WELCOME TO GROW IT GREEN. THE MCC COMMUNITY GARDEN.. IT IS THE TIME OF YEAR WHERE WE ARE STARTING TO SEE GRUBS EMERGE. TELL US SOME TIPS ABOUT HOW TO FIGURE OUT IF WE HAVE THEM. RACHEL: YOU’RE GOING ...
WEEK. LET’S HEAD TO GREGORY. WELCOME TO TODAY’S GROW GREEN. WE’RE AT SCHILLING FOREST IN PETERBOROUGH. I’M JOINED BY STEPH LINSKY OF UNIT COOPERATIVE EXTENSION. AND STEPH, IT’S THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN I ...
I was up early one October morning, just after sunrise. I opened the back door to let the dog outside and was shocked by what I saw. The grass was all torn up—like some kind of grass massacre (see ...
Have you been bombarded by what looks like Japanese beetles on steroids? If so, you've probably had an encounter with green June beetles. They are dull green with some tan, large (about ¾ inches long ...
Grubs may be the first thing you think of when you see unsightly bare areas in your lawn. However, other common lawn problems, including disease and drought, can cause bare spots in your turf, too. So ...
Lots of lawn weeds pop up in June, but controlling them isn’t as easy as spraying weed-killers – especially as the weather turns hot. For one thing, herbicides don’t work as well in very hot summer ...
What the heck is milky spore? Stephen in Ellicott City writes: “When is the best time to apply milky spore to control Japanese beetle grubs in the lawn? How should it be applied, and how often should ...
Question: I was wondering about grubs because my neighbor said his yard had lots of grubs last fall. When should we start to treat them? Answer: How bad were the grubs in his lawn last year? Most ...
Q: I think I saw an article earlier this spring in the Patriot that discussed a microorganism lawn treatment that rendered your lawn "immune" to Japanese beetle grubs after about two years of growing ...
Grubs are the larval stage of beetles, a younger form before metamorphosis to adult stage. Because they feed on roots of grasses and plants, discovering grubs in your garden can be far more ...
Above: Purdue Extension photo depicts raster patterns of several species of white grub larvae. Photo from Purdue Extension publication E-271-W. One issue that homeowners occasionally have to deal with ...