Saturday Seminar presents:
Managing Bad Bugs in Your Vegetable Garden – Lessons from The Learning Garden
Laura Brooks, co-chair of The Learning Garden’s vegetable plot located at the Buncombe County Extension office, highlights the three most common pests that were encountered last year in The Learning Garden: squash vine borers, flea beetles, and Mexican bean beetles. She describes the organic methods that Master Gardeners used to help ward off these pesky insects. Laura explains the life cycle of these insects, what they look like from larvae to adult stages, when they emerge, and effective treatments.
For more detailed information on the insects discussed in this video explore the links below:
Squash Vine Borer
NCSU: Beat the Squash Vine Borer
UMN: Squash Vine Borer in Home Gardens
Flea Beetle
UMN: Flea Beetles in Home Gardens
UMD: Flea Beetle – Vegetables
NCSU: Flea Beetles – Tiny Menace in the Vegetable Garden
Mexican Bean Beetle
UMD: Mexican Bean Beetle – Vegetables
NCSU: Mexican Bean Beetles in Soybean
Purdue University: Field Crop IPM – Mexican Bean Beetle