{Revised 06/28/15}
CSU FACT SHEET
PUBLICATIONS FACT SHEET
Using this index:
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A number with a decimal indicates the publication is a Colorado State University Fact
Sheet. These are in numerical order on the shelf.
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Not all fact sheets are available at the offices. Others may be located at:
www.ext.colostate.edu
Anthracnose, Sycamore - 2.930
{A}
Absinth Wormwood – Noxious Weed Management
Ants
Carpenter - 5.554
Pocket Guide online at:
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/sam/weed
pocket.pdf
In the Home - 5.518
Aphids
Apples and Pears - 2.800
Acid-loving plants - 7.220
Ash Leaf Curl - 5.511
Adelgid Aphids
Control of - 5.511, 2.800
Cooley Spruce Gall - 5.534, 5.557
Cooley Spruce Gall - 5.534, 5.569
Dormant Oil Control - 5.569
Greenbugs on Grains & Sorghum - 5.500
Aerating - 7.202, Planttalk 1505
Green Peach Aphid - 5.569, 5.511
Alfalfa Weevil - 5.500
Mummy - 5.550
Alkaline Soils and Buffering with Calcium
On Ornamentals - 5.511
Carbonate - 0.504, Planttalk 1608
Petiole Gall - 5.557
Alkali-Affected Planting Sites - 7.220, 7.227
Plums - 5.569
Amaryllis - Planttalk 1303
Plum Leaf Curl - 5.569
Annuals
Shade Trees and Ornamentals - 5.511
Black Vine Weevil - 5.551
Spindle Gall in Pinyon - 5.557
Container Gardens 7.238
Edible - 7.237
Mountain Communities - 7.406
Xeriscape - 7.231
Woolly Apple - 5.557, 5.511
Apples
Aphid, Woolly - 5.557, 5.511
Backyard Orchards - 2.800
2
Codling Moth - 5.613
Borers - 5.530
Critical Temperatures Blossom Buds -
Cytospora Canker - 2.937
7.426
Leaf Spots - 2.920
Diseases - 2.800
Oystershell Scale - 5.513
Fertilizing - 7.612
Petiole Gall - 5.557
Fire Blight and Resistant Varieties 2.907, 2.800
Flat-head Borer - 5.530
Insects - 2.800
Mildew - 2.800
{B}
Bacillus Thuringiensis (Bt) Uses - 5.556
Backyard Orchard
Apples and Pears Spray Guide - 2.800
Pollination of - 7.002
Pruning of - 7.003
Thinning fruit- CMG GardenNotes 771
Stone Fruits Spray Guide - 2.804
Bacterial Diseases
Beans - 2.913
Spraying - 2.800
Coryneum Blight - 2.914
Apricots
Fire Blight - 2.907
Coryneum Blight - 2.9l4
Cytospora Canker - 2.800, 2.937
Insects
Borers - 5.566
Mites - 5.520
Pollination - 7.002
Bacterial Wetwood - 2.910
Balan, Pre-emergent Weed Killer - 3.101
Bark Beetles - 5.528, 5.558
Bat Bugs and Bed Bugs - 5.574
Beans
Bacterial Disease - 2.913
Pruning - 7.003
Brown Spot - 2.913
Araneus Spider - 5.512
Fusarium Wilt - 2.950
Arborist Selection - See Current Approved
Halo Blight - 2.913
Arborist List – City of GJ Forestry Board:
Root Rot - 2.938
http://www.gjcity.org/Forestry.aspx
Nitrogen Recommendations - 7.247
Army Worm - 5.503
Ash Borer - 5.530, 5.614 (Lilac)
Ash Sawfly - Brown Headed - 5.586
Asparagus
Home Garden - 7.615
Vegetable Planting Time - CMG Notes
720
Nitrogen Recommendations - 7.247
Aspen
White Mold - 2.9l8
Bed Bugs - 5.574
Bees
Bumblebees - 5.525
Carpenterbees - 5.525
Honeybees - 5.525
Leafcutter - 5.525, 5.576
Pollination - 7.002
3
Stings - 5.525
Bacillus Thuringiensis (Bt) - 5.556
Wasps - 5.525
Beneficial Insects - 5.550
Black Stain Root Disease – 2.948
Black Vine Weevil – 5.551
Beetles
Bark - 5.528, 5.563
Black Widow Spider - 5.605, 5.512
Blister - 5.524, 5.571
Blight
Carpet - 5.549
Ascochyta - 2.901
Cereal Leaf - 5.595
Bacterial Blight in Beans - 2.913
Elm Leaf - 5.521
California - 2.914
Engraver “Ips Beetle” - 5.558
Coryneum, in Stone Fruit - 2.914
Flea - 5.592
Fire Blight - 2,907, 2.800
Ground - 5.550
Halo Blight in Beans - 2.913
Honeylocust Blister - 5.57l
Blister Beetles - 5.524
Ips - 5.558
Blossom-End Rot - Planttalk 1471
Japanese - 5.601
Blueberries in CO - Planttalk 2115
Lady - 5.594, 5.550
Borers
Leaf - 5.5l0
Ash - 5.530
Longhorned - 5.530
Bronze Birch - 5.530
Mexican Bean - 5.550
Cane - 7.005
Mountain Pine - 5.528
Carpenterworm - 5.530
Twig (Thousand Canker Disease) -
Clearwing - 5.530
Planttalk 1400-16
Cottonwood - 5.530
Beets - 0.542, 7.247
Crown, in Prunes - 5.530
Begonia - 7.411
Currant - 5.530
Beneficial Insects - 5.550
Flat-headed Apple - 5.530
Bermuda Grass, as a Weed - 3.101
