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    Most Recent Issues

    January/February 2003 - Herbicide resistance; Root, Crown and Stem Diseases; Soil Testing for Landscape Companies; Production / Postproduction Factors For 
    Tuberous Begonia
     

    March/April 2003 - What bugs should you look for in April?; Moles and voles; Production / Postproduction Factors For Callistephus 

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    2002 Issues:

    January/Feburary 2002 - Dormant Pruning to Reduce Pest Problems, Round-up Ready Turf, It’s All About Roots, Trees With Winter Interest, New Turfgrass Pocket Guide Available, Selection Of Deer Resistant Ornamental Landscape Material, Dealing With Deer, Production/ Postproduction Factors for Anigozanthos

    March/April 2002 - Know the Insect Pests of Azaleas, New Greenhouse Publication, Woody Plant Pests, Production / Postproduction Factors For Antirrhinum (Snapdragon)

    May/June 2002 - Spring Pesticide Safety Review, Soil Mixes for Your Summer Containers, 10 Myths About Trees, Insects Out In May, Are they really poisonous?, Production / Postproduction Factors For Aquilegia

    July/August 2002 - Herbicide Musings, Pest Monitoring Update, Are They Poisonous? Part II, and Production/Postproduction Factors for Asclepias

    September/October 2002 - Landscape Weed Control Planning, Trees and Summer Drought, Post Harvest Cooling/Storage for Cut Flowers, FACTS on USDA Portacooler Cooling System, Pest Monitoring Update, Production/ Postproduction Factors for Aster

    November/December 2002 - Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Production/ Postproduction Factors
    For Astilbe
    2001 Issues:

    March 2001 - Red Imported Fire Ant, Winter Injury, Conserving Beneficials in the Landscape, Nutrient Management Information,  Gardening Along Pathways, Plant Water Requirements
    April 2001 - Worker Protection Standard Requirements, The Cost of Doing Business, Caterpillars to Watch Our For This Spring, Corny Weed Control,  Production /Postproduction Factors For  Zantedeschia
    May 2001 - Hemlock Rust Mite, Tree Fertilization and the Nutrient Management Law, Caterpillars, Caterpillars and More Caterpillars, Monitoring Nutrition, pH and Soluble Salts in Greenhouse Crops
    June 2001 - Gypsy moths are back, An unusual pest attacking white pine, winter damage, rose rosette disease, Alstroemeria production
    July 2001 - Phlox paniculata, Yucca plant problems, Large (scale) problems, Achimenes production
    August 2001 - The ups and downs of Leyland Cypress, Stepables, Fall Webworm, Barley straw for algae control, Aconitum production
    September 2001 - Spider Mites, Nutrient Management Law Deadlines, Pest Monitoring Program Highlights, Banded Ash Tree Clear Wing Borers, Greenhouse Temperature, New Greenhouse Book
    October 2001 - Planting for Winter Interest, Insects to look for in November, Reducing Deer Damage to Landscape Plants, Postharvest Requirements of Cut Flowers and Potted Plants

    2000 Issues:
    March 2000 - Let Nature Help Do the Work, Scabiosa columbaria ‘Butterfly Blue’ Perennial Plant of the Year 2000, What’s New? -  Fertilization of Trees and Shrubs in the Landscape, Postharvest of Cut Flowers
    April 2000 - Deadly Friends of Herbaceous Perennials and Ornmanetal Grasses, Cleaning Fish and Ornamental Ponds,  Winter Injury, Grass, Fertilizer and the Chesapeake Bay, Plant Growth Control
    May 2000 - Plants Poisonous to Horses, What About the Labor Force?, Umbrella Palms, and Water Quality
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    June 2000 .pdf Format)- Mosquito Control, Bleeding Cherries, In the Shade: Slugs and Snails, Powdery Mildew Control on Dogwoods, Shot Hole Borers and Soluble Fertilizer Application
    July 2000 .pdf Format) - Sea asparagus offers bug resistance, Fire Ants, All America Selections Winners for 2001,  Production/Postproduction Factors For Aphelandra
    August/September 2000 .pdf Format) - Dogwoods and herbicides, Turf insects, Fern scale and fall webworm, Redbud cultivars, Species tulips, Araucaria production

    1999 Issues:
    March 1999 - Aftermath of the January Ice Storm, Pruning Ornamentals, All America Selctions Winners
    Conditioning Florist Crops for Long Term Survival
    April 1999 - Natural Enemies of Plant Pathogens, Pesticides for Controlling Insects and Mites in Interior Lanscapes, Perennial Combinations for Color, Types of Slow Release Fertilizers
    May 1999 - Black Vine Weevils, Scratch Out Thatch, Substrate Selection, Honey Locust Pests In May
    Vole Control, and Pesticide Labels On-Line
    June 1999 - Biostimulants, Galls On Oaks, A Review of The Greenspot, Production/Postproduction Factors for Anthurium, Pests on Dogwoods, News from MDA.
    July 1999 - Ticks Are On the Upswing in 1999, Wax Scale: Active in July, US Fish and Wildlife Service: News Release on New Management Strategies for Canada Geese, Durable But Not Indestructible:  Redbud
    Aralis/Polscias Production
    August 1999 - Wetting Agents, Reblooming Daylilies, Mites Taking Over, Production / Postproduction Factors for Cissus
    September 1999 - Planting for Wildlife, Short Facts, 2000 All America Selections, Postproduction Factors For  Cordyline
    October 1999 - The Coming Plague of Pears, Buddleia, Short Facts (Mite control, weather and pollution
    and cabbage loopers), Production / Postproduction Factors For Phoenix


    1998 Articles:

    1997 Issues

    March 1997 -- Watch For These Mites This Spring, All American Selections, Spring Clean Up and Producing Australian Umbrella Tree.
    April 1997 -- Root Problems? Rx: RCX, Death to Honeybees, Pruning Tools That Are Kind, A Zoysiagrass Lawn, Tolmeia for Interiors.
    May 1997 -- Moss in Turf, Tradescantia, PPE Equipment, Turf Renovation and more.
    June 1997 -- Outsanding Blue Hosta Culitvars, Technology Report, Pesticides and Public Concerns, Trenching Your Way Out of Tree Troubles and Production and Longevity Factors for Alaonema.
    July 1997 -- Arborvitae Spider Mite, Producing Aphelandra, Potential Effects of This Spring's Dry Weather, Pruning Spring-Flowering Shrubs and the 1997 Empty Pesticide Container Recycling Program.
    August 1997 -- Tree IPM - More Than Just Poking For Pests, The Gaithersburg Task Force: A brief Summary and more.
    September 1997 --Biological Control Suppliers, Farm Pond Algae Control, Post Harvest Production of Araucaria, Flowering Alliums, Holly Leafminer and more.
    October 1997 -- How Insecticidal Soaps Work, Effects of the 1997 Drought, Aucuba japonica ‘Variegata' and Asparagus densiflorus ‘Sprengeri'.


    1996 Issues

    August 1996--Landscape Fertilization, A New Look at Systemic Insecticides, and more!
    September 1996--White Grub Control Options, Pruning Hydrangeas, and more!
    October 1996--Caterpillar Populations Explode, Postproduction Handling of Poinsettia, and more!
     

    Updated January 22, 2003