Container Gardens
Spring planting season is upon us. An enjoyable part of a garden is a container planting, they are fun and can add a ‘pop’ of color to your landscape. I always enjoy picking out flowers for my container gardens because they can be anything I want and I prefer to use annuals in my containers for long-lasting color through the season.
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Bagworms are out Bagworms have started to hatch in the Omaha area and will be here as well. Spray the entire tree when the bags are less than 1/2 inch in length. When very small you can use Bt or Bacillus Thuringiensis, as they get larger you can use tempo, sevin, or most any other insecticide as long as your tree is on the label. You can handpick in small populations as well, be sure to throw into a bucket of soapy water or smash them. | Japanese beetles will return soonJapanese beetles adults emerge around the middle of June. They have been quite high in population the past few years. Watch for them on your plants.
| Garden Pests Now is the time to be out in your gardens looking for insect pests and diseases. Some of the insects we see every year include cutworm, squash bugs, squash vine borer, cucumber beetle, Japanese beetle, and tomato hornworm. If your plants wilted almost overnight, the leaves get holes in them, the leaves appear to have disappeared overnight, you may have one or more of these insects. Treatments for these include seven, eight, or bifenthrin. You should use more than one throughout the season or switch from season to season to reduce resistance. |
Bagworms are out
Japanese beetles will return soon
Japanese beetles adults emerge around the middle of June. They have been quite high in population the past few years. Watch for them on your plants.
- Hand remove as possible and throw into a bucket of soapy water. 6-7pm is the best time to find them.
- Spot spray with sevin as needed
- Do NOT use systemic insecticides on lindens in accordance with the label
- Treat for grubs around the 3rd week of June to help with the population
- Do NOT use traps, they will bring more in than what you already have
Garden Pests
Drought Effects and Irrigation
The drought continues. We have seen a couple of rains recently in the Beatrice area, but the rain is very spotty this year and is not fully recuperating what we have lost in the past few months of the drought. Irrigation through this will be important for the life of our plants, including both the established and the newly planted things.
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