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MSU Extension MontGuide: A Self-Learning Resource

What is the MontGuide?

MSU Extension MontGuides offer current information in a concise format on many topics relevant to you, the Montana gardener. The "AG" series features agriculture-related topics, many pertaining to your yard and garden, including crop pests.

MontGuides are accessed by clicking the below links, categorized as follows:


  • General Horticulture
  • Soil Health and Fertility
  • Growing Vegetables in Montana
  • Growing Fruits in Montana
  • Landscaping and Woody Ornamentals
  • Turfgrass and Lawns
  • Pests: Insects and Weeds (Noxious and Common)
  • Pesticide/Proper Pesticide Application


You can find an index to the AG MontGuides at the very bottom of the page. 

General Horticulture

Plant Identification Basics

Yard and Garden Water Management

Houseplant Selection and Care

Hotbeds, Cold Frames, and Low Tunnels for Montana Gardeners 

Bumble Bees in Montana   

Soil Health and Fertility

Home Composting   

Manure Composting

Home Garden Soil Testing & Fertilizer Guidelines

Soil Sampling Strategies 


Growing Vegetables in Montana

 Can I Grow That Here? Vegetable and Transplant Schedules for Garden or Container

 Successful Home Vegetable Gardening 

 Harvesting and Saving (Vegetable) Garden Seeds 

 Heirloom Vegetables for Montana Gardens 

 Growing Garlic in Montana 

 Growing Tomatoes in Montana 

 Asparagus in the Home Garden 

 Herbs for Montana Gardens 

 Late Blight in Garden Potatoes 

Growing Fruits in Montana

 Strawberries in the Home Garden

Growing Rhubarb in Montana

Growing Raspberries in Montana Gardens

Currants and Gooseberries in Montana

Growing Serviceberries

Growing Cold-Hardy Berries and Small Fruits in Montana

Growing Minor Stone Fruit in Montana

Important Apple Diseases in Montana and Recommended Varieties for Resistance  


Landscaping and Woody Ornamentals

 Annual Flowers

Perennials & Biennials for Montana Gardens

Growing Shrub Roses in Montana

Growing Lilacs in Montana

Deer-Resistant Ornamental Plants for Your Garden

Fire-Resistant Landscaping Considerations for Montana's Wildland Urban Interface 

Fire Resistant Plants for Montana Landscapes

Poisonous Plants in the Home Landscape  

Turfgrass and Lawns

Planning and Planting Successful Lawns in Montana

Maintaining Successful Lawns in Montana

Grass Identification Basics  


Pests: Insects and Weeds

Insects

Aphids of Economic Importance in Montana

Blister Beetles of Montana

Cereal Leaf Beetle

Backyard Guide to Codling Moth Management 

Pale Western and Army Cutworms in Montana

Japanese Beetles

Pea Leaf Weevil


Noxious Weeds

Montana Noxious Weed Flipbook

Priority 1A: High Priority Invasive Species. No presence/limited presence in Montana, required eradi

Dyer's Woad

Medusahead

Yellow Starthistle 

Priority 1B: Limited presence in Montana, require eradication or containment, and education.

Rush Skeletonweed 

Scotch Broom

Priority 2A: Common in isolated areas of Montana, requires eradication or containment where less abu

Buckthorn (Common) 

Orange Hawkweed and Meadow Hawkweed Complex

Pepperweed (Perennial)

Tall Buttercup

Ventenata

Priority 2B: Abundant in Montana and widespread in many counties, require eradication or containment

Field Bindweed

Houndstoungue

Oxeye Daisy

Salt Cedar (Tamarisk)

St. John's Wort

Biocontrol of Spotted Knapweed

Tansy (Common) 

Priority 3: Regulated plants have potential for significant negative impacts.

Cheatgrass

Common Weeds

Black Henbane

Downy Brome

Horseweed - Glysophosphat Resistant

Kochia - Herbicide Resistant

Narrowleaf Hawksbeard

Palmer Amaranth

Persian Darnet

Poison Hemlock

Russian Thistle - Herbicide Resistant

Western Salsify

Pesticide / Proper Pesticide Application

Mowing to Manage Noxious Weeds

Weed Management in Shelter Belts

Pest Management Using Integrated Strategies

Residual Herbicides: Preventing Non-Target Injury of Broadleaf Crops and Vegetables

Herbicides: Understanding What They Are and How They Work

Getting the Most from Soil-Applied Herbicides 

Pesticide Labels

Safe Handling of Pesticides - Mixing

Calibrating Ground Sprayers Using Shortcut Methods

Calibrating Home and Garden Sprayers 

Calibrating Pesticide Application Equipment (Long Method) 

Cold Weather Storage & Handling of Pesticides 

Maintenance, Cleaning & Storage of Ground Sprayers 

Minimizing Pesticide Contaminated Soil Around the Home and Garden 

Montguide Index_ AG (pdf)

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