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- May 30, 2013 7:30 am
- Forum: Wildlife Forum
- Topic: Scale? On white pine
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5742
Re: Scale? On white pine
That is not a scale, but pine bark adelgid. Adelgids are similar to aphids. Horticultural oil is very safe and effective on this pest. Targeted at the trunk it could probably be used now. They have part of their life cycle out by the buds and new growth so you may miss a few now if you just spray th...
- May 30, 2013 7:22 am
- Forum: Wildlife Forum
- Topic: Pest identification and treatment help, please!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7448
Re: Pest identification and treatment help, please!
Compare it to cottony maple scale, or maybe cottony cushion scale. Either way, the hardest part about control is getting an insecticide through the cottony mass to the insect's body. They are probably still young enough to make it happen with many off the shelf insecticides. If not you may have to u...
- Feb 16, 2013 5:29 pm
- Forum: Hosta Forum
- Topic: Hosta of the Day - 'Cynthia'
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2094
Re: Hosta of the Day - 'Cynthia'
I haven't been around much to respond to this, but I would like to extend the offer of testing to any of the other varieties that show odd mottling/markings...such as Filagree, etc.
If it is alright Ed, I will send you a PM about this.
If it is alright Ed, I will send you a PM about this.
- Feb 12, 2013 8:23 am
- Forum: Hosta Forum
- Topic: Hosta of the Day - 'Cynthia'
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2094
Re: Hosta of the Day - 'Cynthia'
I have had this hosta tested previously for HVX and it always came back negative. Last May I submitted it for testing in a panel of 14 different viruses. It came back positive for Cucumber Mosaic Virus (CMV) by ELISA testing. That was confirmed by further PCR testing as well. It has been in my garde...
- Aug 12, 2012 7:58 am
- Forum: Hosta Forum
- Topic: Sport of Hosta 'Liberty' with a viridescent margin
- Replies: 14
- Views: 763
Re: Sport of Hosta 'Liberty' with a viridescent margin
Well it certainly isn't ugly even now, and I like hostas that change throughout the season, so it might have possibilities. I think what it needs to sell well is a catchy political name....you know...something about our disappearing freedoms (liberties).
- Aug 01, 2012 6:54 am
- Forum: Hosta Forum
- Topic: i need ideas...
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1899
Re: i need ideas...
Red oak is certainly on of the best choices for size, rate, and deep root system (for hostas underneath), but a lesser known one that is an up and comer is sawtooth oak, Quercus acutissima. It is faster growing than red oak. Also dawn redwood, and I would not be without a Katsuratree (Cercidiphyllum...
- Jul 15, 2012 11:13 am
- Forum: Hosta Forum
- Topic: Help- What to do about weevils
- Replies: 6
- Views: 484
Re: Help- What to do about weevils
I don't know about your pesticide laws, but I would think you should be able to get beneficial nematodes which can greatly reduce numbers, if not eliminate weevil populations. I know a couple gardeners who have used products from Gardens Alive with excellent success. Some studies have shown mixed re...
- Jul 04, 2012 10:53 am
- Forum: Perennials
- Topic: what to plant on a steep embankment
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2225
Re: what to plant on a steep embankment
Sedums are a primary component of many live roof formulations and this would be a similar type application where little to no maintenance is desired, and they can look nice too. Although if it was mine, I would probably add an area or 2 of grasses such as the switch grasses or Little Bluestem grass.
- Jun 30, 2012 7:13 am
- Forum: Daylily Forum
- Topic: Are daylilies of unknown parentage taboo?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3012
Re: Are daylilies of unknown parentage taboo?
I would get the opinion of professional hybridizers on it. There are 2 hybridizers and official Hem Society display gardens within 8 miles of my house, so if you send me a piece of it I can take it to them and see what they have to say. Hahaha.
- Jun 29, 2012 6:45 am
- Forum: Hosta Forum
- Topic: NOID help
- Replies: 7
- Views: 497
Re: NOID help
Cherry Berry!
- Jun 22, 2012 5:14 am
- Forum: Woody Plants
- Topic: Is this a Japanese cypress plant?????
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8214
Re: Is this a Japanese cypress plant?????
It looks like it might be Microbiota decussata, also known as Russian Cypress.
- Jun 13, 2012 6:57 am
- Forum: Hosta Forum
- Topic: Okay so I ordered June & High Society
- Replies: 18
- Views: 836
Re: Okay so I ordered June & High Society
Be careful what you wish for. Not many couples can successfully garden together. If my wife suddenly took an interest in the gardens and tried to impose her ideas, she may not be my wife for long.
- Jun 01, 2012 6:05 am
- Forum: Hosta Forum
- Topic: H. Last seen August 2008
- Replies: 10
- Views: 509
Re: H. Last seen August 2008
Lakeside Lollipop?
- May 15, 2012 6:52 am
- Forum: Hosta Forum
- Topic: What killed my hosta?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1837
Re: What killed my hosta?
Now we have to worry about crows too? Thanks KHT. harvest122, what you may be experiencing when you find a mushy crown is bacterial soft rot. Next time you find one, give it a good whiff and if it smells like dead fish, then you know it has been hit by bsr. This is the same disease that turns iris r...
- Apr 30, 2012 6:59 am
- Forum: Hosta Forum
- Topic: NOID, ID please
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1786
Re: NOID, ID please
It sure looks like Ghost Spirit to me, but a lot of plants have been sold with that name that have a very white center. I think those have been renamed as Ghostmaster.
- Mar 24, 2012 7:08 am
- Forum: Hosta Forum
- Topic: Emergence?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 472
Re: Emergence?
Embroidery is one of the last one to emerge in my yard every year. It makes me nervous every spring waiting for it.
- Mar 01, 2012 8:26 am
- Forum: Perennials
- Topic: What are your favorite gardening tools?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5607
Re: What are your favorite gardening tools?
My 2 favorites are my Felco #8 pruners and my Radius spading fork.
- Jan 27, 2012 4:32 pm
- Forum: Perennials
- Topic: USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map***new 2012***
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2310
Re: USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map***new 2012***
There is still time for a winter to happen.
- Jan 21, 2012 9:20 am
- Forum: Hellebore Forum
- Topic: July 4th Bloom
- Replies: 11
- Views: 11738
Re: July 4th Bloom
Are you saying this has been blooming continuously since 2009?????
- Sep 28, 2011 6:55 am
- Forum: Hosta Forum
- Topic: NOID
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1177
Re: NOID
When you are repotting you may want to look for weevil grubs, as there has been feeding from adult black vine weevils on the foliage.