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Category Archives: Scale Insects
Spring Gardening Activities
Insects – As our temperature gets warmer, you should begin noticing a number of insect pests, including Chilly Thrips, which attack new growth, including flowers and leaves, especially on roses and gardenias. While most insecticides are ineffective on this pest, … Continue reading
Posted in Aphids, Brown Patch, Crape Myrtle, Fertilizing Lawn and Garden, grasshoppers, Insects, Lawn Care, Lawn Pests, Neonecatides, Plant Pests, Scale Insects, Spring Gardening, Thrips, Weeds
Tagged aphids, Brown Patch, Chilly Thrips, Lawn weeds, Lubber Grasshoppers, Mealy bugs, Scale Insects, Stinkhorn Fungi, Take-all Root Rot
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Holiday Plants
Holiday plants, which include poinsettias, Christmas Cactus, Kalanchoe, Cyclamen, and spring bulbs, such as tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, crocus and amaryllis (which have been forced to bloom now), and others, are great to receive or give to someone. However, how many … Continue reading
More Thoughts on Summer Gardening
In my last posting, I discussed primarily how to cope with hot, humid weather as part of my suggested summer gardening tasks. I’d like to conclude this topic by discussing a few other suggestions: 1. Flowering Plants – As flowers … Continue reading
Posted in Caterpillars, grasshoppers, Insects, Plant Diseases, Plant Pests, Plant Propagation, Poinsettias, Scale Insects, Summer Florida Gardening, Thrips, Weeds, Wind damage to trees
Tagged dead heading, florida summer storms, floweringplants, insects, pests, plant diseases, plant pest control, propagation, summer gardening, weeds
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Pest control suggestions for grasshoppers, scale, spider mites, and aphids.
To begin with, I wish to apologize for the delays in posting new blogs. Since my last posting I have been extremely busy, especially with Master Gardener work, which has included bi-weekly talks at DeBary Hall, (call 386-668-3840 to learn … Continue reading
Scale Insects
The longer I live in Florida, the more I’ve become aware of the growing problem of scale insects. Would you believe that there are more than 7,500 species of these parasites, and most homeowners don’t even know they exist … Continue reading
Posted in Insects, Plant Pests, Scale Insects
Tagged insects, plant pests, Scale Insects
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Sago Palm Scale (aka Aulacaspis Scale)
For those of you who may have sago palms planted in your landscape, have you checked them lately for this dreaded pest, which if left alone, will kill you plant? These plants need to be inspected regularly, especially now that … Continue reading
Posted in Plant Diseases, Plant Pests, Sago Palm, Sago Palm Scale, Scale Insects, Trees
Tagged plant diseases, plant pests, Sago Palm, Sago Palm Scale, Scale Insects, Trees
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Pests
Central Florida continues to be plagued by pests. I’m still getting lots of calls on scale insects, white fly, spider mites, aphids, and lawn insects. Where I live, I’ve had to deal with rodents in our bean patch, deer eating … Continue reading
Pest Control
I guess you heard or read in the paper that because of our mild winter weather, we can expect lots of pests this year. So far, I’ve observed grasshoppers, tent caterpillars, leaf miners, spider mites, slugs, white fly, scale insects, … Continue reading
Posted in Chinch Bugs, Insects, Plant Pests, Scale Insects, Spider Mites
Tagged Chinch Bugs, insects, plant pests, Scale Insects, spider mites
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