Garden Center: Pest Control for Mid to Late June

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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
Arborvitae		Arborvitae Leafminer	Tiny silver- white moths fly when branch is shaken. Treat with Monterey Garden Insect Spray if needed.
Birch		Aphids	Check for natural enemies before making treatment decision. If there are no natural enemies use Bayer Sevin.
		Birch Leafminer	Treat only with Bonide Capt. Jack’s Dead Bug if 1st generation damage was severe to protect new growth
Boxwood		Boxwood Leafminer	Check yellow traps for adult flies, look for leaf spots with brown pupae protruding from the underside. Treat with Bonide Borer-Miner Killer if detected.
Cherry		White Prunicola Scale	Treat with All Season’s Spray Oil before crawlers wax over.
Crabapple		Green Peach Aphids	Check for natural enemies before making treatment decision. If there are no natural enemies use Bonide Eight.
Dogwood		Dogwood Borer	Inspect trunk and large branches for holes and fresh sawdust Destroy by hand or treat with nematodes.
Euonymus		Euonymus Scale	Treat with All Season’s Spray Oil before crawlers wax over.
Hardwoods		Polydrusus Weevil	Check for notching along leaf margins and shiny metallic green-bronze weevil. Treat with Bonide System Insect Control if needed
Hemlock		Hemlock Looper	Shake branches, look for green inchworms dropping on silk threads. Treat with Thuricide if needed
Holly		Cottony Camellia Scale	Inspect foliage and stems for large , white waxy scales and new crawlers.
Juniper		Juniper Scale	Treat with Espoma Earth Tone Insect Control before crawlers wax over.
Linden		Linden Bark Moth	Examine trunk and branches for holes, reddish frass and small moths. Treat with Bonide Capt. Jack’s Dead Bug if needed.
Mountainash		Mountainash Sawfly	Examine leaflets in shadiest areas for clusters of yellow-green larvae. Pick off or treat with Bonide Capt. Jack’s Dead Bug if needed.
Oak (Red Group)		Oak Skeletonizer	Examine leaves for lacy skeletonizing and small green larvae. Treat with Bonide Eight if needed.
Pine (Soft)		White Pine Weevil	Inspect leaders flagging. Prune out infested leaders before they turn brown.
Rhododendron		Rhododendron Borer	Inspect for male moths. Inspect large lower branches for holes and fresh sawdust.
Yew		Black Vine Weevil	Check burlap traps for adult weevils. Treat with Bonide System Insect Control if needed two weeks after first captures

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.

All pesticides must be used according to the label. Read the label to understand use, application, disposal and other pertinent information that must be followed.

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Garden Center: Pest Control for Mid to Late June

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