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  • Vines

    … D. Ricigliano Updated: March 7, 2023 Like shrubs, trees, and ground-covers, vines can be an important element in any … walls, and add form and color to a pergola or trellis.   Plant selection Vines can be useful in a variety of … pruning will produce buds for the next bloom season. Some common vines make rapid, vertical growth with few lateral …

  • Vegetable and Fruit News-May 2021

    … Localized infestations can.. Read more>> Swiss Chard and Spinach Leafminers are Active By Jerry Brust Extension … were... Read more>> Summary of the Comparative Efficacy of Common Active Ingredients in Organic Insecticides Against … organic insecticide product works best for a given insect pest. Here we... Read more>> How to Disinfect Stakes Before …

  • Offing Cover Crops for Weed Suppression: Featuring the Roller Crimper and Other Mechanical Contraptions

    … Crops for Weed Suppression: Featuring the Roller Crimper and Other Mechanical Contraptions No-Till (NT) Cover Crop … tilled soybean habitats. While burn-down herbicides are common, there are non-chemical alternatives for offing cover … there is the potential to terminate the cover crop and plant the money crop in the same pass. Partially for these …

  • Pollinators

    …   Pollinator Power P ollinators are in decline in Maryland and around the world. That’s a warning flag for gardeners and … over 4,000 species of native bees in the United States .   Common Maryland Bees   Butterflies Butterflies are very … Cycle of a Monarch Butterfly How Can You Help Pollinators? Plant natives. Plant a buffet of native plants that offer …

  • Vegetable and Fruit News-April 2023

    … Cracking By Ria Goswami Candidate for B.S. in Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics & Macarena Farcuh, Ph.D. Assistant … Incentive Program Supports Maryland’s Plan to Plant 5 Million Trees for Climate Progress Apple scab … Common Fruit Herbicides https://extension.umd.edu/resource/common-fruit-herbicides Upcoming UME Events Additional …

  • Vegetable and Fruit News-July 2023

    … of tomato Water core in apples: what is it, what causes it and how can it be controlled? Macarena Farcuh, Assistant Professor, University of Maryland, Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture What is it? Water … Retired Extension Specialist Irregular ripening is a common problem that occurs in some watermelon fields each …

  • Watch for Thrips and Mites in Vegetables

    … September 2, 2021 By Gerald (Jerry) Brust Watch for Thrips and Mites in Vegetables The hotter temperatures we have had … fields. These pests feed by puncturing the outer layer of plant tissue and sucking out the cell contents, which results … are several species of vegetable thrips with the most common being the Eastern flower thrips, Frankliniella tritici …

  • Watch for Aphids in Melons

    … Fig. 1 Watermelon plant with heavy melon aphid population Updated: September … very deformed watermelon plants, but also a few cucumber and cantaloupe fields. These distortions (fig. 1) most of the … from a light/dark green mottle (fig. 2), which is most common to whitish, yellow (seen during hot, dry weather), …

  • Losing Your Trees to the Sea? (FS-2022-0645)

    … Updated: June 23, 2023 By Dr. Kate McClure , and Agnes Kedmenecz FS-2022-0645  |  May 2023 Losing Your … Shore is forested land, where loblolly pine is more common than mixed oaks and other hardwoods. The woodlands in … into ditches, but can be costly to install and maintain. Plant salt-tolerant trees – Some tree species have a higher …

  • Home Gardening

    … (UME) mission by educating residents about safe, effective and sustainable horticultural practices that build healthy … a lot to help our community. We host Ask A Master Gardener Plant Clinics where we answer the public’s horticulture … answer yard and garden questions.  Find answers to many common questions on our website. Ask Extension … Home …