Pest Alert
Our weekly Pest Alert newsletter is during the spring, summer and fall months to help homeowners manage their garden pests seen in our area.
- Tracking the Apple Codling Moth, Western Cherry Fruit Fly and weather patterns associated with Fireblight to help homeowners have the most accurate information on pest control.
- Highlight other pest species throughout the season as they become prevalent in our area.
- Focus on integrated pest management 鈥� using the most effective management strategies while minimizing risks to ourselves and our environment.
- Highlight other useful gardening tips, such as garden planning, irrigation, frost protection and many others.
Pest Alert Newsletter
- Sept. 29 — Plant diversity, winter prep for trees
- Sept. 22 —Soil armor, raspberry flies
- Sept. 15 — Reduce tillage, sapsuckers
- Sept. 8 — Powdery mildew, cover crops
- Sept. 1 — Soil health, leaf scorch
- Aug. 25 — Harvesting onions and garlic, allium quarantine
- Aug. 18 — Tachinid flies, fall weeds
- Aug. 11 — Tomato hornworms, harvest and storage of fresh vegetables
- Aug. 4 — Long legged flies, raspberry saw flies
- July 28 — Syrphid flies, lygus bugs
- July 21 — Aphid wasps, cabbage moths
- July 14 — Mud dauber wasps, imported currantworm
- July 7 — Ambush bugs, tomato blights, lilac ash borer
- June 30 — Tiger beetles, mustards
- June 23 — Damsel bugs, flea beetles
- June 16 — Ground beetles, root weevil
- June 9 — Rove beetles, lilac ash borer
- June 2 — Broadleaf Plantain, Understanding Earwigs
- May 26 — Good Bugs, Raspberry Horntail Wasp
- May 19 — Start Your Lawn Out Right
- May 12 — Codling Moth, Fireblight
- May 5 — Codling Moth, Voles
- Oct. 21 — Spruce needle drop
- Oct. 14 — Cane berries, garden clean up
- Oct. 7 — Pine seed beetles, spring bulbs
- Sept. 30 — Fall irrigation, voles
- Sept. 23 — Earwigs, fall weed control
- Sept. 16 — Bind weed, winter storage of vegetables
- Sept. 9 — Spider mites, garden tool care
- Sept. 2 — fall clean up early, late blight of tomatoes
- Aug. 26 — Cabbage worms, fall lawn care
- Aug. 19 — Shothole blight, fresh produce storage
- Aug. 12 — Harvesting, birds in fruit
- Aug. 5 — Succession blooms, conifer scale
- July 29 — Fall crops, powdery mildew of cucurbits
- July 22 — Soils and grasshoppers
- July 15 — Aphids in brassicas, deadheading flowers
- July 8 — Thatch, companion planting
- July 1 — Watering practices for vegetables, powdery mildew
- June 24 — White bryony, edible landscapes
- June 17 — Beneficial insects, molds of strawberries
- June 10 — Western cherry fruit fly, irrigation
- June 3 — Catface, spiders, billbugs
- Sept. 27 — Bumble flower beetle, fall puncture vine control
- Sept. 17 — Aphids on cruciferous crops, predatory aphid midge
- Sept. 10 — Centipedes, powdery mildew
- Sept. 3 — Ladybugs, tomato hornworm
- Aug. 27 — Poison hemlock, praying mantis
- Aug. 20 — Aphids, syrphid fly
- Aug. 13 — Minute pirate bug, pear slug
- Aug. 6 — Lacewing flies, Russian olive
- July 30 — Cat face spider, ips beetle
- July 23 — Big eyed bug, tomato curly top virus
- July 16 — Damsel bug, tarnished plant bug
- July 9 — Raspberry horntail wasp
- July 1 — Billbugs