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  Indoor Plants & Pests

  Plants are commonly used as decorations within a households interior. MSU Extension provides an educational opportunity for you to view common resources and articles regarding the maintain of indoor plants and the pests.

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• Repot orchids for encore bloom performance

  Published on March 8, 2012
  Simple, routine repotting will keep orchids blooming for years to come.

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  Mealybugs: A common pest of indoor plants

  Published on November 28, 2017
  Plants moved indoors for the winter can be a source of insect pests such as mealybugs, so make sure to carefully inspect them.

• Have a "fire-wise" Christmas

  Published on December 21, 2012
  Explore tips and suggestions from Firewise educators to protect your home, family and community from fires started by holiday lights and decorations.

• Late fall oak caterpillar causing nuisance

  Published on October 10, 2011
  Got tiny caterpillars dangling down on threads and laying tiny, white, rice-like cocoons everywhere? Sounds like you have a bad case of oak skeletonizer!

• July is the best time to treat for European chafer grubs on home lawns

  Published on July 1, 2011
  If you haven’t taken steps to deter grubs and your lawn has suffered from grub damage in the past, now is the time to apply an insecticide.

• Value cuts increase beef carcass value

  Published on April 5, 2011
  Beef value cuts from the chuck and round add value to beef carcasses and offer additional options for consumers.

• Forecasting insect activity by noting plant development and degree days

  Published on July 1, 2011
  Predict insect activity by watching plant development and checking the accumulation of degree days. Here’s how.

• Smart lakefront plants

  Published on January 24, 2013
  Learn how you can love your lake by planting smart plants that are native to Michigan.

• Strawberry root weevils are at it again

  Published on August 13, 2010
  

• Strawberry root weevils on the move (into your home)

  Published on August 11, 2006
  

• The glass garden cloche: one of gardening’s forgotten inventions

  Published on February 4, 2011
  

• Take steps to avoid foliar nematodes

  Published on June 30, 2006
  

• St. Johnswort beetles

  Published on June 20, 2008
  

• Agriculture in Michigan is amazing!

  Published on July 28, 2011
  Michigan’s farmers produce more than 200 food and fiber products and lead the nation in the production of 18 commodities.

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  Do not mow Japanese Knotweed

  Published on November 3, 2015
  Japanese Knotweed, a destructive invader, will proliferate if mowed.

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  Debunking garden myths and mulch are popular topics at 2017 Smart Gardening Conference

  Published on February 7, 2017
  Nationally-known horticulturist and author Linda Chalker-Scott will get to the truth about common gardening myths at March 4 conference in Grand Rapids.

• It’s a “Clean Sweep” of outdated, unused and unwanted pesticides

  Published on April 14, 2011
  Pesticide and mercury disposal in Michigan is safe, free and available at 18 sites throughout the state.

• The usual suspects for yard and garden damage

  Published on April 17, 2012
  Know your critter by the damage that they cause.

• Recycle your fresh Christmas tree and protect against deer browse

  Published on December 26, 2012
  Take advantage of this smart use of your old Christmas tree. Protect your garden plants from deer feeding by placing cut boughs from your recycled tree in a tee-pee fashion around plants.

• Pollen cones may be plentiful on conifers in 2013

  Published on May 9, 2013
  Stress from 2012 drought likely to result in bumper crop of pollen cones.