BB—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Navambar 26,1983
End-of-season yard and garden
cleanup can give you a head start
on insect control for next year.
Most plant pests overwinter in, on,
or near the plants they infest. It is
possible to control some of them
through cultural practices.
Garden and yard litter provides
winter shelter for several common
pests. Removing and destroying
that litter-plant remains, weeds,
old mulch, fallen leaves-and
clearing away garden miscellany
like rocks, boards, equipment, will
remove the insects themselves or
alter the protective environment.
Among the garden pests that may
be controlled this way are squash
bug, cucumber, flea, asparagus
and Mexican bean beetle, tar
nished plant bug, rose slugs,
cabbage worm, corn borer, fall
web worm, iris borer and garden
slugs.
Careful scrutiny of plants may
turn up life stages of some pests
that can then be destroyed
directly. Egg masses of tent
caterpillars are small (less than 1
inch in length), firm, shiny brown
“swellings” on twigs of trees they
4-H Board of Directors
LEBANON The Lebanon
County 4-H Board of Directors
recently elected officers who
presided at the Nov. 15 meeting.
Officers for the 1983-84 year are:
Chairman, John Balmer; Vice
Chairman, Nancy Hoke;
Secretary, Gail Shiner; Assistant
Secretary, Kim Binkley; and
Treasurer, Jim Connor.
Balmer, a 16-year 4-H leader, is
also co-chairman of the Lebanon
Area Fair. He is employed by
Evergreen Tractor Company.
Chairman Balmer announced
infest - wild cherry, apple, and
crabapple are favorites. Priming
out these twigs is the easiest
removal method. Unhatched gypsy
moth egg masses are light tan and
spongy looking but firm to touch,
and may be found on any number
of sheltered sites, including
buildings, outdoor equipment,
furniture and play things, as well
as more obvious areas - tree
trunks, leaf litter, wood piles and
rock walls. Scrape the masses into
a container of hot water, household
bleach or ammonia.
As you work around the yard,
keep an eye out for the cone-like
bags of bagworms on deciduous
species as well as on the
evergreens they most commonly
As you work around the yard,
keep an eye out for the cone-line
bags of bagworms on deciduous
species as well as on the
evergreens they most commonly
infest - arborvitae, juniper and
pine. The bags contain the eggs for
next years leaf-devouring cater
pillars pick them off and destroy
them.
Dormant season pruning is an
Elects Officers
committee assignments. Chair
men are: Publicity and Promotion,
Judy Leßoy; Finance, Jack Reed;
Manpower, Jim Connor;
Recognition, Dorothy Moyer;
Leadership, Nancy Hoke;
Program Evaluation and
Curriculum, Phyllis Paine; 4-H
Leaders of Lebanon County, Henry
Smith.
The next meeting is set for Dec.
20 in the Extension Office.
Meetings are open to any in
terested person
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2 1/3 cups warm water (106 to 115
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2 packages active dry yeast
1/3 cup sugar
4 teaspoons salt
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excellent way to control European
pine shoot moth. The larva, which
causes dead, bent twigs on Scotch,
Austrian, mugho and Japanese
black pines, overwinters in those
damaged portions. Prune them out
and get rid of the pest.
Careful garden cleanup can help
clean up many pest problems.
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