Morning Glories: Pest Control, 1 by EmmaGrace

EmmaGrace wrote:
As part of my Master Gardeners Training program, I was able to go to a couple of programs at
Texas A&M University Agricultural Research and Extension Center Overton
only a few miles from me.

Dr. Scott Ludwig gave us a crash course on Beneficial bugs and how important they are to our gardens.
IPM: Integrated Pest Management
. . . Very Interesting.

I thought this might be a good time to start a Thread in preparation for our up-coming growing season where we can learn from others problems and how they were resolved.

I know there have been many Threads on this subject and Ron can probably give us those links [I still don’t know how that man can keep up with these Threads].

BETH – You are the person that reminded me of this method in one of your Threads.
SO, This is for you in the event you have not tried the ‘Sticky Cards’ for your pests on your inside MGs. Of course, you can also acquire a few other pets and get some Praying Mantis. Your cats will surely like these guys *-* BTW, you probably know that Praying Mantis LOVE aphids.

I have a formula for the __sticky glue__ that ‘may’ be lost when I had my computer crash, and I will search for that information to see if it was rescued to post as well. Additionally there is a TM name for this product that I also can not remember and will do a search for it. Even if I can’t find my information, I do remember who gave it to me and will request it again. This method is wonderful for inside plants and can even be used on some outside container plants with success.

Back to Texas A&M:
As I was briefly looking over their website
http://overton.tamu.edu/

I found a section relative to Hibiscus, but I can see the same benefits on growing inside Morning Glories
http://overton2.tamu.edu/photos/hibiscus_cs.htm

The link to the ‘Sticky Card Method’
http://overton2.tamu.edu/photos/hibiscus_4.htm

that will also take you to a news article
http://overton2.tamu.edu/news/news2003/hibiscus_ipm_2003.htm

Also Texas A&M in College Station has a great website with tons of information that is mostly geared for the Southern Gardener, but most information is in general for all areas.
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/introhtml/gardening.html

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/county/smith/index.html


Looking forward to what we can learn here.

Emma