Information below is a compilation of a variety of resources focused on vegetable and fruit gardening in Maryland and the surrounding states. This area is unique in that it can be wetter and warmer than other areas of the country resulting in a greater potential for some diseases. Additional information can also be found on this site under 'Home Gardening' here as well.
What are Victory Gardens?
Food supply anxiety brings back victory gardens
How to grow food in a modern day victory garden.
Victory gardens: Food gardens for defense (Toth, 2020).
Maryland Gardening Information:
Maryland vegetable garden information center
Maryland vegetable planting calendar
Vegetables for Maryland
Vegetables that grow well in Maryland
What's in season in Maryland (a farmers market guide)
Best vegetable varieties for Maryland Gardens
Scott's guide to easy tree fruits for Baltimore (2012).
Virginia Gardening Information:
The best vegetables to grow in Virginia (Brighton, 2017).
The best crops to garden in Virginia and South Carolina (2020).
Virginia planting zones
VEGETABLES:
Commercial Production Guides:
Mid-Atlantic commercial vegetable production (2016)
Vegetable production guide for commercial growers (2016-2017; Kentucky)
Vegetable production handbook of Florida: 2016-2017
Minnesota high tunnel production manual for commercial growers
Minnesota fruit and vegetable growers manual for the beginning grower
Nematode, insect and disease control (Michigan State)
Raised Bed Gardens and Trellises:
Nutrition:
Nutrient management for commercial fruit and vegetable crops in Minnesota (Rosen and Eliason)
Maintaining soil fertility in an organic system (Rosen and Bierman)
Using manure and compost as nutrient sources for vegetable crops (Rosena and Bierman)
Nutrient cycling and maintaining soil fertility in fruit and vegetable crop systems
Secondary and micronutrients for vegetables and field crops (Vitosh, Warncke and Lucas)
Propagation:
Vegetable management guide: seeding and transplanting (Mass, 2017)
Planting:
Planting the vegetable garden (Fritz)
Planting vegetables in midsummer for fall harvest (MacKenzie)
Weed Control:
Cover crops in vegetable production systems
Conservation techniques for vegetable production: Combining strip tilliage and cover crops
Food Safety:
Food safety begins on the farm
Guide to minimize microbial food safety hazards for fresh fruits and vegetables (USDA)
Companion Gardening/Planting:
Winning combinations: Companion planting in the vegetable garden (Calvert, 2020).
Asparagus:
Asparagus beetles in home gardens (Wold-Burkness and Hahn)
Asparagus production guide (Fritz, Rosen, Hutchinson, Becker, Beckerman, Wright, Tong, and Nennich)
FRUIT:
General Information:
Nutrient management for commercial fruit and vegetable crops in Minnesota (Rosen and Eliason)
Maintaining soil fertility in an organic system (Rosen and Bierman)
Nutrient cycling and maintaining soil fertility in fruit and vegetable crop systems
Minnesota fruit and vegetable growers manual for the beginning grower
Cornell Guide to growing fruit at home
Fruit production for the home gardener (Penn State)
Fertilizing small fruits (Bordelon, 2001)
Fertilizing fruit in small areas (Hayden, 2001)
Apples:
University of Minnesota apple varieties
Apple IPM for beginners (Cornell; Breth and Hoying)
A grower's guide to organic apples (Cornell)
Apricots:
Growing plums, cherries & apricots in NH gardens
Growing apricots, cherries, peaches and plums in Wisconsin (Roper, Mahr, and McManus, 1998)
Selected fruit trees for urban locations: Apples - recommended for Minnesota gardens (Hoover and Tepe, 2017)
Cherries:
Growing plums, cherries & apricots in NH gardens
Growing cherries in Indiana (Hayden, 2001)
Growing apricots, cherries, peaches and plums in Wisconsin (Roper, Mahr, and McManus, 1998)
Paw Paw:
Kentucky Paw Paw regional variety trial (Pomper et al, 2008)
Pears:
Pear cultivars recommended for Minnesota Gardens (Hoover and Tepe, 2017)
Peaches:
Stone fruits for Minnesota gardens (Hoover, Tepe and Foulk)
Pest management for the home stone fruit orchard
Growing peaches and nectarines in the home landscape (Gao)
Growing apricots, cherries, peaches and plums in Wisconsin (Roper, Mahr, and McManus, 1998)
Plums:
Stone fruits for Minnesota gardens (Hoover, Tepe and Foulk)
Pest management for the home stone fruit orchard
Growing plums, cherries & apricots in NH gardens
Growing apricots, cherries, peaches and plums in Wisconsin (Roper, Mahr, and McManus, 1998)
SMALL FRUIT
General:
Introduction to soil management in berry production (Van Es)
Soil Testing for berries (Fallon)
Understanding your berry soil test results (Pritts)
Correction of preplant soil problems for berries (Hanson)
Foliar testing and sampling in berry crops, visual symptoms of deficiencies (Pritts)
Interpreting foliar analysis results (Pritts)
Correction of nutrient problems in established berry plantings (Hanson)
Small fruit pest management: cultural
Site and soil requirements for small fruit crops (Pritts, 2012)
Bramble family tree
Berry soil and nutrient management - a guide for educators and growers (Pritts, Heidenreich, McDermott and Miller)
Fertilizing small fruits (Bordelon, 2001)
Fertilizing fruit in small areas (Hayden, 2001)
Grapes:
Grape expectations (Marshall, 1993).
