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Gage County
1115 West Scott St.
Beatrice NE 68310
Phone: (402) 223-1384
FAX: (402) 223-1370
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Insect, Landscape, Tree, Lawn, Agriculture
Pests and Diseases

BAGWORMS - June 2, 2008 - Start scouting NOW - bagworms are beginning to hatch

Insects

Bag Worms
Blackhorned Juniper Borer
Brown Recluse Spider
Carpenter Bees
European Pine Sawfly
Spruce Spider Mites
Twig Girdler
White Grubs in Lawns (UNL Entomology Entweb)

Agriculture

Frost Damaged Wheat

Trees

Galls on Trees
Pine Wilt Disease

Weeds

Poison Ivy

{short description of image} - University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension Horticulture presents an on-line newsletter designed to assist with seasonal Horticultural problems.

2008
3/10 - Voles, Gray snow mold, Emerald ash borer, Pine wilt, Bagworms, Apply dormant sprays, Delay mulch removal, Pruning, clover mites

3/28 - It's Time to... Lawn care practices for April, Soil temperatures, Water pollution prevention, Shrub planting Timing, Planting bare root trees, Squirrel damage, Black knot, Current pesticide recommendations, Remove the dead tops of herbaceous perennials & grasses, Mulch removal
5/2 - Crabgrass control, Turfgrass for shade, Turfgrass for dry sites, Wild violets, Tree selection, Winter injury on evergreens, Dothistroma needle blight, Rabbit control, Safe use of manure in gardens, Damping off, Asparagus beetles, Wood or Oriental roach, Boxelder bugs, Hiring a commercial pest control, Spanish/English guides available
5/9 - Bluegrass billbug, Spring grubs, Sod webworm, Nimblewill, Goosegrass, Cold temperature injury, Winter desiccation on evergreens, Dothistroma needle blight of pine, Pine sawfly, Pruning roses , Echelon & Urea Damage
5/26 - General weed control, Slow seed germination, Maple bladder gall, Aphids, Ash anthracnose, Cedar-hawthorne rust, White grubs found in gardens, Penstemon leaf spot, Damping off, Peach leaf curl, Rabbit problems, Vinegar for weed control
6/5 - Yellow lawns, Saturated soils & systemic pesticides, Pythium blight, Wind damage, Flooding effects, Diplodia tip blight (eastern Nebraska), Hackberry decline, Abundant blooming/fruit set, Fruit thinning
2006 Archive 2007 Archive
5/15; 5/22; 6/19; 6/26; 7/10; 7/31; 8/21; 9/1; 9/13; 9/28 3/15; 4/13; 5/21; 6/11; 6/13; 7/2; 7/16; 7/30; 8/20; 8/31; 9/7; 10/1; 10/29; 11/26

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to Contact our Staff

Paul C Hay, Extension Educator
Jane Esau,, 4-H Program		 Dianne Swanson,, Extension Educator
General Address: gage-county@unl.edu

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