Spotted Lanternfly
Introduction The spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula, SLF) is an invasive insect that feeds on many plant species, including economically significant agricultural and horticultural crops,...
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Mar 3, 2023 | Entomology
Introduction The spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula, SLF) is an invasive insect that feeds on many plant species, including economically significant agricultural and horticultural crops,...
Feb 24, 2023 | Food, Preservation
“Wine is one of the most civilized things in the world and one of the most natural things of the world that has been brought to the greatest perfection, and it offers a greater range for enjoyment...
Feb 22, 2023 | Flowers, Landscape, Landscaping
In 2007, the U.S. Senate designated a week in June as National Pollinator Week to increase the general public’s awareness of the importance of pollinators to food production. What is pollination?...
Carolina jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens) is one of the most beautiful vines of the South. It covers fences and trees in open woodlands and along roadsides throughout the Southeast with its...
Feb 17, 2023 | Water
Rain barrels are a form of small-scale rainwater harvesting for collecting and storing rainwater that runs off roof surfaces. The stored water is useful for irrigation in landscaped beds and...
Feb 10, 2023 | Fruits & Vegetables, Nuts, Problems
Phylloxerans are tiny, aphid-like insects that cause galls on plants as a result of their feeding. Once the feeding damages the leaf tissue, the plant tries to compartmentalize the wound. Then a...
Feb 3, 2023 | Fruits & Vegetables, Vegetables
Transplanting Dates Area Spring Fall Piedmont Mar 20 to Apr 30 Jul 15 to Aug 31 Coastal Mar 1 to Apr 10 Aug 15 to Aug 30 Piedmont: Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Chesterfield, Edgefield,...
Feb 3, 2023 | Fruits & Vegetables, Vegetables
Garden peas (Pisum sativum L.) are cool-season crops that include the common green English pea and the edible-podded pea. English peas are shelled and only the seed eaten, whereas edible-podded peas...
Feb 3, 2023 | Fruits & Vegetables, Vegetables
Planting Summer squash (Cucurbita pepo) is a warm-season crop that grows best at average temperatures between 65 and 75 °F. Squash seeds do not germinate well in cold soil. In the spring, do not...
Feb 3, 2023 | Fruits & Vegetables, Vegetables
Planting Watermelons (Citrullus lanatus) are warm-season crops that grow best at average air temperatures between 70 and 85 °F. Melon seeds do not germinate well in cold soil. The soil temperature...
Jan 24, 2023 | Fruits & Vegetables, Vegetables
Southern peas, black-eyed peas and field peas are all names for the crop known worldwide as cowpeas (Vigna unguiculata ssp. unguiculata). Cowpeas probably originated in Africa and were introduced to...
Jan 24, 2023 | Fruits & Vegetables, Vegetables
Pumpkins and squash have been grown in North America for thousands of years. Native Americans ate pumpkins roasted, boiled and stewed, and they roasted the seeds for food as well. Most pumpkins now...
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