Tagged: spider mites
Take a moment for a midseason assessment
A bee gets busy on flowers of an African blue basil plant. I successfully propagated the plant from one I had last year, and I can’t tell you how happy that makes me. (Photos: Kathy Morrison)...
Hot weather brings out spider mites, mosquitoes
Telltale webbing of spider mites covers this spirea. The cure? Water. (Photo: Debbie Arrington) Watch out for sunburned plants, too Recent blazing hot weather has brought out heat-related pest and garden issues – while...
One more day of heat to endure, then …
Blackberries are ripening quickly in the heat. (Photos: Kathy Morrison) Use the coming cooler weather to your garden’s advantage Everyone who’s ready for this heat to end, raise your hands! Good, now fan yourself....
These little pests love hot, dusty, dry conditions
Spider mites can quickly turn a green leaf into a speckled mess. Fight them with water! (Photos courtesy UC Integrated Pest Management) To fight spider mites, use water, not pesticides These itsy-bitsy spider cousins...
Looking back at the blast-furnace summer of 2020
If there’s one photo that sums up the 2020 growing season, it’s this one: Tomato behind shade cloth in mid-August. (Photos: Kathy Morrison) Warning! Today I’m going to explore a sensitive topic: The tomato-growing...
After heat comes pests and problems
A lady beetle works on a crape myrtle that is showing signs of an aphid infestation (honeydew on the leaves, especially). (Photos: Kathy Morrison) The final numbers are not yet in, but 2020 will...