Honeylocust - 5.57l
Berries
Horntails - 5.530
Black Vine Weevil - 5.551
Juniper - 5.530
Currants - 7.005
Metallic Wood - 5.530
Gooseberries - 7.005
Mulberry Bark Borer - 5.530
Raspberries - 7.001
Peach Tree - 5.566
Strawberries - 7.000
Shade Tree - 5.530
Betasan, As Pre-emergent Weed Killer - 3.101
Stalk Borers in Field Corn - 5.537
Billbugs, in lawns - 5.516
Wood - 5.563
Biological Controls
Bordeaux Mixture - 2.914
4
Botrytis Fruit Rot in Strawberries - 2.931
Currants - 7.005
Box-Elder
Gooseberry - 7.005
Bugs - 5.522
Raspberry - 7.001
Mulberry Bark Borer - 5.530
Grape Varieties for Colorado - CMG GardenNotes
764
Brambles, Raspberries - 7.001
Broadleaf Weeds in Turf - 3.100
Cankers
Brown Recluse Spider - 5.512, 5.607
Aspen and Poplar - 2.937, 5.579
Broccoli - 7.247
Cytospora - 2.937
Brownheaded Ash Sawfly - 5.586
Honeylocust - 2.939
Brussels Sprouts - 7.247
Stone Fruit - 2.800
Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) - 5.556
Sycamore - 2.930
Budworm Geranium (Tobacco) - 5.581
Canning Fruit - 9.347
Buffalograss Lawns - 7.224
Cantaloupes - 7.609
Bugs
Carpenter Ants - 5.554
Bat Bugs and Bed Bugs - 5.574
Carpenterworms - 5.530
Boxelder - 5.522
Carpet Beetle - 5.549
Conifer Seed - 5.588
Carrots - 7.604, 7.247
False Cinch - 5.603
Casaba Melons - 7.609
Honeylocust - 5.571
Caterpillars
Pill - 5.552
Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), to control - 5.556
Plant, on fruit - 2.804
Butterflies - 5.504
Sow - 5.552
Hornworms and Hummingbird Moths - 5.517
Miller Moths - 5.572
Bulbs and Corms
Fall Planted - 7.410
Field Crops - 5.508, 5.564, 5.565
Spring Planted - 7.411
Spiny Elm - 5.556
Butterflies - Attracting to the Garden - 5.504
Tent Making - 5.583
Cation-Exchange Capacity Soils - 0.504
Cauliflower - 7.247
{C}
Cabbage - Nitrogen - 7.247
Cactus, Winter Hardy – Planttalk 1028
Calibrating a Sprayer - 5.003
Canada Thistle - 3.108
Cane Fruits
Cane Borer - 7.005
Centipedes - 5.552
Cheatgrass and Wildfire - 6.310
Cherries
Coryneum Blight - 2.914
Culture - 2.800
Pollination of - 7.002
Pruning - 7.003
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Western Cherry Fruit Fly - 2.804
Chlorosis – Iron (Fe) - CMG GardenNotes 213,
Planttalk 2115
Crabgrass - 3.101
Crenshaw Melons - 7.609
Crocus
Cicadas - 5.590
Fall Planted Bulbs - 7.410
Climate of Colorado - 7.220
Forcing Bulbs - Planttalk 1319
Clover Mites - 5.505, 5.547
Crown Borer - 5.530
Cockroaches - 5.553
Cucumber Pests/Pollination - 7.609
Codling Moth – 5.613
Curly Top Virus – 2.949
Orchard Management - 2.800
Currant Borer - 5.530
Cold Frames - 7.409
Currants - 7.005
Colorado Gardening, A Challenge to Newcomers -
Cutworms
Field Crops - 5.565
7.220
Western Bean - 5.538
Companion Planting - CMG GardenNotes 101
Composting - 7.212
Cyclamen - 5.595
Conifers - See “Evergreens”
Cytospora Canker - 2.800, 2.937
Conifer Seed Bugs - 5.588
Construction - Protecting Trees - 7.420
Container Gardens - 7.238
Control of Weedy Grasses in Lawns - 3.101
Cooley Spruce Galls - 5.534, 5.569
Coping with Snakes - 6.501
Core Aeration - 7.202, Planttalk 1505
Corn
High Plains Disease - 2.950
Insect Control - 5.555
Spider Mites - 5.555
Stalk Borers - 5.537
Western Corn Rootworm - 5.570
Coryneum Blight - 2.914, 2.800
Cottony Maple Scale
Honeylocust - 5.571
Oil Sprays for - 5.569
Crabapple
Flowering Trees - 7.424
Fire Blight in - 2.907, 2.800
{D}
Daffodils
Fall Planted Bulbs - 7.410
Forcing Bulbs - Planttalk 1319
Deer, Preventing Deer Damage - 6.520
Detergents for Insect Control - 5.547
Diseases (also see "Fungus Diseases" and "Bacterial
Diseases")
Edema - 2.919
Fruit
Apple - 2.800
Mildew - 2.800
Apricots - 2.914
Botrytis, Fruit Rot - 2.931
Cherries - 2.914, 2.804
Coryneum Blight - 2.914, 2.800
Currants - 7.005
Fire Blight - 2.907, 2.800
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Fruit Rot, Botrytis - 2.931
Home Gardens - 2.903
Gooseberries - 7.005
Powdery Mildew - 2.902
Mildew - Apples - 2.800
Soil-Borne Diseases of Onion - 2.940
Orchard Disease Management -
Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus – 2.947
Viruses of Squash and Pumpkin - CMG
