Got questions about gardening in Maine?
Ask the UMaine Extension gardening experts!
With years of experience in home horticulture and commercial agriculture, our experts help beginning gardeners achieve successful harvests, encourage gardeners and commercial farmers to donate excess produce to those in need, and use gardening as a vehicle to develop communities.
If you are a gardener with questions about vegetables, fruit, flowers, lawns, woody/ornamental perennials, or landscape trees in Maine:
- Look through our FAQs by clicking on the links below.
- Call, e-mail, or visit your local UMaine Extension county office.
- Submit your questions using our online form. (If your garden is outside of Maine, get the best advice possible for your area by contacting your state’s Cooperative Extension.) Answers to selected questions are posted below.
Recent FAQ
- How long will fireblight remain in the soil?
- I hear about the benefits of biochar. What’s the difference between charcoal and biochar? Which is the blackened wood left unburnt in my wood stove?
- What insect is damaging our hardwood floor?
- When does “days to maturity” start for plants?
- Why is my fir tree shaped differently and how should it be taken care of?
