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  • February Tips and Tasks

    … first. Edible plants If you want to grow vegetables, flowers, or herbs next spring and your soil is especially … of low light conditions combined with overwatering.  Spider mites  are another possible cause. Anthurium,  moth orchid , …

  • Pest-Predictive Calendar

    … Sargent's cherry Prunus sargentii full bloom 140 A Boxwood spider mite Eurytetranchus buxi egg hatch 141 F Double … Amelanchier x grandiflora first bloom 179 A Spruce spider mite Oligonychus ununguis egg hatch 179 A Boxwood … yellowwood Cladrastis kentukea full bloom 627 A Twospotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae egg hatch 627¹ F Bagworm …

  • Chapter 1: Urban production systems

    … growing, raising, or making the products (vegetables, flowers, meat, eggs, hot sauce, an agritourism experience, … pests include things like slugs, nematodes, and mites, as well as true insects like thrips, aphids, … and indoor production, aphids, thrips, whiteflies, and spider mites can quickly build up to high populations.   When …

  • Oak Lecanium Scale

    … Days   References: Adapted from, Managing Insects and Mites on Woody Plants, authors:  Ph.D. John A. …

  • Maryland Regional Crop Reports

    … year.—Jeff Semler, Washington Co. Central Maryland No report this month   Northern Maryland 2023 harvest has been … Hirsh, Somerset Co. SOUTHERN MARYLAND In the last report I noted that we continued to receive rain just in the … however with more recent rains and populations well below IPM threshold values, they may remain an afterthought. Wheat …

  • Fruit Plant Care

    … products, such as horticultural oil, to smother spider mites or scale insects Tips for preventing and managing fruit …

  • Thrips Feeding Damage to High Tunnel Peppers

    … (HT) are highly susceptible to thrips and two spotted spider mite infestations because of the hot dry conditions. …

  • Agronomy News-August 2021

  • IPM - Prevent, Identify, and Manage Plant Problems

    … and biological (encourage beneficials, release predatory mites, etc.). Pesticides should be used selectively (spot …

  • Conserve Water In Your Landscape

    … damage by insects (e.g. borers) or other arthropods (e.g. spider mites) Increased susceptibility to certain plant diseases … turf that is less than one year old. Low Priority Annual flowers and herb plants, established turf. These are …