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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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Posted on Wednesday, June 5, 2019 at 9:13 AM

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Author: Karey Windbiel-Rojas

Tags: control (12), disease (3), garden (3), heat (2), IPM (9), management (4), pest management (1), Pest Notes (4), pests (3), soil (1), solarization (1), Stapleton (1), UC IPM (18), weeds (4)

Focus Area Tags: Pest Management Yard & Garden

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...

Opossum in a tree.

Opossum in a tree.

Posted on Monday, November 27, 2017 at 1:32 PM

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Author: Karey Windbiel-Rojas

Tags: backyard (1), control (12), disease (3), opossum (1), Pest Notes (4), UC IPM (18)

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...

Raccoon
Raccoon

Raccoon

Young raccoon.

Young raccoon.

Posted on Friday, September 29, 2017 at 12:52 PM

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Author: Karey Windbiel-Rojas

Tags: control (12), damage (2), disease (3), nesting (1), Pest Notes (4), raccoon (1), UC IPM (18)