GOOD BUGS, BAD BUGS
ENCOURAGE GOOD BUGS
BANK
ON BENEFICIAL BEETLES TO REDUCE PESTICIDE USE
"Banks" of
soil planted for beetles and other beneficial insects may
help control pests in the garden, explains OSU horticulture
dept. researcher Mike Russell.
CULTIVATE
WILDNESS AT HOME BY PLANTING A HEDGEROW
Hedgerows may play
an important role in fostering wildlife and plant diversity,
according to research in OSU's College of Agricultural Sciences.
OSU'S
NEW POCKET GUIDE SHOWS PHOTOS OF GOOD BUGS (pdf download)
To identify the
good bugs in your garden, download this new OSU Extension
photo-illustrated guide.
WHICH
PLANTS ATTRACT BENEFICIAL INSECTS? (pdf download)
Learn what seeds to sow
to attract pollinators and natural enemies of invertebrate
pests from this OSU online research-based guide.
LADYBUGS—IT
IS BETTER TO ATTRACT THEM NATURALLY
Purchased ladybugs are
not an effective pest control for your home garden. Learn
why wild ones are better from OSU Extension entomologist
Amy Dreves.
DISCOURAGE BAD BUGS
GOT
CREEPY CRAWLIES INDOORS?
From nuisance ants to silverfish,
learn about common urban pests at the OSU Extension's Urban
Entomology Website.
HOW
TO CONTROL APHIDS USING LESS TOXIC METHODS
OSU Extension
horticulturists offer methods to help reduce aphid populations
without having to resort to chemicals that are toxic to
humans and pets.
OSU
PUB TELLS HOW TO DEAL WITH TREE FRUIT PESTS IN EARLY SUMMER (pdf
download)
The
cherry fruit fly, apple maggot and the codling moth hatch
and feed in home orchards in early summer. Be ready.
NOTCHED
RHODODENDRON LEAVES MEAN ROOT WEEVILS
Here's a least-toxic
control strategy for root weevil larvae that works in the
summer, from Robin Rosetta, OSU horticulturist and pest
management expert.
USING
HOME REMEDIES TO CONTROL GARDEN PESTS (pdf download)
Online, OSU Extension
crop scientists offer pest control alternatives that you
can make yourself, using harmless household ingredients.
WHAT'S NEW
PLANTS
SICK? OSU WEB PAGE HIGHLIGHTS TYPICAL SUMMER PLANT PROBLEMS
Photo-illustrated,
the OSU Plant Clinic Web page highlights botanical maladies
that may occur this summer in your garden, with lots of links
to details.
OSU
EXTENSION AND ECAMPUS TO OFFER MASTER GARDENER COURSE ONLINE
Want
to become a Master Gardener? Learn how you can do it on your
own schedule.
OSU
EXTENSION FOOD PRESERVATION HOTLINE OPENS JULY 14
Have a
plethora of produce? OSU Extension's Statewide Hotline will
be open soon to answer your food preservation questions.
OSU
AND USDA INVITE GARDENERS TO TASTE AND TOUR ON JULY 26
You
are welcome to taste and tour hundreds of fruit varieties
and learn about sustainable and organic food production research
at OSU and USDA in Corvallis.
ONE-MINUTE GARDENER
Gardening
tips from OSU Extension's radio archive. Turn
your speakers on and visit the links below:
PUTTING UP A MASON BEE HOUSE
ELM LEAF BEETLE
OSU GARDEN CALENDAR FOR JULY
THINGS
TO DO IN YOUR GARDEN THIS MONTH |
