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Conference spotlights pest, disease management
2.01.2010
By D.S. FIOLA
Nurserymen, landscapers, garden center managers, municipal groundskeepers, arborists and other green industry professionals gathered last month for the annual Pest Management Conference at Montgomery College in Germantown, Md. Sponsored by University of Maryland Extension, the program featured speakers on new as well as current problems in the lawn and landscape, focusing on insect, disease, and cultural challenges.
Karen Rane, Extension plant diagnostic lab director, spoke on both the new and the prevalent diseases in the landscape last year, along with their feasible and safe management solutions. She stated the obvious for 2009: “It was unusual weather, but another great year for foliar diseases.” Because the weather was wet throughout the spring, it provided “abundant opportunities for (disease) spores to geminate,” since most fungi spread with water. New growth emerged over a long period due to the cooler spring
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Introductions for 2010 marry practicality and eye-popping color The new shrubs include some old-fashioned favorites with improved performance. Rose lovers have been spoiled by the Knockout shrub roses that combines |
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Conference spotlights pest, disease management Shrub roses also need five to six hours of full sun or they become lanky and need pruning. The top insect pests of roses are rose slugs and Japanese beetles |
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Ripping it all out & doing it may way Ripping it all out & doing it may wayBut then again, I wanted roses lining the driveway. Essentially all of plantings that were put in years ago except for three trees and one shrub are history |
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IN THE GARDEN: Plan now for summer garden of show-stopping roses Avoid cramming your roses into tight spaces, or planting them too close together. Hybrid teas tend to grow 2 to 3 feet wide; shrub roses typically spread 3 |
