Companion planting can be hugely beneficial for some species, but there are plants that don't get along and can have ...

One becomes five and all of a sudden, you have hundreds of aphids on your plant - and a lot of sticky sap. Aphids reproduce rapidly and about five young females are born every day without ...

Garden pros Dione Lineberry of Blue Ribbon Lady Landscaping and Roseann Ferguson, a Dallas County Master Gardener, explain ...

One big service that a number of insects provide, hidden from most of us, is keeping pest populations down — the good bugs ...

release bacteria that kill the insect within a few days, and then reproduce inside the host. The baby worms leave the host to ...

Rubbing alcohol, a common household disinfectant, offers a budget-friendly solution for pest control. It effectively kills or ...

Human hand checking plant leaves for aphids - Wakila/Getty Images We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Aphids, aphids everywhere! Getting rid of annoying aphids is a persistent ...

Your garbage just might be your garden’s treasure. Here’s what you need to know about using eggshells to help your plants grow. You might want to think twice before you throw out those breakfast ...

Shake and spray. You must make direct hits on the beetles. The soap gums up the beetles' wings and they're finished. Keeping ...

Late summer heat still hanging around, so review irrigation now as the best planting time of the year approaches ...

The species composition and abundance of alate aphids caught in water traps containing green or yellow tiles were compared. Traps were operated in a watermelon field during the spring and autumn ...