1. How should we safely store any pesticides we purchase? We are home gardeners. Updated: January 31, 2012
2. How do beneficial organisms help gardeners? Updated: January 22, 2012
3. What is involved in using traps for insect control? Updated: January 22, 2012
4. What is a pesticide label? Updated: January 12, 2012
5. I found a spider in my garden that is black with long black legs and two yellow stripes going down its back. I am worried it might be poisonous. Updated: January 11, 2012
6. How do I control sweet potato weevils? Updated: November 20, 2011
7. In pest management what is natural control? Updated: November 17, 2011
8. What can I do about an infestation of crickets? Updated: November 14, 2011
9. What species of scorpion are found in Dona Ana County, New Mexico? Updated: November 09, 2011
10. What is involved in using barriers as a means of insect control? Updated: November 07, 2011
11. There are huge webs around the limbs of my wax myrtles and they are filled with bugs ( not caterpillars). What are they and what should I do? I live in Florida. Updated: November 04, 2011
12. What are some of the methods for managing codling moths on apple trees? Updated: November 01, 2011
13. What is a pesticide? Updated: November 01, 2011
14. What options do I have for growing organic fruit? Updated: October 31, 2011
15. How do I control Japanese Beetles? Updated: October 29, 2011
16. Do poisoned peanuts, windmills, etc. sold to kill or repel moles really work? Updated: October 21, 2011
17. Could the mulch I put around my house contain termites? Updated: October 18, 2011
18. We had powdery mildew on both acorn squash and cucumbers this season. Does powdery mildew overwinter, and do we need to treat the soil for next year's garden? Updated: October 18, 2011
19. Is there a humane way to discourage pocket gophers from setting up residence in a yard and garden area? I do not want to use traps or poison. Updated: October 17, 2011
20. What does microbial mean? Updated: October 16, 2011
21. My aspen tree has little knobby growths all over the branches; what is it and how can it be treated? Updated: October 16, 2011
22. When speaking of an insect life cycle, what is a maggot? Updated: October 10, 2011
23. What are mites? Updated: October 10, 2011
24. In the insect world what is a prey organism? Updated: October 10, 2011
25. Do marigolds really trap and kill nematodes? Updated: September 30, 2011
26. How are mildew and mold different? Updated: September 05, 2011
27. What is a microbial-based pesticide? Updated: September 05, 2011
28. We have had a problem with cicada killer wasps in our lawn for the past two summers. They create large holes all over the lawn and are intimidating to our family. How can we deal with them — preferably by organic means? Updated: September 05, 2011
29. What environmental conditions are required for proper pesticide storage? Updated: June 24, 2011
30. I live in Austin, Texas, and have a problem with snails. They are sucking the life out of my plants. What do you suggest to get rid of them? Updated: April 28, 2011

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