Scale insects and mealybugs can be difficult to detect. Learn how to identify and control these pests hiding on your plants and turf...
Read More about Controlling Scale Insects and Mealybugs
Five pest groups, insects, and related arthropods, snails and slugs, vertebrates, plant disease agents, and weeds can cause problems in urba...
Read More about Common Insects and Disease Pests of Turfgrasses & Ornamentals
Mole crickets have become the most destructive insect pest on turf and lawns in Gulf Coast states. Damage and replacement costs for ...
Read More about Biology and Control of Mole Crickets
Triploid or "seedless" watermelons were first developed in Japan over 50 years ago. Although the science of making seedless watermelons date...
Read More about Seedless Watermelons: Why Are Seeds Costly and Why Do They Produce Seeds Sometimes
Every square foot of soil can be different. Soil acidity and nutrients vary across the surface of the soil and with the depth of the...
Read More about Home Soil Testing: Taking a Sample
Learn about selecting containers and potting mixtures, as well as planting, fertilizing, and watering. Gain tips for mixed-plant con...
Read More about Container Gardening
Follow this planting guide for growing cooler-weather produce that thrives.
Many vegetables are well adapted to planting in...
Read More about Basics of Fall Vegetable Gardening
In the 1940s, the occurrence of fusiform rust (Cronartium quercuum f.sp. fusiforme) was so rare that forest pathologists had not yet develop...
Read More about Managing Fusiform Rust on Loblolly and Slash Pine in Forest and Landscape Settings
You’ve worked hard to grow healthy pumpkins and winter squash. Keep them that way off the vine using these best practices.
...
Read More about Harvesting, Curing, and Post Harvest Care of Pumpkins and Winter Squash
People are often afraid of spiders because of their ill-deserved reputation for envenomizing victims. In fact, most spiders do not h...
Read More about The Black Widow
The camellia has long been a pampered and cherished plant, considered more delicate and difficult to grow than it really is. Gardene...
Read More about The Culture of Camellias: The State Flower of Alabama
Learn to recognize, monitor, and manage thrips, a major pest of ornamentals. Thrips management requires thought about integration of control...
Read More about Thrips: Pests of Ornamental Plants