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Garden Center: Pest Control for Late March to Late April

The following are the types of plants to inspect, the pest is what kind of pest you will see in your landscape, and the action is what to do when inspecting your landscape. Back to helpful hints.

Plant	Pest		Action
Birch		Birch Leafminer	Install yellow sticky traps. Examine traps or leaves for small black adult sawflies.
Cherry		Eastern Tent Caterpillar	Look for and remove egg masses and early tents.
Crabapple		Eastern Tent Caterpillar	Look for and remove egg masses and early tents.
Fir		Balsam Twig Aphid	Inspect tips for green nymphs. If found, treat with Bonide Borer-Miner Killer.
Hardwoods		Gypsy Moth	Last chance to remove egg masses before hatch
Hemlock		Hemlock Eriophyid Mite	Inspect upper surface of needles for tiny, white, cigar-shaped mites. Treat with All Season’s Spray Oil as needed.
Inkberry		Inkberry Leafminer	Inspect leaves for last year’s damage. Install yellow sticky traps. Examine traps or leaves for small gray-black flies.
Maple		Maple Bladdergall Mite	Apply All Season’s Spray Oil before leaf buds expand.
		Pear Thrips	Pear Thrips Inspect traps periodically for tiny yellow-brown thrips.
Pine		European Pine Sawfly Larvae	Look for clusters of small, dark green larvae on newest needles. See Early March to April.
		European Pine Shoot Moth	Inspect for brown larvae in damaged buds and tips. Treat with registered insecticide if needed.
		Pine Bark Adelgid	Vulnerable to All Season’s Spray Oil.
		Pine Needle Miner	Somewhat vulnerable to All Season’s Spray Oil.
		White Pine Aphid	Look for brown nymphs along stems. Check for natural enemies before deciding to treat. Use Bonide Borer-Miner Killer if needed.
Turf		White Grubs	Sample root zone (see current UMass Extension Professional Guide for IPM in Turf), identify species and treat with Lebanon Dylox if needed.

Information provided by Robert Childs and UMass Extension at UMass Amherst.

NOTE: Disclaimer - This page may contain pesticide recommendations that are subject to change at any time. These recommendations are provided only as a guide. It is always the pesticide applicator's responsibility, by law, to read and follow all current label directions for the specific pesticide being used. Due to constantly changing labels and product registrations, some of the recommendations given in this writing may no longer be legal by the time you read them. If any information in these recommendations disagrees with the label, the recommendation must be disregarded. No endorsement is intended for products mentioned, nor is criticism meant for products not mentioned. Northeast Nursery and UMass Extension at UMass Amherst assume no liability resulting from the use of these recommendations.

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