
Posts Tagged: Pest Notes
Solarizing Soil to Fight Pests

Soil solarization is a method home gardeners and farmers can use to manage soilborne pests such as weeds, disease pathogens, nematodes and insects. Solarization can reduce help reduce pesticides used to control these pests. Soil solarization is simple:...
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Weeds in Landscapes Pest Notes updated

Controlling weeds can be challenging, but UC IPM provides many resources to help home gardeners and landscape professionals. The newly revised publication Pest Notes: Weed Management in Landscapes by Area IPM Advisor Cheryl Wilen, presents an...
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Opossums?

Opossums are the only marsupial native to North America and are quite interesting animals. Female marsupials may be seen carrying their young in an abdominal pouch or sometimes on their back. But opossums can also be pests. This nocturnal animal can be...
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Raccoons!

I've had a few calls about raccoons recently; reports ranging from them getting into trash cans at night, to even a report of one coming through a friend's open kitchen window and licking the butter dish!! Raccoon sightings are not new to residential...
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Young raccoon.