Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a method used to monitor plants and their health through out the season. This method relies on regular “check ups’ evaluating the plant health and looking for pests. If pest/insects are found, the amount of damage resulting is evaluated and used to determine the amount of action needed to maintain a healthy plant. The action …
One of the biggest reasons new plants and even house plants do not survive long is due to inappropriate watering schedule. Plants can neither have too much or too little water to survive and every plant has a different amount it needs. Some plants like it hot and humid so they can absorb moisture out of the air regularly. Other …
High moisture in any year will result in an increase in fungus and mold. Mushrooms will pop up more prominently. Slim molds begin to show up on the surface of mulched beds. Even trees are affected. Cedar apple rust in particular shows up on Crabapples, Hawthorns, ornamental Pear trees and regular fruit trees. This fungus grows in bright orange stacks …
