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Gardens Oil (YRSO). This can be applied to garden
plants during the growing season to manage
by Melinda Myers insects such as aphids, mites, adelgids, scale,
leafhoppers and whiteflies. Horticultural
You plant and tend your garden
hoping to enjoy a bountiful harvest oils have been used for many years because
and beautiful blooms. Despite proper they are low risk and effective against a
planning and planting, insects can variety of pests.
move in and wreak havoc on your Horticulture oils kill insects by blocking the
garden. The good news is you can air holes through which they breathe. This
manage problem pests without makes them effective against all stages of
harming the pollinators that are so the insect’s development from egg through
important to your garden.
adult.
Start by reviewing the care your The oil must contact the insect to be
plants need to thrive. Make sure you effective. If a beneficial insect lands on a
are watering thoroughly and only treated plant, it will not be injured. Avoid discover insect pests when the the nationally-syndicated Melinda’s Garden
when needed. Consider mulching the treating plants when bees and other populations are small and much easier to Moment TV & radio program. Myers is a
soil with shredded leaves, evergreen beneficial insects are present, so you do not manage. columnist and contributing editor for Birds &
needles or other organic material to accidently spray them with the oil. Melinda Myers has written more than 20 Blooms magazine and was commissioned by
conserve moisture, moderate soil gardening books, including Small Space Summit for her expertise to write this article.
temperature, suppress weeds and YRSO horticulture oil Gardening. She hosts The Great Courses and Myers web site is www.melindamyers.com.
improve the soil as they decompose. (SummitResponsibleSolutions.com) can also
help reduce the incidence and spread of Verdict on Sporting Events
Only fertilize if needed. Over aphid-transmitted viruses. It interferes with
fertilization, especially with high insect feeding which helps reduce the
nitrogen and fast release products, can transmission of the virus by the insect. “We will not have sporting events with hyperbole, but that’s the exact phrase a
stimulate lush, succulent growth that Lightweight horticulture oils have a fans until we have a vaccine.” says Zach doctor in Bergamo, Italy used to describe
is more susceptible to insect damage. minimal waiting period between the last Binney, a PhD in epidemiology who the outcome of a similar event .
Let your plants, not the fertilizer application and harvest. Always check the wrote his dissertation on injuries in the Bringing games to empty stadiums is a
label, be your guide. Pale plants and label before using any product whether NFl and now teaches at Emory. Barring a medical nightmare. We are suggesting all
those not performing as expected may organic, natural or synthetic. You will find medical miracle, the process of players and anyone associated to be tested
need a nutrient boost. Consider a low valuable information on the label, including developing and widely distributing a first, then isolated for two weeks prior to
nitrogen slow release fertilizer that application rates and directions to help you vaccine is likely to take 12 to 18 months. the game and then retested.
won’t stimulate lush, succulent attain the best results. Until the vast majority of the Where are they going to stay if all of the
growth or damage the plants when You may also find some added benefits population is immune to COVID-19, the hotels are still closed?
the weather is hot and dry.
when reviewing the label. Horticulture oils disease the virus causes, any gathering as With all of that said, we hope that
can help in managing powdery mildew on as an NFL game risks setting off a normal sporting schedules can resume in
Tolerate a bit of damage and wait for biological bomb. That may sound like 2021 and that would be the good news.
the songbirds and beneficial insects, plants like beebalm, phlox, peonies and
like lady beetles and green lacewings, cucumbers. Some can be applied when How you can help- By volunteering a
manage these pests for you. If the plants are dormant to smother and kill Meals On Wheels few hours of your time, by referring our
damage is more than you can tolerate, overwintering mites and aphids as well as services to those in need, and by
consider using an eco-friendly control egg masses of pests like the gypsy moth. contributing and encouraging
product. Monitor your garden throughout the organizations and friends to make
summer. You will enjoy watching your contributions.
One you may not be familiar with is plants grow, make timely harvests and You can donate on our website
lightweight horticulture oil, like the www.lahabramealsonwheels.org
Or mail a check to:La Habra Meals
on Wheels, 101 W. La Habra Blvd, La
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Share your knowledge, information@foothillunitycenter.org delivered by our friendly volunteers
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