2.800, 2.804
GardenNotes 761
Pears - 2.907, 2.800
Peaches - 2.914, 2.804
Dormant Oil Sprays for Insect and Mite Control
Strawberries - 2.931, 7.000
Shade Trees - 5.569
Stone Fruits - 2.804
Fruit - 5.569
Orchard/Ornamental - 2.800, 2.804
Trees and Shrubs
Scale Control - 5.513
Anthracnose - 2.930
Bacterial Wetwood - 2.910
Douglas Fir
Black Stain Root Disease - 2.948
Douglas Fir Beetle - 5.528
Dutch Elm Disease - 5.521
Cooley Spruce Gall Cycle - 5.534
Dwarf Mistletoe - 2.925
Tussock Moths - 5.542
Fire Blight - 2.907
Drinking Water Quality - 9.307
Honeylocust Diseases - 2.939
Drought Injury to Trees and Shrubs - 2.932
Powdery Mildew - 2.902
Drought Tolerant Plants - See "Xeriscaping"
Root Collar Rot - 2.939
Dutch Elm Disease - 5.506
Thyronectria Canker - 2.939
Dwarf Mistletoe - 2.925
Ascochyta Leaf Blight - 2.901
{E}
Turf
Fungicides - 2.901
Necrotic Ring Spot - 2.900
Powdery Mildew - 2.902
Slime Mold - CMG GardenNotes
551
Vegetables
Bacterial Diseases in Beans - 2.913
Blossom End Rot - 2.949
Botrytis Diseases & Purple Blotch of
Onion - 2.941
High Plains Disease in Corn 2.950
Non-chemical Disease Control in
Earthworms - CMG GardenNotes 218
Earwigs - 5.533
E. coli Prevention - 9.369
Edible Flowers - 7.237
Eggplant - 7.616, 7.247
Elk - Preventing Deer Damage – 6.520
Elm
Caterpillars, Spiny Elm - 5.556
Dutch Elm Disease - 5.521
Elm Leaf Beetle - 5.521
European Elm Scale - 5.569
Engraver Beetle - “Ips Beetle” - 5.558
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Tree Fruits - 7.612
Environmental Disorders of Woody Plants - 2.932
Vegetables - 7.247
Drought (leaf scorch) - 2.932
Frost Injury - 2.932
Fir, Douglas
Leaf Scorch - 2.932
Cooley Spruce Gall Cycle - 5.534
Sunscald - 2.932
Needle Scale - 5.514
Tussock Moth - 5.542
Eriophyid Mites - 5.557, 5.569, 5.571
Euphorbia - 7.412
Fire Blight - 2.907, 2.800
European Paper Wasp - 5.611
Fire Safety - see Wildfire Safety
Evergreens
Firewise Plant Materials - 6.305
Black Stain Root Disease - 2.948
Flea Beetles - 5.592
Conifer Seed Bugs - 5.588
Flies
Groundcovers - 7.413
Beneficial Predatory - 5.550
Home Grounds - 7.414
Biting - 5.582
Ips Beetle - 5.558
In the Home - 5.502
Mountain Pine Beetle - 5.528
Flowers - See "Annuals" or "Perennials"
Natural Needle Loss - Planttalk 1760
Amaryllis - Planttalk 1303
Pinyon Pitch Mass Borer - 2.948
Cyclamen - Planttalk 1335, 5.595
Salt Tolerance - 2.932
Edible - 7.237
Scale Insects - 5.514
For Mountain Communities - 7.406
Shrubs - 7.414
Poinsettia - 7.412
Trees for Colorado Landscapes - 7.403
Frost Injury to Shrubs and Trees - 2.932
Fruit - Canning - 9.347
Fruit Trees
{F}
Fall and Winter Watering - 7.211
Fall Planted Bulbs and Corms - 7.410
False Cinch Bugs - 5.603
Fertilization
Bulbs - 7.410, 7.411
Cool Season Grasses - 0.522
Home Gardens - 7.611, Planttalk 1608
Lawns - 7.202
Nitrogen Characteristics - 0.514
Poinsettias - 7.412
Soil Sampling - 0.500
More information located on the WCRS website at:
http://aes-wcrc.agsci.colostate.edu/horticulture/
Apple Insects - 5.613
Backyard Orchards - 2.800, 2.804
Disease & Insect Spray Guide - 2.800, 2.804
Drip Irrigation - 4.703
Fertilization - 7.612
Pollination of - 7.002
Pruning - 7.003
Training - 7.003
Fungicides
Turfgrass – 2.901
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Fungus Diseases
wcrc.agsci.colostate.edu/viticulture/ and CMG
Ascochyta Leaf Blight - 2.901
GardenNotes 764, Planttalk 1203
Cytospora Canker - 2.937
Grass (See Also "Lawn Care", "Diseases of Turf")
Powdery Mildews - 2.902
Billbugs - 5.516
Root Rot of Dry Beans - 2.938
Buffalo Grass - 7.224
Sycamore Anthracnose - 2.930
Clippings - 7.007
Turf Diseases - 2.901, 7.202
Collection of Turfgrass - 7.007
Fusarium Wilt – 2.950
Core Aeration - 7.202, Planttalk 1505
Cultivars - CMG GardenNotes 561
Diseases - Planttalk 1400-21, 1522, 1524, 1527,
{G}
Gall/Gallmakers
Caused by Mites - 5.557
Cooley Spruce - 5.534
Eriophyid Mite, Galls - 5.557
Hackberry Nipple - 5.557
Honeylocust Pod - 5.557
Midges - 5.557
Pinyon Spindle - 5.557
Podgall Midge - 5.571
Poplar Petiole Gall - 5.557
Poplar Twiggall Fly - 5.579
Wasps - 5.557
