Welcome to the Extension Master Gardener℠ volunteer Initial Training Class.  This class is a hybrid model.  For the hybrid model, you will view the videos and complete the homework for each module on a weekly basis. Homework and other assignments will be submitted to the horticulture agent for review or grading.  During the course of the class, there will be events, labs, or workdays in which you will be able to participate and learn hands-on.  This hands-on learning will reinforce what you learn in the online portion of the class.

Before beginning the class, please fill out the EMGV application, submit your class fees, and pick up your Extension Gardener Handbook.

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Syllabus:EMGV_Syllabus Sampson

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Week 1: Orientation

Videos:

1. EMGV Program
2. N.C. Cooperative Extension, Land Grant Universities, and the Extension Master Gardener℠ Program
3. History of Agriculture in Sampson County

Homework:

1. Required Reading:   Chapters 1 & 2 (Soils & Plant Nutrients and Composting) in your Extension Gardener Handbook

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Week 2:  Soils, Plant Nutrients, and Composting

Video:

1. Soils, Plant Nutrients, and Composting

Homework:

1. Activity:  Soil Activities
2. Required Reading:   Chapter 3 (Botany) in your Extension Gardener Handbook

Publications:

1. Essential Plant Nutrients
2. Soil_Amendments_and_Fertilizers

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Week 3:  Botany

Video:

1. Botany

Homework:

1. Plant Families Research Exercise
2. Botany homework
3. Required Reading:  Chapters 9 & 6 (Lawns & Weeds) in your Extension Gardener Handbook

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Week 4: Turf, Lawns, & Weeds

Video:

1. Turf, Lawns, &  Weeds

Homework:

1. Turf, lawn, & weed activity
2. Required Reading:  Chapter 8 (IPM) in your Extension Gardener Handbook

Publications:

1. Bermudagrass_Lawn_Maintenance_Calendar
2. Centipedegrass_Lawn_Maintenance_Calendar
3. St_Augustinegrass_Lawn_Maintenance_Calendar
4. Zoysiagrass_Lawn_Maintenance_Calendar
5. Managing Weeds in Warm Season Grasses

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Week 5:  IPM & Pollinators

Video:

1. IPM & Pollinators

Homework:

1. IPM & Pesticide Activity
2. Required Reading: Chapter 16 (Vegetable Gardening) in your Extension Gardener Handbook

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Week 6:  Vegetables & Raised beds

Video:

1. Vegetable Gardening

Homework:

1. Master Gardener℠ volunteer Vegetables Quiz
2. Required Reading: Chapter 14 (Small Fruits) in your Extension Master Gardener Handbook

Publications:

1. Weed control in vegetable gardens
2. Eastern North Carolina planting calendar for annual vegetables
3. Crop rotation factsheet

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Week 7:  Small Fruits

Video:

1. Small fruits

Homework:

1. Small Fruits-Quiz
2. Required Reading: Chapter 15 (Tree Fruits & Nuts) in  your Extension Gardener Handbook

Publications:

1. Blueberries for the home garden
2. Strawberries in the home garden
3. Blackberries for the home garden

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Week 8:  Tree Fruits & Nuts

Video:

1. Tree Fruits & Nuts

Homework:

1. Required Reading:  Chapter 11 (Woody Ornamentals) in your Extension Gardener Handbook

Publications:

1. North Carolina Production Guide for Small Orchards
2. Training and pruning fruit trees in North Carolina
3. Growing pecans in North Carolina
4. Fruit cultivars for North Carolina

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Week 9:  Woody Ornamentals & Pruning

Video:

1. Woody ornamentals
2. Pruning

Homework:

1. CH 11 Woodys-Quiz
2. Required Reading:  Chapters 10 & 19 (Herbaceous Ornamentals & Landscape Design) in your Extension Gardener Handbook

Publications:

1. How to prune specific plants
2. General pruning techniques
3. Pruning trees and shrubs
4. Sampson County Pruning Calendar
5. Screen plants

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Week 10:  Herbaceous Ornamentals & Landscape Design

Video:

1. Herbaceous Ornamentals
2. Landscape Design

Homework:

1. Use the Landscape design publication below to draw a site map of your property.  This needs to be to scale and on some type of grid paper.  You do not have to be elaborate.
2. Required Reading:  Chapter 4 (Insects) in your Extension Gardener Handbook

Publications:

1. Landscape design
2. WEED FACTS

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Week 11:  Insects

Video:

1. Insects

Homework:

1. CH 4 Insects-Quiz
2. Required Reading:  Chapter 5 and 7 (Diseases & Disorders, and Diagnostics) in your Extension Gardner Handbook

Publications:

1. InsectID-Guide

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Week 12:  Disease & Disorders

Video:

1. Disease & Disorders
2. Diagnostics

Homework:

1. CH 5 Diseases-Homework
2. Required Reading:  Chapter 13 (Propagation) in your Extension Gardener Handbook

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Week 13:  Propagation

Video:

1. Propagation

Homework:

1. CH 13 Propagation-Homework
2. Required Reading:  Chapter 12 & 20 (Native Plants & Wildlife) in your Extension Gardener Handbook

Publications:

1. Plant Propagation by Stem Cuttings
2. Plant Propagation by Leaf, Cane, and Root Cuttings
3. Plant Propagation by Layering

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Week 14:  Native Plants & Wildlife

Video:

1. Native Plants
2. Wildlife

Homework:

1. CH 20 Wildlife-Homework

Publications:

1. Bamboo_control
2. Invasive plants and your forests
3. Landscaping for wildlife with native plants

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Week 15:  Practical Exam

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