MSU Extension Gardening in Michigan

News

• Cluster flies: A fall invader that lives up to its name

  Published on October 16, 2012
  An annoying fall invader of homes, cluster fly adults are now on the move, looking for a warm spot to overwinter.

• Extended drought may threaten tree health

  Published on September 19, 2012
  Depending upon its severity, extended drought can have long-term effects on tree and shrub health. Injury from secondary pests such as insect borers or root rots may attack – and kill – trees weakened by drought and other stressors.

• Best Control Practice Guides available from Michigan Natural Features Inventory

  Published on September 10, 2012
  Comprehensive resources are available to help those trying to combat some of Michigan’s nastiest invasive plants.

• Earwigs: Bane of summer garden plants

  Published on June 22, 2012
  The key to combating ravenous earwigs in container plants is to dry out the environment.

• Tree damage from Imprelis: One year later

  Published on June 19, 2012
  Landscapers and homeowners are seeing subtle and longer-term tree damage from the turf herbicide Imprelis, even to trees that showed little impact in 2011.

• Seeking alternative pollinators

  Published on June 14, 2012
  Some plants require specialists to help in the pollination process.

• Indiscriminate egglaying by insects in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

  Published on June 1, 2012
  Some bug is laying eggs all over my house! We're getting calls about variegated cutworms.

• Carpenter bees: destructive home invader

  Published on May 18, 2012
  Carpenter bees are a beneficial pollinator, but can also be destructive.

• Corn gluten acts an alternative organic weed control

  Published on May 8, 2012
  Tired of weeding, but don’t like the ecological impacts of synthetic herbicides? Controlling weeds with a natural product makes good sense.

• Turf damage from grubs and skunks is coming to an end for this spring

  Published on April 27, 2012
  European chafer and Japanese beetle grub damage is starting to slow down. Those in southern Michigan should wait until July to apply an insecticide, as grubs are done eating.