Pesticides
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UGA Extension Agent Paul Pugliese is looking at a backyard vegetable garden, and we discover a common summertime issue; herbicide injury. What is it? And how to prevent.
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Dish soap and water are often referred to as the cure-all for managing garden insects such as aphids. Understanding how soap impacts insects and how to best use soaps means better insect management and healthier plants. We still don’t understand exactly how soap kills or doesn’t kill an insect. The leading theory is that the…
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Caution! Warning! Danger! Poison! These are the signal words that you will find on the labels of various pesticide products. These signal words are listed in order of least toxic (Caution) to most toxic (Poison). Typically, most of the products you would find at the local garden center fall into the “Caution” category. The signal…
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There are many options for controlling weeds in home lawns. Many of the turfgrass herbicides on the market today are highly selective and control specific weeds without damaging the grass. However, it’s important to note that these herbicides are not completely harmless to lawns and the ability of a lawn to “tolerate” an herbicide depends…
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If you’ve watched any television in the past few years, you probably couldn’t have missed getting bombarded with advertisements about class action lawsuits surrounding the Roundup herbicide. Roundup is one of many popular weed control products on the market today that contains the active ingredient glyphosate. Because of recent court cases in California, there is…
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Blueberries are one of the most popular backyard fruits for Georgia because they are relatively low maintenance compared to other fruit species. However, there is one particular disease issue known as “mummy berry” that can be problematic for blueberry growers. The disease is easily recognized when the fruit begins to ripen, as infected berries become…
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Paul Pugliese shares common myths related to agriculture practices in relation to pollinators for Pollinator Week.
