{"id":13689,"date":"2020-06-16T09:47:26","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T13:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/?page_id=13689"},"modified":"2026-05-06T16:19:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T20:19:02","slug":"ask","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/ask\/","title":{"rendered":"Got questions about gardening in Maine?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"display: flex;flex-wrap: wrap;margin: 0 -10px\">\n<div style=\"flex: 0 0 66.66%;padding: 10px\">\n<h3>Ask a UMaine Extension gardening expert!<\/h3>\n<p>Our dedicated horticulturist is backed by our full team of specialists in agriculture, horticulture, plant pathology, and entomology, ensuring your questions receive well-rounded, thoughtful responses.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>If you are a gardener with questions about vegetables, fruit, flowers, lawns, woody\/ornamental perennials, or landscape trees in Maine, you can:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Browse our FAQs <\/strong>for answers to common questions by using the links below.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Submit your gardening question <\/strong>through our online form using the button below. Most responses are provided within three to five business days, often sooner.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/ask\/vegetable-gardening-questions\/\" style=\"text-transform:none;\" ><span class=\"button\"> Submit Your Gardening Questions Here <\/span><\/a>\n<p><strong>Need help submitting your question on the form?<\/strong> Call, e-mail, or visit your local UMaine Extension county office. <a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/county-offices\/\">Visit the Extension County office directory here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>If your garden is outside of Maine,<\/strong> get the best advice possible for your area by contacting <a href=\"http:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/about\/system\/landgrants\/\">your state\u2019s Cooperative Extension<\/a>. Answers to selected questions are posted below.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Do you need help identifying an insect or plant disease?<\/strong> Please Extension&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/ipm\/insect-lab\/\">Insect Lab page<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/ipm\/plant-disease\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Plant Disease Diagnostic Lab page<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex: 0 0 33.33%;padding: 10px\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\">Recent FAQs<\/h3>\n<ul class='ums_post_link_list_ul '><li class='id-28199 type-post'><a href = 'https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2026\/06\/30\/maine-home-garden-news-july\/'> Maine Home Garden News \u2013 July<\/a><\/li> <li class='id-28138 type-post'><a href = 'https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2026\/05\/29\/maine-home-garden-news-june\/'> Maine Home Garden News \u2013 June<\/a><\/li> <li class='id-27639 type-post'><a href = 'https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2026\/03\/26\/fishing-worms-in-raised-beds\/'> Is it recommended to put worms, like the ones used for fishing bait, in my raised bed?<\/a><\/li> <li class='id-27344 type-post'><a href = 'https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2026\/01\/27\/how-long-will-fireblight-remain-in-the-soil\/'> How long will fireblight remain in the soil?<\/a><\/li> <li class='id-27340 type-post'><a href = 'https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2026\/01\/27\/benefits-of-biochar\/'> I hear about the benefits of biochar. What\u2019s the difference between charcoal and biochar? Which is the blackened wood left unburnt in my wood stove?<\/a><\/li> <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Ask an Expert FAQs<\/h3>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-wrap: wrap;margin: 0 -10px\">\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 16.66%;padding: 10px\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/ask\/fruit\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15887 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/strawberries-500-500-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"fresh strawberries\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/strawberries-500-500-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/strawberries-500-500-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/strawberries-500-500-105x105.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/strawberries-500-500-317x317.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/strawberries-500-500-423x423.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/strawberries-500-500-32x32.jpg 32w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/strawberries-500-500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/ask\/fruit\/\">Fruit Trees and Small Fruits<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 16.66%;padding: 10px\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/ask\/vegetables\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15906 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/vegetables-500-500-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"freshly harvested beets and carrots\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/vegetables-500-500-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/vegetables-500-500-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/vegetables-500-500-105x105.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/vegetables-500-500-317x317.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/vegetables-500-500-423x423.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/vegetables-500-500-32x32.jpg 32w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/vegetables-500-500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/ask\/vegetables\/\">Vegetables<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 16.66%;padding: 10px\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/ask\/garden-design-and-maintenance\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15936 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/design-and-maintenance-500-500-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Person using a tool in a garden bed\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/design-and-maintenance-500-500-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/design-and-maintenance-500-500-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/design-and-maintenance-500-500-105x105.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/design-and-maintenance-500-500-317x317.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/design-and-maintenance-500-500-423x423.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/design-and-maintenance-500-500-634x634.jpg 634w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/design-and-maintenance-500-500-32x32.jpg 32w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/design-and-maintenance-500-500.jpg 666w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/ask\/garden-design-and-maintenance\/\">Garden Design and Maintenance<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 16.66%;padding: 10px\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/ask\/seed-starting-and-propagation\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15937 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/seedlings-500-500-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"seedlings in small pots\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/seedlings-500-500-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/seedlings-500-500-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/seedlings-500-500-105x105.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/seedlings-500-500-317x317.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/seedlings-500-500-423x423.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/seedlings-500-500-32x32.jpg 32w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/seedlings-500-500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/ask\/seed-starting-and-propagation\/\">Seed Starting and Propagation<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 16.66%;padding: 10px\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/ask\/managing-insects-diseases-and-animal-pests\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15953 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/pests-500-500-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Lily Leaf Beetle\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/pests-500-500-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/pests-500-500-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/pests-500-500-105x105.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/pests-500-500-317x317.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/pests-500-500-423x423.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/pests-500-500-32x32.jpg 32w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/pests-500-500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/ask\/managing-insects-diseases-and-animal-pests\/\">Managing Insects, Diseases and Animal Pests<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 16.66%;padding: 10px\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/ask\/habitat-gardening\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15969 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/pollinator-500-500-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"monarch butterfly on fall flowers\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/pollinator-500-500-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/pollinator-500-500-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/pollinator-500-500-105x105.