March feels fresh and full of promise, but trouble already crawls through the garden long before flowers fully open. While many people focus on planting plans and new growth, several pests wake up ...

WEBSTER, N.Y. – Here’s an update to a News10NBC Fact Check from earlier this week about hosta seeds for sale online that promised to grow brightly colored variations of the plant. The fact check ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — If you’re holiday shopping for the green thumb in your life, you might be considering some seeds for their garden. On several online sites, you’ll find hosta seeds for sale but these ...

HERMISTON — Big problems can sometimes come in small packages. One such big problem that is beginning to cause issues for farmers is the winter cutworm. Jacob Powell of Oregon State University on ...

Western bean cutworm can be a serious pest in corn and dry beans, according to the University of Nebraska’s Panhandle Research and Extension Center. When cutworm populations or infestations exceed ...

Having a vegetable garden is a great way to grow your own food. You know where it came from, and how it was grown. Eating your home-grown vegetables can give you a sense of accomplishment, get you ...

There are three common underground insect pests often encountered while preparing garden soil or planting a garden. They are grubs, wireworms and cutworms. Grubs are the larval stage of an assortment ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. prill / iStock / Getty Images Plus Cutworm is a generic term referring to the caterpillar of various moth species that attack ...

20:06, Wed, May 21, 2025 Updated: 20:11, Wed, May 21, 2025 Gardeners are being urged to keep hold of a specific item to deter pests from their plants this summer. It can be frustrating to find young ...

While moths are usually innocuous in the garden, their caterpillars can cause lots of problems. These caterpillars—collectively referred to as cutworms—can cut down garden seedlings seemingly ...

University of Missouri Integrated Pest Management has issued its first pest alerts of the growing season. MU Extension state field crops and forage entomologist Ivair Valmorbida says corn and wheat ...

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — Any hosta gardener knows that deer love to eat hostas. There are a whole host of things you can do to try and keep the deer away — from commercial and homemade sprays to fencing ...