Growing grapes for home use (Tepe and Hoover)
Grape IPM guide for Minnesota producers (Hoover, Wold-Burkness, Hilton, Mollov, Burkness, Galvan, Hemstad and Hutchison)
Grape insect pests of the home garden (Hahn and Wold-Burkness)
Minnesota grape varieties
Growing grapes in the home fruit planting (Gao)
Blackberries:
Pruning erect blackberries in the home garden (Gao and Brown)
High Tunnel Raspberries and blackberries (Heidenreich, Prints, Demchak, Hanson, Weber and Kelly)
Bramble production systems (Pritts)
Cover crops for raspberry plants (Pritts)
Bramble family tree
Recommendations for new and not-so-new blackberry and raspberry growers (Fernandez)
Pruning raspberries and blackberries, Pritts, 2009)
Blackberry growth stages
Blackberry variety review (Weber, 2013)
2016 Southeast regional caneberry production guide (Fernandez, Garcia and Lockwood, 2016)
Black Currants:
Organic black currant production
Blueberries:
Pruning blueberries in the home garden (Gao and Brown)
Currants:
Gooseberries and Currants (Pomper)
White and red currant production (Harbut)
Currant and gooseberry production (McKay)
Gooseberries and Currants (Pomper)
Currant and gooseberry production (McKay)
Commercial production of currants and gooseberries in the inland northwest and intermountain west of the United States: Opportunities and risks (Barney, 2000)
Gooseberries and currants (U of KY)
Gooseberries::
Gooseberries and Currants (Pomper)
Currant and gooseberry production (McKay)
Commercial production of currants and gooseberries in the inland northwest and intermountain west of the United States: Opportunities and risks (Barney, 2000)
Gooseberries and currants (U of KY)
Huckleberries:
Kiwi (Hardy):
Melons:
Growing melons (Cantalope, watermelon, honeydew) in Minnesota home gardens (Foord and MacKenzie)
Raspberries:
Raspberries for the home fruit planting (Gao and Draper)
High Tunnel Raspberries and blackberries (Heidenreich, Prints, Demchak, Hanson, Weber and Kelly)
Bramble production systems (Pritts)
Red Raspberry production (Penn State, 2014)
Guidelines for greenhouse raspberry production (UMass Extension)
Raspberries and related fruit (Pritts)
Key features of organic berry crop production (Pritts)
Cover crops for raspberry plants (Pritts)
Raspberry variety review (Weber, 2012)
Bramble family tree
Recommendations for new and not-so-new blackberry and raspberry growers (Fernandez)
Pruning raspberries and blackberries, Pritts, 2009)
Raspberry growth stages
2016 Southeast regional caneberry production guide (Fernandez, Garcia and Lockwood, 2016)
Strawberries
Growing strawberries in Minnesota gardens (Hoover, Tepe and Foulk)
Growing strawberries in the garden (Gao)
OTHER
Rhubarb:
Wild Fruits:
Wild fruits of Minnesota (Fisk)
Hops:
Hops Production in Indiana (Bordelon et al., Purdue Extension Bulletin #ID-462-W.
