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

… 6 Weird Problem in Cantaloupe Fruit by Jerry Brust, UME and Karen Rane, Director University of Maryland Plant Clinic There have been some strange happenings in … invasive spotted-wing drosophila (SWD) is the key insect pest of soft-skinned fruit across the United States. With the …

… and fewer options for in-season crop protection. Seed coatings, pesticides, fertilizer applications not … cultivation gives an even, less compacted, and homogenous planting bed: good seed to soil contact, even planting depth, warmer soil -> …

… without herbicides. (Lawley and Weil, unpublished). Growing a forage radish ( Raphanus sativus L.) cover crop can … of crops including spinach, peas, and even root crops like potatoes, beets and carrots. Some soils with poor soil health, however, …

… Updated: September 30, 2021 Key points Earwigs are common insects in the garden and occasionally in the home. The most characteristic feature … moist places such as under stones, in mulch, soil, and plant debris. Earwigs are mostly nocturnal and do not attack …

… provides gardeners with an overview of basic information on rabbits and management strategies for an effective … At night they will excrete cecotropes which resemble dark brown blackberries. They will then eat the cecotropes in … (Craven, 2012). However, they tend to pass on juicy tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, and other such plants. If you …

… Horticulture and Master Gardener The Urban Horticulture program provides … Gardener Program is composed of local citizens whose common goal is to promote safe, effective and sustainable … demonstration gardens Answering garden questions at plant clinics Teaching horticulture to beginning gardeners …

… Mission: To provide gardeners of Calvert County and surrounding counties with the opportunity to … gardening questions. Registration will be available at the door on the day of the event. Bring your packaged seeds you … FTSEwmB&index=13 Tomatoes Seed Saving Webinar: Seed Savers Exchange: …

… feeding on tomato leaf, black specks are thrips feces (A) and later feeding damage (B) Updated: October 23, 2024 By … fringed wings. They 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 …

… tunnels. A grower was having symptoms of twisted growth and browning/bronzing of their tomato leaves this spring and … had started in the last crop. Sanitation is key to keeping pest problems out of a high tunnel or GH. Broad mite … viruses, herbicides or nutrient deficiencies. They feed on plant cells within the leaf epidermis using their …