TPM/IPM Weekly Report for Arborists, Landscape Managers & Nursery Managers Commercial Horticulture April 10, 2020 In This Issue... Coordinator Weekly IPM Report: Stanton Gill, Extension Specialist, IPM and Entomlogy for Nursery, - Ambrosia beetle update Greenhouse and Managed Landscapes,
[email protected]. 410-868-9400 (cell) - Crape myrtle bark scale - Mulch madness - Spiny witchhazel gall aphids Regular Contributors: - Eastern tent caterpillars Pest and Beneficial Insect Information: Stanton Gill and Paula Shrewsbury (Extension - White pine weevils Specialists) and Nancy Harding, Faculty Research Assistant - Caterpillars on euonymus Disease Information: Karen Rane (Plant Pathologist) and David Clement (Extension - Native holly leafminer Specialist) - Seed maggots in vegetables Weed of the Week: Chuck Schuster (Retired Extension Educator) - White prunicola scale and Cultural Information: Ginny Rosenkranz (Extension Educator, Wicomico/Worcester/ Japanese maple scale Somerset Counties) - Swarming honey bees Fertility Management: Andrew Ristvey (Extension Specialist, Wye Research & - Sapsucker damage on Education Center) arborvitae Design, Layout and Editing: Suzanne Klick (Technician, CMREC) -Volutella on pachysandra - Hemlock elongate scale - Update on fruit trees Ambrosia Beetle Update - Red thread in turf By: Stanton Gill and Andrew Ristvey - Six-spotted green tiger beetles Even with the warm weather on Beneficial of the Week: Millipedes Wednesday, I did not find any Weed of the Week: Crabgrass ambrosia beetles in the baited Plant of the Week: Dianthus alcohol Lindgren funnel traps or 'PInk Twinkle' alcohol baited bolts on Wednesday Pest Predictions or on Thursday. Marie Rojas, IPM Phenology Degree Days Scout, reported one tree hit this Announcements Wednesday in Frederick County. It was a Magnolia 'Butterflies' which was in a group of plants Pest Predictive Calendar that have had previous issues Look for frass coming out of trunks and (trunk splits/cankers).