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  • September Gardening Tips and Tasks

    … Great blue lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)  blooming in front of Rudbeckia fulgida . Photo: C. Carignan, UME … and fill in. Trees & Shrubs Avoid planting one type of tree or shrub (a monoculture) when planting a living screen … seen now on many trees, shrubs, and perennials, like pin oak, roses, lilac, phlox, peonies, and monarda. This fungal …

  • Row Covers

    … squash bug, cucumber beetles, flea beetles, Colorado potato beetle, harlequin bug, Mexican bean beetle, aphids. It … the cover (e.g., root maggots, flea beetles, Colorado potato beetle). The temperature under the row cover can … Garden Information Center Still have a question? Contact us at  Ask Extension .   …

  • 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

    … Counties in Maryland and continually moves south. This insect is a “newly introduced” pest that has the potential to … removing them from the vineyard. Management As with any insect pest, small populations are only causing minor damage … Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA), Plants and Pests MDA (410) 841-5920;  DontBug.MD@maryland.gov   Spotted …

  • Armored Scale Insects on Trees and Shrubs

    … This includes sites where trees are surrounded by lawn receiving excessive nutrients. Overlapping aggregation … Plants: an IPM approach. Third Edition, revised. Tree Care Industry Association. Pest Predictive Calendar A scale …

  • 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 …

  • San Jose Scale

    … recommendations (link below) for both chemical-based and pesticide-free options. When pesticides are warranted, a … more than one year of intervention, and professional pesticide applicators will be needed to apply certain …

  • Commercial Strawberry Production

  • Indian Wax Scale

    … Ceroplastes ceriferus ) is a non-native type of soft scale insect and can be difficult to manage. Their waxy body … predators and certain pesticides. Learn more about scale insect groups and biology on  Introduction to Scale Insects . …

  • European Fruit Lecanium Scale

    … corni ), despite the name, is a native type of soft scale insect and can be difficult to manage. Their waxy body … predators and certain pesticides. Learn more about scale insect groups and biology on Introduction to Scale Insects . …