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/pollinator-500-500-317x317.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/pollinator-500-500-423x423.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/pollinator-500-500-32x32.jpg 32w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/pollinator-500-500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/ask\/habitat-gardening\/\">Habitat Gardening<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-wrap: wrap;margin: 0 -10px\">\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 20%;padding: 10px\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 20%;padding: 10px\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/ask\/lawns\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15982 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/lawns-500-500-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"lawn grass\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/lawns-500-500-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/lawns-500-500-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/lawns-500-500-105x105.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/lawns-500-500-317x317.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/lawns-500-500-423x423.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/lawns-500-500-32x32.jpg 32w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/lawns-500-500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/ask\/lawns\/\">Lawns<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 20%;padding: 10px\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/ask\/soils-and-composting\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15994 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/compost-500-500-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"compost and thermometer\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/compost-500-500-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/compost-500-500-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/compost-500-500-105x105.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/compost-500-500-317x317.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/compost-500-500-423x423.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/compost-500-500-32x32.jpg 32w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/compost-500-500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/ask\/soils-and-composting\/\">Soils and Composting<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 20%;padding: 10px\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/category\/ask\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14863 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/07\/5088-fig-2-square-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"diseased plant leaf\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/07\/5088-fig-2-square-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/07\/5088-fig-2-square-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/07\/5088-fig-2-square-105x105.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/07\/5088-fig-2-square-317x317.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/07\/5088-fig-2-square-423x423.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/07\/5088-fig-2-square-32x32.jpg 32w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/07\/5088-fig-2-square.jpg 504w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/category\/ask\/\">View All FAQs<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 20%;padding: 10px\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ask a UMaine Extension gardening expert! Our dedicated horticulturist is backed by our full team of specialists in agriculture, horticulture, plant pathology, and entomology, ensuring your questions receive well-rounded, thoughtful responses. If you are a gardener with questions about vegetables, fruit, flowers, lawns, woody\/ornamental perennials, or landscape trees in Maine, you can: Browse our FAQs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13689","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Got questions about gardening in Maine? - Cooperative Extension: Garden and Yard - University of Maine Cooperative Extension<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/ask\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Got questions about gardening in Maine? - Cooperative Extension: Garden and Yard - University of Maine Cooperative Extension\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ask a UMaine Extension gardening expert! Our dedicated horticulturist is backed by our full team of specialists in agriculture, horticulture, plant pathology, and entomology, ensuring your questions receive well-rounded, thoughtful responses. If you are a gardener with questions about vegetables, fruit, flowers, lawns, woody\/ornamental perennials, or landscape trees in Maine, you can: Browse our FAQs [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/ask\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Cooperative Extension: Garden and Yard\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-05-06T20:19:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/strawberries-500-500.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/ask\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/ask\/\",\"name\":\"Got questions about gardening in Maine? - Cooperative Extension: Garden and Yard - University of Maine Cooperative Extension\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/ask\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/ask\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/strawberries-500-500-150x150.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-06-16T13:47:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-06T20:19:02+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/ask\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/ask\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/ask\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/strawberries-500-500.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/strawberries-500-500.jpg\",\"width\":500,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"fresh strawberries\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/ask\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Got questions about gardening in Maine?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/\",\"name\":\"Cooperative Extension: Garden and Yard\",\"description\":\"Information you can use. Research you can trust.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Got questions about gardening in Maine? - Cooperative Extension: Garden and Yard - University of Maine Cooperative Extension","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/ask\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Got questions about gardening in Maine? - Cooperative Extension: Garden and Yard - University of Maine Cooperative Extension","og_description":"Ask a UMaine Extension gardening expert! Our dedicated horticulturist is backed by our full team of specialists in agriculture, horticulture, plant pathology, and entomology, ensuring your questions receive well-rounded, thoughtful responses. If you are a gardener with questions about vegetables, fruit, flowers, lawns, woody\/ornamental perennials, or landscape trees in Maine, you can: Browse our FAQs [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/ask\/","og_site_name":"Cooperative Extension: Garden and Yard","article_modified_time":"2026-05-06T20:19:02+00:00","og_image":[{"width":500,"height":500,"url":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/strawberries-500-500.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/ask\/","url":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/ask\/","name":"Got questions about gardening in Maine? - Cooperative Extension: Garden and Yard - University of Maine Cooperative Extension","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/ask\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/ask\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/strawberries-500-500-150x150.jpg","datePublished":"2020-06-16T13:47:26+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-06T20:19:02+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/ask\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/ask\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/ask\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/strawberries-500-500.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/strawberries-500-500.jpg","width":500,"height":500,"caption":"fresh strawberries"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/ask\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Got questions about gardening in Maine?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/#website","url":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/","name":"Cooperative Extension: Garden and Yard","description":"Information you can use. Research you can trust.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"amoulton","author_link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/author\/amoulton\/"},"comment_info":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13689"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28120,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13689\/revisions\/28120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}