Sep 22 2009
Garden Tip: Prevent Pest Infestation In Garden Vegetables & Fruit Trees With Fall Clean-Up
Many pests that attack garden vegetables and fruit trees during the spring and summer months over-winter in the debris that is left in the garden or under fruit trees. A fall clean-up of these areas will remove the pest’s winter hibernation home and help prevent a pest infestation.
Cucumber beetles, squash bugs, corn borers, etc., make their winter homes in garden debris, weeds and mulch that remain in gardens or around fruit trees through the winter. Clean-up spent vegetable plants by removing them from the garden or plowing them under in the garden. Rake all debris like rotting fruit, fruit tree twigs and last season’s mulch out from under fruit trees so pest’s won’t have a welcoming environment to over-winter in.
