Managing Insect Pests in the Vegetable Garden, Ground Cherries and Choosing Your Battles
06/12/21 • 73 min
While insects are a part of every garden, and an important part at that, there are some insects that cause unacceptable damage to our plants and need to be managed as pests. In this episode of Granite State Gardening, UNH Extension’s Emma Erler and Nate Bernitz are joined by Anna Wallingford, host of the Overinformed on IPM podcast, to share proven tips and solutions for managing these insect pests with an integrated pest management approach. Anna has an uncanny ability to make pest management fun, and while she focuses on advising farmers, recording this episode was a unique opportunity to bring her expertise to gardeners. Anna shares unexpectedly interesting information about the lives these insects lead, and how understanding their life cycles and peculiarities can give gardeners a leg up in battling these garden foes.
· Featured Plant: Ground Cherries (Physalis pruinosa)
· Closing Tip: Choosing your battles with pests in the garden
Resources:
· Over-informed on IPM podcast
· IPM Resources for NH Growers
· Growing Ground Cherries and Tomatillos
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Transcript by Otter.ai
While insects are a part of every garden, and an important part at that, there are some insects that cause unacceptable damage to our plants and need to be managed as pests. In this episode of Granite State Gardening, UNH Extension’s Emma Erler and Nate Bernitz are joined by Anna Wallingford, host of the Overinformed on IPM podcast, to share proven tips and solutions for managing these insect pests with an integrated pest management approach. Anna has an uncanny ability to make pest management fun, and while she focuses on advising farmers, recording this episode was a unique opportunity to bring her expertise to gardeners. Anna shares unexpectedly interesting information about the lives these insects lead, and how understanding their life cycles and peculiarities can give gardeners a leg up in battling these garden foes.
· Featured Plant: Ground Cherries (Physalis pruinosa)
· Closing Tip: Choosing your battles with pests in the garden
Resources:
· Over-informed on IPM podcast
· IPM Resources for NH Growers
· Growing Ground Cherries and Tomatillos
Connect with us at @askunhextension on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to the monthly Granite State Gardening newsletter.
Email us questions, suggestions and feedback at [email protected]
Transcript by Otter.ai
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What to bring home and how to choose – just two of the questions top of mind as gardeners race through their local garden center in late May, snagging plants and supplies left and right after enduring months of shoveling snow and a spring torrent of black flies. But finally it’s time to plant, and in the shopping frenzy many gardeners may throw caution to the wind. In this episode of Granite State Gardening, UNH Extension’s Emma Erler and Nate Bernitz are joined by their colleague Rachel Maccini to chat about how they strive to be smart garden center shoppers, and how you can do the same. Happy shopping and happy gardening!
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· Featured Plant: Cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus)
Resources:
· Pollinator Plants for Northern New England Gardens
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· Other UNH Extension resources for creating pollinator habitat
· Protecting Pollinators While Using Pesticides
· Bees and their habitats in four New England states
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Cover image by - Robert Durant
Transcript by Otter.ai
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