What are Victory Gardens?
Food supply anxiety brings back victory gardens
How to grow food in a modern day victory garden.
Victory gardens: Food gardens for defense (Toth, 2020).
Maryland Gardening Information:
Maryland vegetable garden information center
Maryland vegetable planting calendar
Vegetables for Maryland
Vegetables that grow well in Maryland
What's in season in Maryland (a farmers market guide)
Best vegetable varieties for Maryland Gardens
Scott's guide to easy tree fruits for Baltimore (2012).
Virginia Gardening Information:
The best vegetables to grow in Virginia (Brighton, 2017).
The best crops to garden in Virginia and South Carolina (2020).
Virginia planting zones
VEGETABLES:
Commercial Production Guides:
Mid-Atlantic commercial vegetable production (2016)
Vegetable production guide for commercial growers (2016-2017; Kentucky)
Vegetable production handbook of Florida: 2016-2017
Minnesota high tunnel production manual for commercial growers
Minnesota fruit and vegetable growers manual for the beginning grower
Nematode, insect and disease control (Michigan State)
Raised Bed Gardens and Trellises:
Nutrition:
Nutrient management for commercial fruit and vegetable crops in Minnesota (Rosen and Eliason)
Maintaining soil fertility in an organic system (Rosen and Bierman)
Using manure and compost as nutrient sources for vegetable crops (Rosena and Bierman)
Nutrient cycling and maintaining soil fertility in fruit and vegetable crop systems
Secondary and micronutrients for vegetables and field crops (Vitosh, Warncke and Lucas)
Propagation:
Vegetable management guide: seeding and transplanting (Mass, 2017)
Planting:
Planting the vegetable garden (Fritz)
Planting vegetables in midsummer for fall harvest (MacKenzie)
Weed Control:
Cover crops in vegetable production systems
Conservation techniques for vegetable production: Combining strip tilliage and cover crops
Food Safety:
Food safety begins on the farm
Guide to minimize microbial food safety hazards for fresh fruits and vegetables (USDA)
Companion Gardening/Planting:
Winning combinations: Companion planting in the vegetable garden (Calvert, 2020).
Asparagus:
Asparagus beetles in home gardens (Wold-Burkness and Hahn)
Asparagus production guide (Fritz, Rosen, Hutchinson, Becker, Beckerman, Wright, Tong, and Nennich)
FRUIT:
General Information:
Nutrient management for commercial fruit and vegetable crops in Minnesota (Rosen and Eliason)
Maintaining soil fertility in an organic system (Rosen and Bierman)
Nutrient cycling and maintaining soil fertility in fruit and vegetable crop systems
Minnesota fruit and vegetable growers manual for the beginning grower
Cornell Guide to growing fruit at home
Fruit production for the home gardener (Penn State)
Fertilizing small fruits (Bordelon, 2001)
Fertilizing fruit in small areas (Hayden, 2001)
Apples:
University of Minnesota apple varieties
Apple IPM for beginners (Cornell; Breth and Hoying)
A grower's guide to organic apples (Cornell)
Apricots:
Growing plums, cherries & apricots in NH gardens
Growing apricots, cherries, peaches and plums in Wisconsin (Roper, Mahr, and McManus, 1998)
Selected fruit trees for urban locations: Apples - recommended for Minnesota gardens (Hoover and Tepe, 2017)
Cherries:
Growing plums, cherries & apricots in NH gardens
Growing cherries in Indiana (Hayden, 2001)
Growing apricots, cherries, peaches and plums in Wisconsin (Roper, Mahr, and McManus, 1998)
Paw Paw:
Kentucky Paw Paw regional variety trial (Pomper et al, 2008)
Pears:
Pear cultivars recommended for Minnesota Gardens (Hoover and Tepe, 2017)
Peaches:
Stone fruits for Minnesota gardens (Hoover, Tepe and Foulk)
Pest management for the home stone fruit orchard
Growing peaches and nectarines in the home landscape (Gao)
Growing apricots, cherries, peaches and plums in Wisconsin (Roper, Mahr, and McManus, 1998)
Plums:
Stone fruits for Minnesota gardens (Hoover, Tepe and Foulk)
Pest management for the home stone fruit orchard
Growing plums, cherries & apricots in NH gardens
Growing apricots, cherries, peaches and plums in Wisconsin (Roper, Mahr, and McManus, 1998)
SMALL FRUIT
General:
Introduction to soil management in berry production (Van Es)
Soil Testing for berries (Fallon)
Understanding your berry soil test results (Pritts)
Correction of preplant soil problems for berries (Hanson)
Foliar testing and sampling in berry crops, visual symptoms of deficiencies (Pritts)
Interpreting foliar analysis results (Pritts)
Correction of nutrient problems in established berry plantings (Hanson)
Small fruit pest management: cultural
Site and soil requirements for small fruit crops (Pritts, 2012)
Bramble family tree
Berry soil and nutrient management - a guide for educators and growers (Pritts, Heidenreich, McDermott and Miller)
Fertilizing small fruits (Bordelon, 2001)
Fertilizing fruit in small areas (Hayden, 2001)
Grapes:
Grape expectations (Marshall, 1993).