Gambel Oak Management - 6.311
Garden Flowers for Mountain Communities 7.406
Gardening in Colorado - 7.220
Geranium Budworm - 5.581
Giant Ichneumon Wasp - 5.604
Globe Willow - 2.910, 7.419
Glyphosate as Herbicide - 3.101, 7.241
Gnats, Fungus - 5.584
Gooseberries - 7.005
Grain - Farm Stored - Insect Damage - 5.545
Grapes - Online at: http://aes-
1547, 1553
Establishing a New Lawn from Seed - Planttalk
1521
Fairy Ring - Planttalk 1400-21, 1506
Fertilization - 7.202, Planttalk 1509
Grubs, White - 5.516, 5.601
Lawn Care - 7.202
Mites - 5.505
Mowing - 7.007
Ornamental - 7.232
Salt-Affected Sites - 7.227
Sod Installation Guide - Planttalk 1517
Thatch Control - 7.202
Watering - 7.199, 4.719, 4.722
Weed Control - 3.101
White Grubs - 5.516
Xeriscaping - 7.232
Grasshopper Control - 5.536
Greenbugs - See Aphids
Greenhouse Plant Viruses - 2.947
Greenhouse Whitefly - 5.587
Green Lacewing - 5.550
Ground Cover Plants
For Low Water Areas - 7.230
For Mountain Communities - 7.413
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Selection and Use - 7.400
Impatiens, Necrotic Spot Virus - 2.949
Xeriscaping - 7.230
Included Bark - CMG GardenNotes 613, 614
Growing Season Lengths for CO Cities - 7.220
Indian Meal Moth - 5.598
Growing Turf on Salt-Affected Soils (Alkali) -
Insect and Mite Galls of Woody Plants - 5.557
7.227
Insect Control
Grubs, White - 5.516, 5.601
Ants - 5.518, 5.554
Guying Trees - CMG GardenNotes 634
Aphids - See "Aphids"
Gypsum - 0.504, Planttalk 1602
Army Worm - 5.503
Ash Borer - 5.530, 5.614
Bacillus Thuringiensis (Bt) - 5.556
{H}
Hackberry Nipple Gall - 5.557
Hardiness Zone Map http://www.usna.usda.gov/Hardzone
Hedges - 7.208
Herbicides – 7.615, 3.101
Herbals for Health - 9.370
High Altitude - See "Mountain Communities"
Hollyhock Rust - Planttalk 1400-22, 1412
Home Stored Foods - Insect Control - 5.501
Honeydew Melon - 7.609
Honeylocust
Diseases - 2.939
Collar Rot - 2.939
Insect and Mite Pests - 5.571
Podgall Midge - 5.557
Horntails - 5.530
Hornworms and Hummingbird Moths - 5.517
Household Insect pests - 5.595, 5.584, 5.587
House Plants
Re-Potting - Planttalk 1316
Managing Pests of - 5.595
Horticultural Oils - 5.549
{I}
Bees - See "Bees"
Beetles - See "Beetles"
Beneficial Insects - 5.550
Black Vine Weevil - 5.551
Borers - See "Borers"
Brownheaded Sawfly - 5.586
Budworm - 5.581
Bugs - See "Bugs"
Bulbs - 7.410, 7.411
Butterflies - Attracting - 5.504
Caterpillars - See "Caterpillars"
Cicadas - 5.590
Cockroaches - 5.553
Codling Moth - 5.613
Conifer Seed Bugs - 5.588
Cutworms - 5.538, 5.65
Earwigs - 5.533
Elm Leaf Beetles - 5.521
European paper wasp- 5.611
Fall webworm - 5.583
Fireblight - 2.907
Flea Beetles - 5.592
Flies in the Home - 5.502
Fruit
Apples - 2.800
10
Dormant Oil - 5.569, 2.800, 2.804
Soap and Detergents, Using - 5.547
Orchard (Home) - 2.800, 2.804
Spider Mites - 5.507
Peaches - 2.804
Tent-Making Caterpillars - 5.583
Pear Slugs - 5.560, 2.800
Termites - 5.532
Pears - 2.800
Thrips - See "Thrips"
Plums - 2.804
Tracheal and Varroa Mites - 5.584
Raspberries - 7.001
Webworms, Fall - 5.583
Stone Fruits - 2.804
Whitefly, Greenhouse - 5.587
Strawberries - 7.000
Woody Plants - 5.569
Geranium Bud Worm – 5.581
Insects, Beneficial - 5.550
Grain, Farm Stored - 5.545
Lady Beetles - 5.594
Grasshopper Control - 5.536
Mantids - 5.510
Greenbugs - See "Aphids"
Insects, Poisonous or Toxic
Blister Beetle - 5.524
Greenhouse Whitefly - 5.587
Hedges - 7.208
Integrated Pest Management - CMG GardenNotes 101,
Planttalk 1461
Home Stored Foods - 5.501
Horticultural Oil - 5.569
Ips Beetle “Engraver Beetle” - 5.558
Honeybee - 5.525
Iron (Fe) Chlorosis CMG GardenNotes 223, Planttalk 2115, 2132
Honeylocust - 5.57l
Hornet - 5.525
Hornworms and Hummingbird Moths 5.517
Irrigation
Backflow Prevention - 4.714
Crop Water Use - 4.715
Ips Beetle - 5.558
Drip Irrigation - Home Gardens - 4.702
Lawns - 5.5l6
Drip Irrigation - Orchards - 4.703
Leafcutter Bees - 5.576
Fall and Winter Watering - 7.211
Mites - See “Mites”
Frost Control with Sprinklers - 4.707
Mountain Pine Beetle - 5.528
Greywater/Well Use 6.700, 6.702
Nematodes, Parasitic - 5.573
