… Never. This post was slated to go live the same day Uncle Sam started surcharging tardy tax returns. Then — human error took over. You don’t have to step back in time, though, for this post to help you — it’s as relevant now as it was on April 15. And it’ll stay…Continue Reading Review Your Balance Sheet (aka Better Late Than … )
Year of the cicadas — again!
They’re back. And IPM’s Matt Frye is here to tell you about it. For those who witnessed the last bumper crop of 17-year cicadas back in 1996, it was nigh unforgettable. And it about to happen again. In fact, maps going back 100 years track hatches of the 17-year cicada and its cousin, the…Continue Reading Year of the cicadas — again!
Sentinel Plants and GDDs
Keep your weather eye open: using sentinel plants and weather info to stay abreast of pests Growers statewide are gearing up for the growing season: calibrating their equipment, prepping fields, packing their greenhouse benches, seeding the earliest crops. And though the main crop of insect pests needs a spell of warm weather to rev…Continue Reading Sentinel Plants and GDDs
Don’t bee fooled
April can fool you all month long. Even if your pest-prevention responsibilities lie mostly indoors where frost and rain rarely intrude — a school, an office building, a museum, your home — April has some tricks up her sleeve. Those perimeter pests, for example: wasps, bees, ants, termites. For many species of wasps and bees,…Continue Reading Don’t bee fooled