When houseplants and garden seedlings are kept too wet, roots can rot and the fungus that grows in the soil can feed fungus gnats. For houseplants, fungus gnats are usually just a nuisance. When growing seedlings or in a greenhouse adults can spread fungal diseases to flowers. Larvae can spread fungal diseases when they feed[Read More…]
Cliff Sadof
As we move into summer it is time to be on the lookout for Japanese beetles. They are already being reported by Indiana Nursery Inspectors in Southern Indiana. Continued warm weather and precipitation should bring them out throughout the rest of the state over the next few weeks. See our bulletin Japanese Beetles in the[Read More…]
After surveying 72 sites across Indiana and Illinois in the coldest part of our states where bagworms are found, we determined that while many bagworms were killed, enough survived to keep bagworms near the top of our landscape problem list. NOW is the time to inspect your plants for bagworms. For details on the cold[Read More…]
