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• Posted by Jeremy Kichler on Aug 24, 2025

  Authored by: Dr. Elizabeth McCarty Summer may bring sunshine and green canopies, but it also welcomes a host of unwelcome visitors—tree-damaging insects. As temperatures rise, these pests become more active and can wreak havoc on trees already stressed from spring growth or lingering winter effects. Knowing what to watch for can help protect your trees […]
• Posted by Jeremy Kichler on Aug 24, 2025

  I often receive questions and comments from homeowners about the condition of their lawns. More times than not, they want something to spray, so the problem will magically disappear.  It often leads to disappointment, it does not work like that.   Lawns are complicated.  A systems approach is needed in order to have a great-looking lawn. […]
• Posted by Jeremy Kichler on Aug 17, 2025

  There has been excitement in the world of okra in the last 10 days.  This insect is the two spotted cotton leaf hopper or the cotton jassid. Okra is a preferred host plant. Several of the first detections were on okra and later seen on cotton.  Below is an example cotton jassid nymphs from a […]
• Posted by Jeremy Kichler on Jul 20, 2025

  I have been getting a few calls about dead spots in centipede and St. Augustine lawns and alot of times the cause is Take-all root rot. Take-all root rot (TARR) is a fungal disease in warm-season grasses such as bermudagrass and St. Augustinegrass. Likewise, the fungus that causes this disease is Gaeumannomyces graminis var. graminis. […]
• Posted by Jeremy Kichler on Apr 21, 2025

  It does not take long for it get dry. The information below is from a CoCoRahs reporting site at the Extension office. It shows that rainfall amounts are 76% percent of normal for the month of April and 77% of normal for the year to date. When do I water my lawn and how much? […]