What Eats Pepper in Kansas, and When
The honest answer: no species-level list of insects or animals documented as pepper pests in Kansas appears in the verified data behind this page.
What Eats Carrot in Iowa, and When
Not much shows up here as insect damage once you look closely. Iowa’s own representative soil, the Tama series, runs heavy and fine-textured, and that…
When to Sow Cover Crops in New Mexico
Cool-season cover crops like cereal rye, hairy vetch, and Austrian winter peas go into New Mexico ground after the first fall frost risk clears the way…
The Best Cover Crops for New Mexico
New Mexico’s best cover crops split by elevation and season length, not by a single statewide pick.
What Eats Parsnip in Missouri, and When
Missouri doesn’t have a parsnip specialist on record. Checking the pests University of Missouri Extension documents statewide, only two of them, Japanese…
What Eats Parsnip in Mississippi, and When
Three pests show up in the documented record for Mississippi parsnip beds: armyworms (both the beet and the yellowstriped kind), vegetable weevils, and…
What Eats Parsnip in Minnesota, and When
University of Minnesota Extension documents ten pests common to home vegetable gardens across the state, but only one of them, Japanese beetle, has a…
What Eats Parsnip in Michigan, and When
Four insects have documented feeding activity on garden vegetables in Michigan that could reach a parsnip row: cutworms, flea beetles, seedcorn maggot…
What Eats Parsnip in Massachusetts, and When
None of the ten pests Massachusetts’s extension service tracks are true parsnip specialists.
When to Sow Cover Crops in New Jersey
New Jersey gardeners get two sowing windows for cover crops: mid-August through early October for cool-season species like cereal rye, oats, or crimson…