Growth Rates - 4.715
Oils, Insect Control - 5.569
Micro-Irrigation - 4.703
Orchards, Backyard - 2.800, 2.804
Operating and Maintaining Home Irrigation System
Pear Slugs - 5.560
- 7.239
Pine Tip Moth - 5.529
Scheduling - 4.707, 4.708
Psyllids - 5.540
Trickle Irrigation for Home Gardens - 4.702
Scale - See "Scale"
Water Quality - 0.506, 0.513
Slugs - 5.515
Watering, Lawns - 4.719, 4.722
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White Grubs - 5.516
Irrigation - 4.722, 7.239
{J}
Mowing - 7.007
Japanese Beetle - 5.601
Renovating - 7.241
Juniper Borer - 5.530
Salt-Affected Sites - 7.227
Thatch Control - Planttalk 1520
{K}
Watering - 7.199
Fall and Winter - 7.211
Knapweed
Diffuse - 3.110
Russian - 3.111
Spotted - 3.110
Weed Control - 3.101
Lawn Diseases - See "Diseases, Turf"
Leafminer - 5.548
Cottonwood Blackmine Blotch - 5.548
Lilac - 5.548
{L}
Ponderosa Needle - 5.544, 5.548
Lacewings - 5.550
Lady Beetle (“Ladybug”) - 5.594, 5.550
Landscaping
Drought - 7.240
Spinach - 5.548
Leaf Scorch - 2.911
Leaf Spots
Aspen and Poplar - 2.920
Energy conservation - 7.225
Fire Resistant - 6.303
Sustainable - 7.243
Water Conservation - 7.228, 7.234
Large Deciduous Trees for Street and Shade 7.419
Lavender 7.245
Lawn Care - 7.202
Aerating - 7.202
Alkalai Sites - 7.227
Buffalo Grass Lawns - 7.224
Core Cultivation - 7.202
Grass Clippings - 7.007
Fertilization - 7.202
Lawn - Insect Pests
Billbugs - 5.516
Mites - 5.505
Strawberries - 2.931
Leafy Spurge - 3.107
Leafy Vegetables - 7.247
Lilac-Ash Borer - 5.530
Lilac Leafminer - 5.548
Locust Borer - 5.530
Longhorned Beetle - 5.530
{M}
Mantids - 5.510
Manure - Use of Manure - CMG GardenNotes 242
Mat & Thatch - Planttalk 1520
Melon - 7.609
Mildew
Apples - 2.800
Roses - 2.902
Miller Moths - 5.597
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Millipedes - 5.552
Mushrooms, Fairy Ring - Planttalk 1400-21
Miners - See "Leafminers"
Musk Thistle - 3.102
Mistletoe in Colorado Conifers- 2.925
Muskmelons - 7.609
Mites
Beneficial - 5.550
Clover - 5.505, 5.507
Corn - 5.555
Eriophyid - 5.557, 5.569
{N}
Narcissus - Planttalk 1322
Native Plants
Perennials - 7.242
European Red - 5.569
Shrubs - 7.422
General - 5.505, 5.507, 5.569, 5.571
Gall - 5.557
Honeylocust Spider Mite - 5.569, 5.571
Predators of - 5.550
Trees - 7.421
Necrotic Ring Spot - 2.900
Nectarine
Fertilizing - 7.612
Raspberries - 7.001
Spider - 5.507, 5.555
Spray Oils for - 5.569
Spruce - 5.507, 5.569
Two-Spotted - 5.507
Pruning - 7.003
Nematodes, Insect Control with Parasitic - 5.573
Nitrates in Drinking Water - 0.517
Nitrogen Fertilizers
Organic Materials as - 0.546
Moths
Vegetable Gardening - 7.247
Codling - 2.800
Indian Meal - 5.598
In the home - 5.572
"Miller" - 5.572, 5.597
Pine Tip - 5.529
Snailcase bagworm - 5.580
Tussock Douglas Fir - 5.542
{O}
Oedema - See “Edema”
Oils - See "Horticultural Oil" - 5.569
Onions
Botrytis Disease & Purple Blotch - 2.941
Zimmerman Pinemoth - 5.591
Nitrogen Recommendations - 7.247
Mountain Communities - Plants for - 7.244
Soil-borne Diseases - 2.940
Groundcovers - 7.413
Shrubs - 7.423
Trees - 7.423
Vines - 7.413
Mountain Pine Beetle - 5.528
Mowing Lawns - 7.007, 7.202
Mulches - 7.214
Thrips - 2.947, 2.949
Orchard
Drip Irrigation - 4.703
Insect/Disease Management - 2.800, 2.804
Organic Gardening
Bacillus Thuringiensis (Bt) - 5.556
Beneficial Insects - 5.550
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Composting - 7.212
Slugs - 5.560
Mulches - 7.214
Spraying Guide - 2.800
Non-Chemical Disease Control - 2.903
Peas - 7.247
Soaps and Detergents for Insect Control -
Peppers - 7.247, 7.616
5.547
Perennials
Container gardens 7.238
Ornamental Grasses - 7.232
Dividing of - 7.402
Xeriscaping with - 7.232
Ornamental Trees - 7.418
Edible - 7.237
Oxygen Starvation - 7.220
Groundcovers - 7.400, 7.402
Oystershell Scale - 5.5l3
Mountain Communities - 7.406
Planning a Garden - 7.405
Planting and Care of - 7.402
{P}
Rock Gardens - 7.401
Paper Wasp - 5.525
Soil Preparation - 7.402
Parasites
Varieties - 7.405
Dwarf Mistletoe - 2.925
Insects - 5.550
Nematodes - 5.573
Vegetables - 7.615
Perennials, cont.
