Learn About Landscape Pests!
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: Lehigh Valley Master Gardeners Identifying Grassy Weeds in Lawns Back to Main Page Bean Leaf Beetle is active May 23, 2012 Learn About Landscape Pests Total People in Discussion : 0 Posted by emelie at 01:10:08 PM on May 23, 2012 Do you have questions about how to manage pest problems on ornamentals in your garden Join me for an in-depth look at problems that are occurring in local landscapes this . summer We will take a walking tour of the Gracedale Gardens on June 27 th from 5:00 p.m . 6:30 p.m , and scout for insect and disease pests along the way . 0160 Follow this link for more information and registration details . 0160 http : extension.psu.edu northampton events files pest-walk-for-home-gardeners Linking Blogs Add to del.icio.us Digg It Current Comments Leave A Comment : NOTE
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Updated: 2012-05-11 21:25:06: Lehigh Valley Master Gardeners Growing Great Greens Back to Main Page Bagworms have hatched May 11, 2012 Using Plants to Encourage Beneficial Insects Total People in Discussion : 0 Posted by emelie at 04:25:06 PM on May 11, 2012 Researchers are working to figure out ways to encourage natural beneficials insects in greenhouses and high tunnels . 0160 The same principles apply in home gardens- if you encourage the beneficials by providing food and habitat , they can do some of your pest management work for you . 0160 I think this is fascinating , and would like to learn more about this topic One system involves growing banker plants which can support natural enemies and their prey . 0160 , Briefly the researchers grow barley in containers , and then they intentionally infest the barleyEncouraging Beneficial Insects in your Garden
Updated: 2012-05-03 18:44:50: Lehigh Valley Master Gardeners Got Gardening Questions Ask a Master Gardener Back to Main Page Growing Great Greens May 3, 2012 Encouraging Beneficial Insects in your Garden Total People in Discussion : 1 Posted by emelie at 01:44:50 PM on May 3, 2012 Beneficial insects do a lot of pest management naturally , with little help from us . 0160 Lady beetles , syrphid fly larvae , and lacewing larvae eat soft-bodied pests like aphids and scale crawlers . 0160 Some parasitoid wasps lay eggs on aphids and the developing young wasps kill their aphid host . 0160 Minute pirate bugs eat thrips and aphids . 0160 These beneficial insects and others are part of the natural fauna of your garden . 0160 Here is link to a great fact sheet from the University of Maine that shows what some of the most