hotline" as the Subject. Include the nature of your problem. Be as specific as possible. Is there a problem in one section of your plant? What have you done so far? How long have you noticed the problem? If you have a digital photo of the problem please include it.
Trained Penn State Master Gardener volunteers will answer your questions and teach garden techniques that will improve your home environment. Each question is answered with research based information which is stated on the phone as well as mailed to you as a resource for you to use. Some of the online resource sites we use are posted at the links below. These resources will be continuously updated.
Resource Index - Categories are listed under SideBar in right column of each website page.
Many of the sites at these links have been used to answer Garden Hotline questions.
Questions we may ask:
1. Is the plant near sidewalks or driveways where de-icing salt is used?
2. Is there plant injury or soil compaction from equipment?
3. Has the plant been fertilized recently? Application rate, lbs/sq ft.? What kind?
4. Have pesticides been used? What type? When? How applied (spray, dust to soil, etc)?
5. Has the soil been tested in the last year? Results?
6. Is the plant watered regularly? Method (sprinkler, hose, watering can)?
7. Is the pest visible or just the damage?
8. Are mulches used around the plant? Natural or synthetic? How thick? How close to trunk?
9. Has the plant been pruned recently?
10. Has the plant cycled through periods of decline and rebound or steady decline?
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