Pink hibiscus mealybug infests crops and gardens, causing stunted growth, sooty mold, and major agricultural losses.

found a few mirid bugs on the undersides of the flowers, and collected some samples. In 2024, two other samples were also collected from sea hibiscus plants across the island, and after all were ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Mealybugs are insects from the family Pseudococcidae which contain more than 2000 ...

Begin transitioning to warm-season crops like beans, corn, cucumbers, melons, spinach, sunflowers, marigolds, basil, etc.

There is a good mix of plants to prune in May. It ranges from spring-flowering shrubs, which may need attention to stay in ...

Though it seems spring arrives late to Northeast Michigan, gardening season is still quickly approaching. Local farmers say ...

If you’re not focused on a vegetable garden this season and prefer to look ahead at summer flowers, consider marigolds, hibiscus ... tomatoes and peppers). Pests are also a fact of life ...