Wildflowers - 7.233
Pasture Weeds - 3.105
Peach Tree Borer - 5.566, 2.804
Peach Twig Borer - 2.804
Peaches
Xeriscape - 7.231
Pesticides for Home Gardens - 2.945, 7.615 Phytophthora
Fungus - 2.931
Strawberries - 2.931
Cytopspora Canker - 2.800, 2.937
Diseases - 2.914
Fertilization - 7.612
Insects - 5.566, 5.569
Pollination - 7.002
Pruning - 7.003
Pears
Disease - 2.800
Fertilization - 7.612
Fire Blight - 2.907, 2.800
Insects - 2.800
Pollination - 7.002
Pruning - 7.003
Vegetables - 2.943
Pigeon Tremex Horntail Wasp - 5.604
Pill Bugs - 5.552
Pines
Beetles
Ips - 5.558
Mountain Pine - 5.528
Red Turpentine - 5.528
Borers - 5.530
“Pitch Mass” Borer - 5.530
Needle Miners - 5.544, 5.548
Needle Scale - 5.514, 5.569
Pinyon
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Diseases and Insects - 2.948
Orchard - 2.800
Ips Beetle - 5.558
Roses - 2.902
“Pitch Mass” Borer - 5.530,
Praying Mantids - 5.510
Spindle Gall - 5.557
Preventing Deer Damage - 6.520
Ponderosa - budworm - 5.567
Preventing E coli - 9.369
Spindle Gall - 5.557
Preventing Woodpecker Damage - 6.516
Tip Moth - 5.529
Propagation of Perennials - 7.402
Tortoise Scale - 5.569
Pruning
Fruit Trees in the Home Garden - 7.003
Zimmerman Pine Moth - 5.591
Pinyon “Pitch Mass” Borer - 5.530
Hedges - 7.208
Pinyon Spindle Gall - 5.557
Raspberries - 7.001
Plant Lice - 5.511, 5.557
Shade Trees - Planttalk 1724
Planting
Structural Tree Pruning - GardenNotes 614
Hedges - 7.208
Psyllids - 5.540
Perennials - 7.402
Pumpkins - 7.609
Soil Preparation - 7.220
Purple Blotch of Onions - 2.941
Insects/Borers - 5.569, 2.804
{Q}
Plums
Pollination - 7.002
Pruning - 7.003
Spray Guide - 2.804
Podgall Midge - 5.571
Poinsettia - 7.412
Pollination of Tree Fruits - 7.002
Poplar
Leaf Spots - 2.920
Petiole Gall - 5.557
Poplar Twiggall Fly - 5.579
Potassium - CMG GardenNotes 232
Potatoes
Fertilizing - 0.541
Home Garden - 7.610
Nitrogen Recommendations - 7.247
Psyllids (Tomato) - 5.540
Powdery Mildew
Quackgrass - 3.101
Quince, Fire Blight - 2.907
{R}
Radishes - 7.604
Raised Bed Gardening - CMG GardenNotes 721
Range Weeds - 3.105
Raspberries, Culture - 7.001
Red Stele Root Rot in Strawberries - 2.931
Renovating the Lawn - 7.241
Repotting House Plants - Planttalk 1316
Right Plant, Right Place - CMG GardenNotes 631
Rock Gardens - 7.401
Roots, Tree and Shrub - 2.926
Roses
Planting - 7.404
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Powdery Mildew - 2.902
Shade Tree Bores - 5.530
Selecting - 7.404
Shrubs
Soil Preparation - 7.404
Black Vine Weevil - 5.551
Winter Care - 7.404
Deciduous - 7.415
Round-up (glyphosate) - 3.101
Evergreen - 7.414
Rust, Planttalk 1400-22
Native for Colorado Landscapes - 7.422
Hollyhock - Planttalk 1412
Preventing Deer Damage - 6.520
Leaf (Aspen/Poplar) - 2.920
Salt Tolerance - 7.422
Watering, Fall and Winter - 7.211
Xeriscape - 7.229
{S}
Slime Flux (See also “Bacterial Wetwood”) - 2.910
Salt
In Soil - 0.504, 7.220, 7.227
In Water - 0.506
Slime Mold - Planttalk 1435, CMG GardenNotes 551
Slugs/Snails
Garden - 5.515
Plant Tolerance - 0.503, 0.506
Sawfly
Brownheaded Ash - 5.586
Greenhouse Whitefly - 5.587
Scale
Conifers - 5.514
Cottony Maple - 5.569, 5.571
European Elm Scale - 5.569
Evergreens - 5.514
Insects - 5.514
Orchard, Control of - 2.800
Oystershell - 5.513, 5.569
Pine Needle Scale - 5.514, 5.569
Pine Tortoise Scale - 5.569
Scurfy Scale - 5.569
Soft Brown Scale - 5.569
Scorpions - 5.512
Seed
Growing Plants from Seed - 7.409
Saving Seed from Home Garden - 7.602
Shade Trees - 7.419
Pear - 5.560
Small Deciduous Trees - 7.418
Snailcase bagworm - 5.580
Snakes, Coping with - 6.501
Soaps and Detergents as Insecticides - 5.547
Sodium in Soils - 0.504
Soils
