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  • Phytotoxicity: Chemical Damage to Garden Plants

    … Talabac, UME Updated: June 7, 2024 What is phytotoxicity? Plant tissue damage from chemical exposure is called … the severity of plant injury will depend on the type and amount of chemicals involved, and healthy new growth may … ways chemical exposure can damage plants. Among the most common is drift from a nearby pesticide application or from …

  • Ladybugs or Ladybird Beetles

    … exception of two species  that can be  significant garden pests ( Mexican bean beetles  and squash beetles ), all other …  Adults will also feed on nectar, pollen, and honeydew. Insect(s) upon which they prey Aphids ,  spider mites , scale insects,  whiteflies , leaf beetle larvae, some insect eggs and small caterpillars. Appearance   Eggs :  …

  • Scouting Smarter: June Insect Pressure and Threshold Tips

    … June 11, 2025 By Hayden Schug Scouting Smarter: June Insect Pressure and Threshold Tips Hayden Schug, Agriculture … stink bugs in corn, especially along field edges. These pests often move in from neighboring wheat fields during … the latest edition. Subscribe … Scouting Smarter: June Insect Pressure and Threshold Tips …

  • May Gardening Tips and Tasks

    … plants  that will bloom over the entire growing season Lawns Leave grass clippings where they lay.  Grasscycling … stem cutting, monitor for damage,  maintain healthy dense lawns  (or consider  reducing your lawn ), reduce pesticide …

  • An Unusual Vegetable Pest Observed This Season: Fleahoppers

    … it is important to confirm the actual presence of the insect causing the observed damage, as effective products for thrips/mite control may not adequately control fleahoppers. In our …

  • September Gardening Tips and Tasks

    … for upcoming seed shares.   Wait on pruning perennial plants until late next spring. Certain bees and other … leaving their egg masses be, and planting a diversity of native plants.    Scoliid wasp adults (also known as digger … beneficial predators (do not target and kill non-native mantid species). Support these predators by leaving …

  • Row Covers

    … by increasing the temperature and humidity.  Extend the growing season by providing 2- 8 º F. of frost protection.  … on the crop- hence the name “floating row cover.” The growing plants push the cover upwards if you give it enough … through August. Broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, mustard, kale, collard, Swiss chard, beet, potato, green beans Cover …

  • Vegetable and Fruit News-May 2021

    … 2024 May 13, 2021  |  Volume 12, Issue 2 June Vegetable Insect Scouting Tips By Emily Zobel, Senior Agent Associate, … in Organic Insecticides Against Difficult to Control Insect Pests By Galen P. Dively, Terry Patton, Lindsay Barranco, and …

  • Spotted Lanternfly (SLF) II - Scouting and Management

    … but know they are in the area, scouting for and monitoring Tree-of-Heaven (TOH) or other hosts (Sumac, Sycamore, Black … in the fall the adults will heavily congregate on stems of Tree of Heaven and grapevines (figure G).   Sooty mold … you may be disrupting the delicate balance with beneficial insects which may lead to other pest outbreaks (mites, …

  • Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) Part 2–Management in the Vineyard

    … the wire or the cluster itself may help to disturb the insect-inducing flight.    It is strongly recommended to sort … a longer residual life. Both have a rapid knockdown of pests but neither is likely to keep high populations of SB … likely effective, also has the risk of flaring secondary pests, e.g. leafhoppers, mealybugs, and/or mites. The …