Category: In the Garden

This is a corn earworm (Helicoverpa zea) boring into a tomato. This common caterpillar pest is known by other names, including tomato fruitworm, cotton bollworm, and soybean podworm. Corn earworms...

Midlands Region Rob Last The area’s soil has been dry, with no significant rainfall recorded since mid-October until this past weekend. Following last week’s freeze events, growth is recovering well...

Have you ever been walking through the woods and noticed small, brown stems sticking through the leaf litter (somewhat reminiscent of the handles of tiny witch’s brooms)? These are beechdrops...

Common vetch (Vicia sativa) is starting to show up in vegetable fields. Vetch is a cool-season weed that begins germinating in the fall and begins blooming in the winter, peaking in the spring....

Midlands Region Rob Last Following last week’s freeze event, I am seeing some freeze injuries, as can be expected for sensitive crops such as tomatoes. Further damage may become evident in the next...

You have received your soil test results and found that you have high phosphorus in your soil. Excessive phosphorus in the soil may be due to where you live, especially in the coastal areas of South...

Coastal Region- Christopher Burtt The first frost of the autumn can occur between October 15th – November 15th depending on the location. Winter protection should be done based on specific...

Last week, I found this pineapple guava fruit growing on a bush in Charleston. Pineapple guava is an incredibly tasty fruit from an evergreen shrub native to South America. The shrub grows well...

Coastal Region Zack Snipes We are very dry in the Lowcountry and could really use a good rain to water strawberries in. There is no mention of rain in the 10-day forecast, unfortunately. We are...

This hole was most likely made by a melonworm. A hole this size is actually an exit hole chewed by the worm on its way out to pupate. Before that, the worm was inside the bloom feeding on the...