Miscellaneous Reports Index 2018 - 2024 - Landscape and Nursery IPM Alert
| Topic | Report Date |
|---|---|
| Abiotic problem on boxwood | 23Dec14 (bronzing of foliage) |
| Acorn set | |
| Adjuvants | 23May12 |
| Adventitious roots |
24Aug09 (rosemary) 18May04 (cherry) |
| Animals (hoarding food?) | 20Aug21 |
| Apple phenology blooms and fruit set | 24Apr05 |
| Arizona cypress 'Blue Ice' in Maryland | 24Aug16 |
| Asphalt around plantings | 20Jun26 |
| Bad looking hollies | 18May18 |
| Bad planting sites | 19Jun07 |
| Banana 'Basjoo' (cold hardy) | 19May03 |
| Bats (beneficial) |
23Mar02 (long-eared bats and timber harvests) |
| Batteries and the environment | 22Sep02 |
| Batteries, electronics, and heat | 24Jul26 |
| Birds, as predators of insects |
24Feb29 (in nurseries) |
| Bloom, delayed and out of season | |
| Browning oaks in the landscape | 20Sep25, 19Oct11 |
| Burning of turf from pet urine | 21Sep10 |
| Cherry defoliation | 18Aug03 |
| Christmas tree availability (and bad weather) | 21Oct29 |
| Containers | 22May13 (poor quality shipped in) |
| Corn that fixes nitrogen | 18Aug31 |
| Coyotes in Maryland | 20Sep25 |
| Crape myrtles | 24Mar22 and 24Feb29 (pruning issues), 24Feb21 (single stem) |
| Crows and ravens | 18Aug17, 18Aug03, 18Jul27 |
| Daikon radish | |
| Damage (from various animals) |
24Aug09 (porcupine) |
| Damage, cold/winter |
22May06 (ginkgo), 22May06, 22Apr22, 22Apr15 (fruit), 22Apr01 20May29, 20May22, 20May15, 20May08, 20May01, 20Apr24 |
| Damage, deer |
24Sep27 (on arborvitae), 24May10 |
| Damage, after extended dry periods | 19Oct11, 19Oct04 |
| Damage, after extended wet periods | 19May03, 19Apr26 (on Taxus yews) |
| Damage, cracks | 23May05 (crabapples) |
| Damage, foliar | 22May27 (due to bud injury), 22May06 (abiotic 'bruising on strawberry) |
| Damage, freeze and frost | 20Apr17 |
| Damage, girdling |
23Apr21 (not removing nylon twine) |
| Damage, herbicide | 23Aug04 20Sep18 (and fertilization) |
| Damage, lightning | |
| Damage, ozone | 22Jul29 |
| Damage, from plant growth regulators | 20Jul10, 20Jul02 |
| Damage, raccoon | 20Oct30 |
| Damage, red fox | 20Nov13 |
| Damage, snail | 20May08 |
| Damage and activity, squirrel |
22Apr08 |
| Damage, storm | |
| Damage, sunscald | 21Jul16 |
| Damage, voles and rabbits | 21Apr16 |
| Damage, moles and voles | 22Apr29 (voles), 22Mar25 |
| Damage, winter | 23Apr28 (on arborvitae) |
| Damage, woodpecker/sapsucker | |
| Dead ash trees | |
| Deer |
23Oct13, 23Sep15, 23Sep08, 23Aug11 22Sep02, 22Jan11 |
| Defoliation (leaf drop), premature |
24Sep06, 24Aug16, 24Jun14 (cherry), 24May24 and 24May17 (callery pear) 23Sep15 |
| Diagnosing problems | 20May29 |
| Dieback, arborvitae | 23Oct27 |
| Dieback, Japanese maple | 18Apr20 |
| Digging nursery trees in dry ground | 20Oct02 |
| Digital photos: aiding a diagnosis | 20Mar27 |
| Diseases causing plant collapse | 24Oct04 |
| Disease field trials on fruit trees | 18May04 |
| Dogwood, color change on bracts | 22Jun10 |
| Drainage in nurseries | 18Jun01 |
| Drones | 20Nov24 19Jun14 |
| Drought - impact on plants | 23Jun02 22Sep02 18Jul06 (turf) |
| Drought, impact on spraying pesticides | 23Jun09 |
| Drought (management practices) | 23Sep01 |
| Dying arborvitae | 24Sep13, 24Sep06 |
| Electric equipment | 23Jun09 (vehicles) 22Nov22 |
| Energy savings in horticulture | 22Aug26 |
| Excessive fig growth | 21Oct29 |
| Excessive mulch | 18Apr20 |
| Exfoliating bark | 21Jul23 |
| Fall color | 23Oct20 (and leaf blowers) 22Oct14 (white pines) 20Oct16 |
| Fertility management |
24Apr12 (growing season management, also fruit trees) |
| Fertility management - difficulties of lowering pH | 20Apr24 |
| Fertility management - Nitrogen | 20Apr03 |
| Fertilizer alternatives | 22May27 |
| Fertilizer costs | 22Apr15 |
| Fish, snakehead | 22Jul15 |
| Flowering, out of season | 19Sep20 |
| Frog, tree | |
| Frog, Cuban tree (invasive) | 21Apr16 |
| Fruit, new apple cultivars | 23Sep29 |
| Fruit, beach plums | 20Jun05, 20May08 |
| Fruit, disease resistant pears | 23Nov30, 23Mar31 |
| Fruit - home growers |
20Jun26, 20May22, 20May15, 20Apr24, 20Apr17, 20Apr10, 20Apr03 |
| Fruit insect management | 18Jun15 |
| Fruit insect and disease management | |
| Fruit - IPM and Plant Resistance | 23Apr14 |
| Fruit, premature drop | 21Jul09 (Oriental persimmon) |
