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  • Mites in Home Gardens

    … (feed on organic matter and recycle nutrients). Plant-feeding mites puncture plant cells and consume their contents, and can be found … Program. Gill, Stanton, & Sanderson, J. (1998). Ball Identification Guide to Greenhouse Pests and Beneficials. …

  • Preventing Senescent Scald: Key Strategies for Apple Growers

    … disorder is characterized in apples by sharply defined brown patches on the fruit skin that become sunken-in and … the apple flesh as senescent breakdown, resulting in soft, brown flesh underneath the scalded sections of the skin (Fig. … as it begins under the skin causing internal breakdown and brown, watery flesh (Fig. 4). What factors cause or …

  • Roughstalk Bluegrass

    … (Poa trivialis) , the light green patches in a residential lawn. Photo: M. Talabac, University of Maryland Extension … University of Maryland Extension Management in lawns Lawn care practices Maintain healthy, dense turf that can …

  • Turfgrass Diseases-Dollar Spot (FS-2023-0665)

    … on fungicide performance for dollar spot control. Plant disease , 95(11), 1427–1432. Espevig, T., Usoltseva, …

  • Woodland Wildlife Spotlight: Black Bear

  • Broad Mites Found in Maryland Caneberries

  • Keeping it Cool: Cold Storage Recommendations for Apples and Peaches

    … No 32-33 0-1   Figure 3. Honeycrisp apple with lesions and brown discoloration due to bitter pit. Picture Source: Dr. … due to a nutritional imbalance, that results in small brown flesh lesions and also renders the fruit unmarketable. …

  • Key to Common Problems of Cucumbers

    … irregular, angular spots on leaves, may be yellow, light brown, or gray. Several different fungal and bacterial … Leaves may curl upward or downward Viruses diseases Common Brown leaf edges, tan blotches Leaves may have a scorched … Leaves curling/cupping Leaves curl downward, turn brown, and die. Aphids transmit viral diseases. Aphids Common …

  • August Gardening Tips and Tasks

    … your vegetable garden into the fall and winter months.   Brown and green Southern  stink bugs  are active on tomatoes … leaves and old straw mulch are good sources of high carbon brown materials. Shred your materials with a lawnmower or … more surface area for plant moisture to escape.    Brown patch  is a common fungal disease of tall fescue lawns that …

  • Thrips in Home Gardens

    … consume their contents. A wide variety of plant species can be damaged by thrips. A few thrips species are predators … there is a risk they could transmit a plant virus. Thrips can be hard to get rid of since they reproduce rapidly, use a … visiting flowers if a plant blooms soon after treatment. How long a systemic chemical remains in the plant’s tissues …