Growing grapes for home use (Tepe and Hoover)
Grape IPM guide for Minnesota producers (Hoover, Wold-Burkness, Hilton, Mollov, Burkness, Galvan, Hemstad and Hutchison)
Grape insect pests of the home garden (Hahn and Wold-Burkness)
Minnesota grape varieties
Growing grapes in the home fruit planting (Gao)
Blackberries:
Pruning erect blackberries in the home garden (Gao and Brown)
High Tunnel Raspberries and blackberries (Heidenreich, Prints, Demchak, Hanson, Weber and Kelly)
Bramble production systems (Pritts)
Cover crops for raspberry plants (Pritts)
Bramble family tree
Recommendations for new and not-so-new blackberry and raspberry growers (Fernandez)
Pruning raspberries and blackberries, Pritts, 2009)
Blackberry growth stages
Blackberry variety review (Weber, 2013)
2016 Southeast regional caneberry production guide (Fernandez, Garcia and Lockwood, 2016)
Black Currants:
Organic black currant production
Blueberries:
Pruning blueberries in the home garden (Gao and Brown)
Currants:
Gooseberries and Currants (Pomper)
White and red currant production (Harbut)
Currant and gooseberry production (McKay)
Gooseberries and Currants (Pomper)
Currant and gooseberry production (McKay)
Commercial production of currants and gooseberries in the inland northwest and intermountain west of the United States: Opportunities and risks (Barney, 2000)
Gooseberries and currants (U of KY)
Gooseberries::
Gooseberries and Currants (Pomper)
Currant and gooseberry production (McKay)
Commercial production of currants and gooseberries in the inland northwest and intermountain west of the United States: Opportunities and risks (Barney, 2000)
Gooseberries and currants (U of KY)
Huckleberries:
Kiwi (Hardy):
Melons:
Growing melons (Cantalope, watermelon, honeydew) in Minnesota home gardens (Foord and MacKenzie)
Raspberries:
Raspberries for the home fruit planting (Gao and Draper)
High Tunnel Raspberries and blackberries (Heidenreich, Prints, Demchak, Hanson, Weber and Kelly)
Bramble production systems (Pritts)
Red Raspberry production (Penn State, 2014)
Guidelines for greenhouse raspberry production (UMass Extension)
Raspberries and related fruit (Pritts)
Key features of organic berry crop production (Pritts)
Cover crops for raspberry plants (Pritts)
Raspberry variety review (Weber, 2012)
Bramble family tree
Recommendations for new and not-so-new blackberry and raspberry growers (Fernandez)
Pruning raspberries and blackberries, Pritts, 2009)
Raspberry growth stages
2016 Southeast regional caneberry production guide (Fernandez, Garcia and Lockwood, 2016)
Strawberries
Growing strawberries in Minnesota gardens (Hoover, Tepe and Foulk)
Growing strawberries in the garden (Gao)
OTHER
Rhubarb:
Wild Fruits:
Wild fruits of Minnesota (Fisk)
Hops:
Hops Production in Indiana (Bordelon et al., Purdue Extension Bulletin #ID-462-W.
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