Amendments - 7.235
Estimating Moisture - 4.700
Fumigation (alternative to) - 0.505
Gardening in Salty Soil - 0.504, 7.220, 7.227
Salt-Affected - 0.504, 0.505, 7.220, 7.227
Sodium-Affected - 0.504
Soil Sampling - 0.500
Soil Erosion Control after Wildfire - 6.308
Soil Preparation
Annuals - 7.406
Bulbs - 7.410, 7.411
Composting - 7.212
Groundcovers - 7.413
Perennials - 7.405
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Vegetable Gardening - Nitrogen
Recommendations - 7.247
Xeriscaping - 7.232
7.602
Storing Home Grown Vegetables - 7.601
Strawberries - 7.000
Soil Sampling - 0.500
Diseases - 2.931
Sowbugs - 5.552
Root Weevils - 5.551
Spider Mites - 5.507, 5.555
Streptomycin
Fire Blight Control - 2.800, 2.907
Spiders
Beneficial - 5.550
Sugar Beet - 2.950
Brown Recluse - 5.512, 5.607
Summer Oil - 5.569
In the Home - 5.512
Sun Spider - 5.512, 5.589
Sun Spider - 5.589
Sunscald - 2.932
Western Widow - 5.605
Sustainable Landscaping - 7.243
Wolf - 5.512
Sweet Corn for the Home Garden - 7.247
Spindle Gall on Pinyon - 5.557
Sycamore Anthracnose - 2.930
Spotted Wilt Virus, tomatoes - 2.947
Spray Guide
Apples and Pears -2.800
Stone Fruits - 2.804
Zinc - 7.612
Spray Oils for Insect and Mite Pests on Woody
Plants - 5.569
Sprayer Calibration Fundamentals - 5.003
{T}
Tamarisk - Planttalk 2125
Tent Making Caterpillars - 5.583
Termites - 5.532
Thatch & Mat - Planttalk 1520
Thistle
Canada - 3.108
Springtails - 5.602
Sprinklers - See "Irrigation"
Spruce
Beetle - 5.528
Borer - 5.530
Budworm - 5.543
Galls - 5.534, 5.569
Mites - 5.507, 5.569
Tussock Moth - 5.542
Squash - 7.609
Squash Bug Control - 5.609
Stone Fruit - 2.804
Storing Flower and Vegetable Seeds - 7.221,
Musk - 3.102
Thrips
Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus - 2.947, 2.949
Ticks and tick borne diseases- 5.593
Toadflaxes - Biology and Management - 3.114
Tobacco Budworm - 5.581
Tomato
Blossom-End Rot - 2.949
Curly Top - 2.949
Nitrogen Recommendations - 7.247
Problems - 2.949
Psyllids - 5.540
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Mulberry Bark Borer -
Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus - 2.947
Tracheal and Varroa Mites - 5.584
Mulches - 7.214
Trees (see also specific tree, e.g., "Honeylocust")
Native, for Colo. Landscapes - 7.421
Pine Needle Distortion
Aphids on Shade Trees - 5.511
Pinyon “Pitch Mass” Borer - 5.530
Ash Borer - 5.530
Bacillus Thuringiensis (Bt) - 5.556
Powdery Mildew - 2.902
Black Vine Weevil -
Protecting Trees During Construction - 7.420
Box-Elder Bugs - 5.522
Roots, Healthy - 2.926
Caterpillar, Tent-Making - 5.583
Shade - 7.419
Chlorosis - CMG GardenNotes 213,
Shade Tree Borers - 5.530
Slime Flux - 2.910
Planttalk 2115
Conifer Seed Bugs - 5.588
Small Deciduous Trees - 7.418
Deer - Preventing Damage - 6.520
Tent-Making Caterpillar - 5.583
Dormant Oil - 5.569
Evergreen - 7.403
Drought-tolerant - 7.229
Large deciduous - 7.419
Elk - Preventing Deer Damage - 6.520
Native - 7.421
Elm Leaf Beetles - 5.521
Small deciduous - 7.418
Environmental Disorders of - 2.932
Xeriscape - 7.229
Fruit Trees - see “Fruit Trees”
Watering - 7.211
Globe Willow - 2.910, 7.419
Xeriscaping - 7.229
How to Plant - CMG GardenNotes 636
Trickle Irrigation
Horticultural Oil - 5.569
Home Garden - 4.702
Insect Mite Galls of Woody Plants -
Orchards - 4.703
5.557
Tulips - 7.410
Insect Control - 5.556
Tupersan, as Pre-emergent Weed Killer - 3.101
Ips Beetle - 5.558
Turfgrass - See "Grass", "Lawn Care"
Iron (Fe) Chlorosis - CMG GardenNotes
Tussock Moths - 5.542
213, Planttalk 2115
Large Deciduous Trees for Street and
Shade - 7.419
Leaf Scorch - 2.911
Magnesium Chloride toxicity in - 7.425
{U}
USDA Hardiness Zone Map - online at:
