What Eats Onion in Nova Scotia, and When
Of the ten insects most often cited for gardens in this part of Atlantic Canada, only one is actually documented as an onion feeder.
When to Pull Carrots in California, and How to Keep Them
Carrots don’t ring a bell when they’re ready. The tell is at soil level: the tops of the roots push up and show their shoulders, and those shoulders…
What Eats Potato in Ontario, and When
The short list that actually feeds on potato in Ontario gardens runs to about a dozen species, not the two dozen a broader vegetable-pest sheet might…
What Eats Parsnip in Tennessee, and When
In Tennessee, parsnip faces three insects documented for the state by University of Tennessee Extension: root maggots, which tunnel into the taproot…
What Eats Potato in Oklahoma, and When
Five insects feed on potato foliage in Oklahoma gardens, according to pest records kept by Oklahoma State University Extension: Colorado potato beetle…
What Eats Parsnip in South Dakota, and When
South Dakota gardeners lose parsnip mostly to soil pests early in the season and chewing insects later, not to one single named enemy.
What Eats Potato in Ohio, and When
Ohio State University Extension (Ohioline) documents nine garden pests that turn up in home gardens across the state, and six of them actually feed on…
What Eats Parsnip in South Carolina, and When
South Carolina gardeners growing parsnip mostly deal with general-feeding insects rather than a root-specific pest: stink bugs, leaffooted bugs, cabbage…
What Eats Potato in Nova Scotia, and When
Two insects on Nova Scotia’s documented pest list actually feed on potato: the Colorado potato beetle, which strips foliage from the plant above ground…
What Eats Parsnip in Saskatchewan, and When
Two insects on the documented list for this borderland region actually feed on parsnip foliage: grasshoppers and thrips.