Scale Insects on Houseplants: A Nasty Surprise!
You find a strange growth on one of your houseplants, a sort of small brown bump. In fact, not justContinue Reading
Category: Plant pests
Can You Kill Ants with Boiling Water?
Among the methods you often hear about how to destroy ant nests in the garden is to pour boiling waterContinue Reading
Learning to Deal with Cucumber Beetles
Gardeners who grow cucurbits (cucumbers, squash, melons, etc.) often struggle with cucumber beetles, small elongated beetles that attack their leaves,Continue Reading
What are Those Weird Green Flowers?
Are you finding flowers in your garden that are strangely colored or deformed? With petals that are green or greenish,Continue Reading
Water Your Plants Early
It’s in the morning before 10 am that soil absorbs water most efficiently. That’s because both the air and theContinue Reading
Coping with Rose Chafers
The American rose chafer* (Macrodactylus subspinosus) is slender pale green to tan beetle with long orange legs. Although it isContinue Reading
What’s Eating My Viburnum?
If the leaves of your viburnums look like they’ve gone through a leaf shreader, you can be sure they’re underContinue Reading
Confuse Insects by Avoiding Monocultures
To reduce the risk of insect infestations, it’s best to mix vegetables in the garden rather than grouping them together.Continue Reading
Wasp Repellents: Do They Really Work?
You’ve probably seen them in your local garden center… or in somebody’s garden. A gray or brown inflated object thatContinue Reading
Carrots Resistant to Carrot Fly
The carrot fly (Chamaepsila rosae, formerly Psila rosea) is a major annoyance for vegetable gardeners. It’s found pretty much aroundContinue Reading