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Asiatic garden beetle [Credit: harum.koh ] Asiatic garden beetle [Credit: harum.koh ] Host Plants: In the garden: Orange hawkweed On Crops: Numerous flowers and vegetables Where Found: Eastern North America Description: Brown night-flying beetles chew...

Troubleshooting In the fall, gather up dead plants and compost them to limit reseeding in the garden. After the first season, look for volunteer seedlings and move them to where you want them to grow.

Preventing Problems: Check plants often for early outbreaks. Encourage beneficial insects including lady beetles, syrphid flies, and lacewings, which are important aphid predators.

When caught early both pests can be controlled with insecticidal soap. Troubleshooting Watch plants for problems with aphids or whiteflies, which can multiply rapidly. Crop Rotation Group Miscellaneous ● Soil Average to gritty garden soil with excellent...

When laid on the soil surface 5-10cm (2-4in) thick it does a great job of suppressing annual weeds. To source more, it could be worth making friends with local tree surgeons, sawmill operators, landscapers or professional gardeners.

Grasshopper [Credit: Bruce Ruston ] Grasshopper [Credit: Bruce Ruston ] Grasshopper [Credit: Mattys Flicks ] Grasshopper [Credit: Mattys Flicks ] Host Plants: On Crops: Beans, corn, cabbage family crops Where Found: Grasshoppers are found worldwide in...

Our Garden Planner can produce a personalized calendar of when to sow, plant and harvest for your area. Notes Rice-size cornflower seeds are much loved by goldfinches and other small seed-eating birds.

Practice crop rotation to help prevent a build-up of crop-specific pests in the soil, and if you have suffered from a soil-borne pest such as wireworm it's a good idea to dig or at least disturb the top few inches of soil with a fork between crops –...

Fertilize established clumps with a balanced organic fertilizer in the fall. Our Garden Planner can produce a personalized calendar of when to sow, plant and harvest for your area.

Siberian iris have few pest problems, and are seldom eaten by deer. When digging and replanting an old plot, cut away pieces of injured root. Crop Rotation Group Miscellaneous ● Soil Rich, fertile soil with excellent drainage.

Managing Outbreaks: In small outbreaks, a high pressure spray from the garden hose can help remove aphids from plants. Follow up with two applications of insecticidal soap, one week apart.

Notes Mature annual rye plants can be difficult to dig out. In areas where annual rye is not killed by winter weather, mow down the plants and turn under the residue when the plants are young.

The caterpillars are found mostly on leaf undersides. The adult moths will lay their eggs there rather than on your garden plants, and you can chop up the cress and compost it when it is loaded with larvae.

Spacing Single Plants: 11" (30cm) each way (minimum) Rows: 7" (20cm) with 9" (25cm) row gap (minimum) Sow and Plant Gladioli are sold as dormant corms. In fall, lift the corms before the first freeze and let them dry in a warm place for two weeks.

Harvesting Cut branches when they are holding numerous open flowers, and hang in small bunches to dry. Leafy greens grown in spring, as well as spring-blooming herbs and flowers. When allowed to shed mature seeds, chamomile often becomes a welcome volunteer...

Tips: Many tiny wasps are leaf miner predators. Yellow sticky traps placed near plants can capture many adults before they lay eggs on plants. Damage: Leaf miner damage is usually cosmetic, though in severe case plants can be weakened.

Harvesting Gather sprigs as desired for the pleasure of your cats. Set out plants at about the time of your last frost. Notes Pinching back in late spring helps to keep plants bushy and full, and it delays flowering.

Crop Rotation Group Miscellaneous ● Soil Fertile garden soil with excellent drainage. Grow the seedlings under bright lights until they are large enough to transplant outdoors. Position Full sun.

Large plants produce edible, starry blue flowers that attract bees in droves. The foliage can be gathered and composted. A good companion for any crop that needs strong defense from insects.

Snowdrops naturalize well in light shade, and can be grown in lawns that are not mowed until late spring. Snowdrops combine well with crocuses, scillas, and early-blooming daffodils.

If the mites persist, repeat the water spray and then cover plants with an old sheet or other lightweight cloth for a couple of days. Preventing Problems: Spider mites thrive under hot, dusty conditions, so keeping the garden watered helps prevent problems.

Companions Tatsoi and Mizuna. Combine petite johnny jump-ups with other hardy annuals such as dusty miller or dianthus. Johnny jump-ups are heavy bloomers that often reseed. Planting and Harvesting Calendar < Back to All Plants Pests which Affect Johnny...

Crop Rotation Group Miscellaneous ● Soil Any good garden soil with average or better drainage. Spacing Single Plants: 9" (25cm) each way (minimum) Rows: 9" (25cm) with 9" (25cm) row gap (minimum) Sow and Plant When starting pansy seeds indoors in late...

Crop Rotation Group Miscellaneous ● Soil Fertile, well-drained soil. Spacing Single Plants: 7" (20cm) each way (minimum) Rows: 7" (20cm) with 11" (30cm) row gap (minimum) Sow and Plant Sow tiny ageratum seeds atop moist seed starting mix and gently...

Notes Healthy walnut trees will bear for many decades. Walnuts should be grown in an orchard of their own, far from the vegetable garden. A wide hole is better than a very deep one.

Depending on climate and soil, plants can grow up to 4 feet (1.3 m) tall and wide. Spacing Single Plants: 2' 11" (90cm) each way (minimum) Rows: 2' 11" (90cm) with 2' 11" (90cm) row gap (minimum) Sow and Plant Start seeds indoors in late spring and set...

Newly laid eggs are pale yellow while those about to hatch are dark brown [Credit: James Castner ] Newly laid eggs are pale yellow while those about to hatch are dark brown [Credit: James Castner ] Adult whitefly [Credit: Scott Bauer ] Adult whitefly...