http://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/
Maple, Plant Select Hot Wings - Planttalk
735
Mountain Pine Beetle - 5.528
{V}
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Vegetables
& Bees (Nuisance) - 5.525
Blossom-end rot - Planttalk 1471
Gall - 5.557
Composting - 7.212
Giant Ichneumon - 5.604
Container gardens- 7.238
Paper Wasp (European) - 5.611
Cucumbers - 7.609
Pigeon Tremex Horntail - 5.604
Diseases - See "Diseases - Vegetables"
Water Conservation - See "Xeriscaping"
Fertilizing - 7.611
Water Quality
Melons - 7.609
Criteria - 0.506
Nitrogen Recommendations - 7.247
Domestic - 0.513
Peppers & Eggplant - 7.616
Drinking - 9.307
Planting Time - CMG GardenNotes 720
Grey Water/Rainwater - 6.702
Saving Seeds - 7.602
Irrigation- 0.506
Squash & Pumpkins - 7.609
Nitrates - 0.517
Storing - 7.601
Well water, home use - 6.700
Tomato Problems - 2.949
Watering (see also "Irrigation")
Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus - 2.947
Cool Season Grasses - 0.522
Transplant Timetables - Planttalk 1818
Drought landscaping - 7.240
Transplant, hardening - Planttalk 1802
Drip Irrigation
Trickle (Drip) Irrigation - 4.702
Fall and Winter - 7.211
Winter planting - CMG GardenNotes 720
Lawns - 7.202
Vegetation, Fire-Safe - 6.303
Established Lawns - 7.199
Vine Crops, Nitrogen - 7.247
Operating and Maintaining a Home Irrigation
Vines
System - 7.239
For Mountain Communities - 7.413
Orchards - 4.703
Salt Tolerance -
Micro-Sprinkler Irrigation - 4.703
Vineyard - see “Grapes”
Vegetables - 4.702
Virus
Winter - 7.211, 4.719
Curly Top - 2.942
Watermelons - 7.609
Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus – 2.947
Water Wise Gardening - see Xeriscape
Voles - 6.507
Webworms
Tent-Making Caterpillars - 5.583
Weeds
{W}
Best Management Practices for Noxious Weeds in
Mesa County - Planttalk 2103
Wasps
Beneficial (Parasitic) - 5.550
Canada Thistle - 3.108
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Diffuse and Spotted Knapweed - 3.110
Western Cherry Fruit Fly – 2.804
Grassy Weeds in Lawns - 3.101
Western Spruce Budworm - 5.543
Invasive Plant Species - Planttalk 2014,
Western Widow Spider - 5.605
2125
Wetwood - 2.910
Knapweed
White Grubs - 5.5l6
Diffuse and Spotted - 3.110
Whitefly, Greenhouse - 5.587
Russian - 3.111
Wildfire Safety
Lawns - 3.101
Defense Zones - 6.302
Leafy Spurge - 3.107
Fire-Resistant Landscaping - 6.303
Management
Firewise Plant Materials - 6.305
Forestry - Soil Erosion Control After Wildfire -
Range and Pasture - 3.105
Small Rural Acreage - 3.106
6.308
Home Safety - 6.304
Musk Thistle - 3.102
Noxious Weed Pocket Guide online at:
Wildflowers - 7.233
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/sam/weed-
Wildlife Management
pocket.pdf
Managing Voles - 6.507
Range and Pasture - 3.105
Preventing deer damage - 6.520
Russian Knapweed - 3.111
Willow Aphid - 5.511
Toadflaxes - 3.114
Wine - See “Grapes”
Weevils - 5.530
Winter Care of Roses - Planttalk 1726
Alfalfa - 5.500
Winter Hardy Cacti - Planttalk 1028
Black Vine – 5.551
Winter Squash Harvest - Planttalk 1842
Root Weevils - 5.551
Winter Vegetable Gardening - CMG GardenNotes 723
Strawberry Root – 5.551
Winter Watering - 7.211
White Pine - 5.606
Winter Melons - 7.609
Wells for Home Use – 6.700
Woodpecker Damage, Preventing - 6.516
Retrofit Your Yard - 7.234
Wolf Spider - 5.512
Trees and Shrubs - 7.229
Turf and Ornamental Grasses - 7.232
Water Conservation - 7.228, 7.234
{X}
Xeriscape
Creative Landscaping - 7.228
{Z}
Garden Flowers - 7.231
Zucchini Squash - 7.609
Ground covers - 7.230
Zimmerman Pine moth - 5.591
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Zinc Deficiency - 7.612