1. Are household ingredients (e.g., liquid soap, baking soda, ammonia) effective as controls fungi and aphids? Several garden writers recommend their use. Updated: January 25, 2012
2. How do I encourage other pollinating bees to establish nests in my garden? What diameter and depth of hole do they like? Updated: January 24, 2012
3. How do I keep squash bugs from destroying my vegetable plants? Updated: January 24, 2012
4. Why is so much sap falling from my oak trees this year? It is everywhere — cars, decks, windows, etc. Updated: January 20, 2012
5. What should I use to control white grubs in my lawn? When do I apply it? Updated: January 05, 2012
6. I am having a problem with transplanted lettuce seedlings in my cold frame.They have been cut off and are just laying there; the leaves have not been eaten. Any idea what might cause this? Updated: January 05, 2012
7. How do I control sweet potato weevils? Updated: November 20, 2011
8. I divided my standard iris and found iris borers? What do I do? Updated: November 17, 2011
9. What can I do to control mites on plants? Updated: November 15, 2011
10. 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
11. What are some of the methods for managing codling moths on apple trees? Updated: November 01, 2011
12. My Bath grape vines.are having the new growth ends cut off; what is doing this? I live in New England. Updated: October 31, 2011
13. I've discovered ants have in my outdoor plant containers. How do I get rid of them? Updated: October 31, 2011
14. What is a good way to keep our plants from being infested with spider mites? Updated: October 29, 2011
15. How do you control the small green worm that is feeding on my Double Knockout roses? Updated: October 25, 2011
16. How can I get rid of lace bugs on an azalea? Updated: October 21, 2011
17. How can I control vine borer on squash, watermelon, and other vine crops? Updated: October 18, 2011
18. My ripe tomatoes have small holes with numerous ants in them. Did the ants make the holes? How can I control them? Updated: October 17, 2011
19. Why do I see different application rates for Malathion depending on the reference? I am in Texas. Updated: October 14, 2011
20. What should I do about the Sawyer Beetles in my white pines (31 years)? A tornado took down 27 trees and the trunks are still here. Should we get rid of them? Updated: September 30, 2011
21. A landscaper told me that the emerald ash borer is the next serious threat to trees, similar to what happened with Dutch elm disease. Are emerald ash borers present in Minnesota? Updated: April 21, 2011
22. Our first attempt at growing yellow bell peppers has been very disappointing. Something has been eating holes in the fruit that have set. What would be attacking the fruit? We don't see anything on the plant. Updated: April 21, 2011
23. How do I get rid of spider mites on my clematis and morning glory vines? Updated: March 15, 2011
24. I've heard that you're not supposed to compost apples that drop because of codling moths. Apparently, the larvae overwinter in the compost and invade the tree the next year. If I spray next year, will the problem be solved no matter how many moths are around? Updated: March 26, 2010
25. What could be eating round holes in the leaves of rose bushes? Updated: March 26, 2010
26. I need some help with my Begonia elatior houseplants. They bud, but the buds don't open. The rest of the plant seems fine. Updated: March 11, 2010
27. I always thought walking sticks (insects) were beneficial, but in our yard walking sticks are eating all the leaves off our sumac bushes and trees. What should we do? Updated: March 12, 2009
28. I noticed some very long, thin worms in a puddle on the sidewalk. They are about as thin as a needle and range from 3 to 7 inches in length. What are they and how do I get rid of them? Updated: March 03, 2009
29. Our tomatoes are the best we have ever had; however, there are small holes near the stem end. When we cut a tomato open, there is a small worm inside. What is it? Updated: November 02, 2008
30. Small spider-like insects with long legs congregate on the trunks of my trees and sometimes form long lines of one insect following another - what are they? Updated: September 15, 2008

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