April 15, 1999
Spring pruning tips
Early spring lawn care
Seed early flowers & veggies directly into the garden
Buy seedling pansies and violas soon
Managing springtime diseases of trees & shrubs:
Anthracnose,
apple scab,
fireblight,
powdery mildew,
cedar apple rust .
Entomology Update:
Weather influence on insect populations,
multicolored Asian lady beetle,
ants are a common spring pest,
iris borer
Trees & shrubs for drainage-challenged areas
Stop pruning oaks today! (4/15)
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May 1, 1999
Hackberry Psyllids Nuisance This Spring
Forsythias, Magnolias Spectacular in Twin Cities
'Red bugs' in Homes
Moss in Lawns; a Perennial Problem
Mystery Bug
Create Your Own Container Garden
Watch for Eastern Tent Caterpillars
Using Borax on Creeping Charlie
Watch Honeylocust for Plant Bugs
Four Myths About Turf
Managing Disease in the Home Garden
Black Knot: 'Old Persistent’
Identifying White Pine Trees Infected by Blister Rust
Apple Scab Reminder
Are Your Hollyhocks Rusting?
Paging Sherlock Holmes! |
May 15, 1999
Chironomid Midges
Tree Insects:
Pine Needle Scale
Birch Leaf Miner
Eastern Tent Catterpillar
European Pine Sawfly
Ticks
Bed Bugs
Syringa: from vulgaris to sublime
Lilac Selection Tables
Using Crabgrass Preventers
Fertilize Lawns Safely
Advice to New Gardeners
Moving Houseplants Outdoors for Summer
Rings Around the lawn
Proof is in the Picture
Rain Drops Keep Splashing All the Spores
Dieback of Dogwood
It's Time to Spray for Rhizosphaera Needlecast
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June 1, 1999
Gypsum and Lime
Putting the Hex on Poison Ivy
Try Your Hand at Mini-Roses
Wet Weather Means a Slow Start Gardening
Why Are My Leaves Dropping?
Rain, Rain, Go Away!
Rotting Roots
White Grass
Ascochyta Stem Rot of Clematis
Using Manure in the Home Garden
Erineum Gall on Linden and Basswood
Fourlined Plant Bug
Ash Plant Bug
Asparagus Beetle Damage
Masked Hunter
Carpenter Ant Swarms
Giant Crab Spider
Hesperis matronalis, Desired Perennial or Weed?
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June 15, 1999
Those Dreaded Mushrooms
Alternatives to Grass for Light-Challenged Locations
Mulch Gardens Now That Soil Has Warmed
Summer Lawn Care
Maple Petiole Borer
European Pine Sawflies
Mountain Ash Sawflies
Spittlebugs
Large Ant Mounds in Turf
Mosquitoes
Transplanting Basics for Balled and Burlapped Trees and Shrubs
What's the Story on Sevin?
Concern Over Apple Scab Is Rising!
Problems With Flowering Garden Plants
Red Band Spotting on Two and Three Needled Pines
Slime Mold Fungi
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July 1, 1999
Renovating Junebearing Strawberry Plantings
What’s Wrong with My Raspberries?
A Banner Year for Bunnies
And Now, a Corny Moment
Attend to Those Houseplants
Keeping Cut Flowers Longer
This Strawberry Blite Is No Disease!
Colorado Potato Beetles
Fungus-Killed Flies
Ash Leaf Curl Aphids
Rose Chafers
Expect Apple Maggots Now
Watch for Squash Vine Borers in the Garden
Yellow Patch of Turf
Gray Mold of Strawberries and Raspberries
Wilting Elms
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July 15,1999
Fertilizing Reminder
Plant Fall Veggies Soon; Then Eat and Enjoy!
Petunias; Old-Fashioned and More
Caring for Petunias
Bacteria Proliferate on Plants
False Japanese Beetles
Earwigs
Ant Swarms
A Tale of Two Weevils
Focus on: Bell Museum of Natural History
Aster Yellows
Brown Rot
Fireblight
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August 1, 1999
Guess Who's Coming for Winter!
Plant, Divide Iris Soon
Drying Flowers
Brighten Your Home and Garden with Sunflowers
Time for Second Corn Gluten Meal Application
Lace Bugs
These Adelgids Really "Gall" Spruces
Aphids, a Perennial Pest
Gifts from Our Feathered Friends
Renovating Red Raspberries
Rust Diseases Of Apple And Hawthorn
Willow Scab
Birch Anthracnose/Maple Leaf Scorch
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August 15, 1999
Focus on: the Soil Testing Lab
Growing Ground Covers
Crabgrass, Foxtail & Barnyard Grass
Order Spring-Flowering Bulbs to Plant This Fall
Keep Weeding Your Garden
Minnesota Apple Season is Here!
Yellowjacket Nests
Insect Damage to Apples
Fall Webworms
Spiders at the End of Summer
Foliar Diseases of Tomato
White Mold
Oak Wilt
The Development of New Garden Chrysanthemums
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September 1, 1999
Greening on Potato Tubers
Scabby Looking, Russetted Apples
Store Early Pumpkins Properly For Jack O'Lanterns
Planting on the Edge/Growing the Unmentionables
Yellowjackets and Food
Foreign Grain Beetles
Two-lined Chestnut Borer
Late Season Caterpillar Defoliators
The Sounds of Summer
Bring Houseplants Indoors Before Nights Get Cold
Elm Leaf Spot
Leaf Spot of Walnut
Black Spot of Rose
Necrotic Ring Spot (Keeps Ringing and Ringing and Ringing…)
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September 15, 1999
Fall Gardening Tips
Harvesting Culinary Herbs
Ripening Tomatoes Indoors
Fall Watering
Over-Wintering Tender Bulbs and Plants
September Is Head Lice Prevention Month
Fall Is Clean Up Time!
Powdery Mildew
Planning for Next Year's Raspberry Crop
Winter Injury to Plants in the Landscape
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October 1, 1999
Mycorrhizae--the Friendly Fungi
Tulip Time
New Garden Calendar Available
Accidental Invaders
Clean Up Old Iris Plants
Snow-on-the-Mountain Leaf Spot
This Season's Unusual Disease: Poppy Anthracnose
Storage Rot of Potato
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November 1, 1999
Out Spot! Out? Debunking "dog blight" myths
Watercore
Growing Houseplants Without Pesticides
Making Sure Your Christmas Cactus Blooms
Minnesota Apples for Storing
Armillaria Root Rot
Nectria Canker of Shade Trees
Stored Food Product Insects
Winter Tree Protection
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December 1, 1999
Winter Tips and Tidbits
Dormant Season Pruning for Mature Trees
New Garden Calendar Available
Holiday Diseases:
Broom Rust of Balsam Fir
Brown Spot of Scots Pine
Root Rot of Poinsettia
Fruit Flies
Fleas, Children and Schools
Surinam Cockroaches
Selecting Christmas Trees
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