Thrips in Home Gardens
… visible without magnification. Most thrips feed on indoor and outdoor plants using rasping mouthparts to break plant cells open and consume their contents. A wide variety … harm. Signs of a thrips population Plant parts to inspect Common feeding areas include young leaves, leaf margins, and …
June Gardening Tips and Tasks
… a wasp before considering it a pest (check out our identification guide ) and be mindful of nest building wasps … on the scale species. Utilize UMD Ask Extension for identification help. Aphids are becoming more …
March Gardening Tips and Tasks
… Planting a tree. Photo: David L. Clement Updated: March 5, 2025 Outdoor …
Tree Fruit Pest Management
… By Joseph Fiola, Ph.D. 2025 Spray Bulletin for Commercial Tree Fruit Growers This guide contains information on … . Access Publication Spray Program for Multi-Tree Fruit Orchards Multi-Tree Fruit Orchard Spray Program for the control of major …
Pruning Tree and Shrub Basics
… Avoid extra work by carefully pruning and training young plants and by choosing plants with an ultimate size appropriate to their location. Hedge … and Garden Information Center publication HG 84 Pruning Ornamental Plants, author Virginia Williams, CPH, Former Home …
Herbicide Damage to Trees and Shrubs
… 2023 Herbicides are products designed to kill undesirable plants but sometimes misapplied herbicides or drift (movement … after the exposure. 2,4-D and MCPP (found in many lawn herbicides) - Twisted and deformed shoots, leaves, and … (stalk that connects leaves to plant stems). Dicamba (lawn herbicide) - Dwarfed, distorted, and/ or discolored …
Cankerworm on Trees
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 …
Oak Lecanium Scale
No Pollen, No Seasonal Allergies … & No Trees
… immune systems each spring, it serves an important role in tree reproduction and more. Pollen contains male gametes , … areas, how to identify and control invasive plants and insects, and about news and regional online and in-person …