| Fruit, paw paw | |
| Fruit thinning and/or pruning |
23May05, 23Jan04 |
| Gas-powered equipment ban (Baltimore City) | 24Oct11 |
| Garden, public (in Howard County) | 24May03 |
| Gas-powered leaf blower banned in Montgomery County | 23Sep29 |
| Girdling | |
| Gummosis | 23Jun16 |
| Guttation | 20Jun19 |
| Hail | 20May01 (likely hail damage) |
| Herbicide drift and volatilization | 19Jun14 18May11 |
| Hinoki cypress problems | 24May24 |
| Honey bee - slapping ants to keep out of hive | 24Jul26 |
| Honeydew (and sooty mold) removal from woody plants | 24Jul26 (creative way to keep it off cars), 24May03 |
| Hopper burn | 18Jul13 |
| Horticultural oil |
22Oct28 (fall applications) |
| How insects survive the winter | 18Nov02 |
| Impact of heavy rains | 18Aug03 |
| Industrial hemp | 19Jun14, 19Apr26 |
| Insect activity on fruit | 18Jul27 |
| Insects (spread through travel) | 24Mar29 |
| Labor shortage | 21Jul02 |
| Landfill problems | 20Apr17 |
| Leaf drop (early) |
19Jul19 (river birch) |
| Leafdrop, on holly in spring | 20May08 |
| Leaves (left in place, pest issues) | 24Mar22 |
| Lichen | |
| Lights (LED) | 24Feb29 |
| Lyme disease vaccine status update | 22Aug12 |
| Magnolia, seed pods | 19Jul12 |
| Maryland Department of Agriculture - Nursery Inspection program | 23Oct20 |
| Microbial products (unregulated) | 22Jul15 |
| Montgomery County, MD Pesticide Law | 19Jun21, 19Jun14, 19Jun07 |
| Mowers, electric zero turn | 23Feb15 |
| Mulch volcano | |
| Mulch, overmulching | 23Jun23 18Oct05 |
| Nickel and plant growth | 22Aug05 |
| Northern flicker damage in turf | 18May04 |
| Nutsedge control | 18Jun29 |
| Oak decline | 23Oct06 (Anne Arundel County Report) |
| Paving around a tree | 24May24 |
| Peaches, growing | 22Jun24 |
| Personal mosquito control | 18Jul06 |
| Pesticide ban | 22Jul15 (Baltimore City) |
| Plant dieback | 18Sep07 |
| Pollen | |
| Pollution, smoke | 23Jun09 (from wildfires in Canada) |
| Poor fruit set | 18Jul06 (tomato) |
| Privet problems | 24May31 |
| Problems, apple | 18Oct19 |
| Problems, boxwood | 18Jun01 |
| Problems, cherry laurel | 18Oct19, 18Oct12 |
| Problems, crape myrtle | 18Jun08, 18Jun01 |
| Problems, deer | 18Jun22 |
| Problems, Japanese maple | |
| Problems, Leyland Cypress | 18Apr06 |
| Problems, roots (lack of) | 19Aug30 (on dwarf blue spruce) |
| Problems, tomato | 18Aug03 |
| Problems, vinca | 17Jun16 |
| Problems, zelkova | 18Jun08, 18Jun01 |
| Pruning, fall | 23Apr07 |
| Pruning, root (problems) | 23Jul21 |
| Pumpkin (and the season's weather) | 20Sep25 |
|
Redbud problems Redbud, vascular streak dieback |
22Jul15 22Aug05 |
| Research, horticulture at Wye Research and Education Center | 24Jun28 |
| Research, transparent wood | 21Feb12 |
| Reversion (genetic) | |
| Screening plants | 18Jul06, 18Jun29 |
| Seed preservation | 18Apr06 |
| Shears (small, portable, electric) | 19Jul19 |
| Solar panels | 20Jun26 |
| Spring fertility update | 18Apr27 |
| Snakes in the landscape | 19Jun28 18Jun08 |
| Stress, heat and drought | 24Aug16 (turf in summer) |
| Summer annual grass control | 18Sep14 |
| Summer leaf drop | 18Jul20 |
| Sunscald on vegetable leaves | 18May25 |
| Swelling on apple trees | 20Oct09 |
| Temperature and Fertilizer | 18Jul06 |
| Temperature and plant installations | 23Mar02 |
| Tick activity | 18Jun01 |
| Tough places for plants | 18Jun22 |
| Toxicity: Is cherry laurel toxic? | 20May01 |
| Tree decline and wood decay fungi | 21Oct29 |
| Tree protection | 22Jul08 |
| Turtles | |
|
Unusual weather side effect |
18Jul27 |
| Urban Nutrient Management Regulation Changes | 18Sep28 |
| Urea shortage | 22Jun10 |
| Vegetables, and impact of flooding | 20Aug07 |
| Vehicles | 20Jul02 (electric trucks) |
| Voles | |
| Water chestnut control | 18Sep14 |
| Water quality on pesticide performance | 18Apr27 |
| Weather and disease update | 18Jun08, 18Jun01 |
| Wildlife | 23Jun23 (raccoons) |
| Wings, how insects got their | 21May28 |
| Winter damage | 18Jun15, 18May25, 18May11 |
| Winter, mild | 20Mar20 (lack of leaf abscission) |
| Winter, protection of figs | 24Jan17 |
| Wire baskets and problems with trees | 21Jun18 |
| Worms, jumping (invasive) | 23Jul14 22Sep02, 22Apr01 21May28 |
| Wrapping trees for ambrosia beetle | 18Apr27 |
| Yellowing of Leyland cypress | 23Jun16 |