Dealing with Garden Pests and Diseases

Tuesday July 16, 6 to 8pm

Teaching Garden with Ag Center as Rain Backup

Have you heard of IPM? It’s not Icky Pests Murdering vegetables, but rather Integrated Pest Management, and it’s a great way to think about dealing with the bugs or diseases that might come after your veggies this season.

We’ll do a garden walk rain or shine and see what problems we can uncover in our teaching garden (hopefully not too many!), and then we will talk about:

• The basics of pests and disease—what attracts them and what makes some plants so much more delicious to them.


• Tools to prevent issues from getting started in your garden.


• Tools and tips to identify pests and diseases.


• What problems tend to arise at each part of the season, and what this year’s current and upcoming issues are likely to be.


• And what you can do about pests when you find and identify them!


• There will be plenty of time to troubleshoot your pest and pathogen issues (so feel free to bring questions and pictures, but please don’t bring your pests!).

For more information contact:
Patty Stimmel; Ag & Garden Educator - 315-684-3001 ext. 108 or patriciamae@cornell.edu