Japanese Beetle Control: What Actually Works
Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica) damage shows up as lace-like skeletonized leaves on roses, grapes, linden, and dozens of other plants, usually…
Imported Cabbageworm Life Cycle: When It Appears
Imported cabbageworm goes through four stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult. The larva, a velvety green caterpillar, is the only stage that damages plants.
Imported Cabbageworm Control: What Actually Works
Imported cabbageworm control works when you match the method to the larval stage doing the damage, not the adult butterfly you happen to see fluttering…
Sungreen 4029 Tomato: When to Plant It, and What to Do With the Green Cherries
Sungreen 4029 is an indeterminate cherry tomato that ripens green rather than red, with small 15–20 gm fruit built for salads and snacking, and it…
Sun Sugar Yellow Cherry Tomato: When to Plant the 75-Day Tomatoes That Keep Coming Until Frost
Sun Sugar is a yellow cherry tomato that ripens about 75 days after you set transplants in the ground, and because the vine is indeterminate, it keeps…
Imported Cabbageworm Damage: How to Recognize It
Imported cabbageworm damage shows up as ragged, irregular holes chewed through leaves, worst on the outer foliage and often boring straight into the…
Strawberry Fields Tomato: When to Plant It, and What to Do With the Pink Tomatoes
Strawberry Fields is a pink-fruited, indeterminate specialty tomato that needs about 75 days from transplant to its first ripe fruit.
Grasshoppers Damage: How to Recognize It
A grasshopper problem rarely announces itself with a single bite mark. It shows up as bare patches spreading across a bed, ragged leaf edges on plants…
Grasshoppers Life Cycle: When It Appears
Grasshoppers don’t sneak up on a yard the way aphids or mites do. They hatch from eggs buried in the soil the previous fall, grow through a series of…
RuBee Dawn Tomato: When to Plant It, and What to Do With the Red Slicers
RuBee Dawn is an indeterminate red slicing tomato that reaches maturity in about 60 days from transplant, producing 3 inch round fruit prized for a deep…