Harvesting and Storing Garden Produce
Fall garden guidance covers when to harvest crops before frost and how to store them. Advice includes green tomatoes stored in dark at 55 degrees then ripening at 70. pumpkins and winter squash tolerate light frost. root crops stay in ground until hard frosts.
4-H Week Celebrated by Tompkins County Youth
Tompkins County 4-H celebrates National 4-H Week with 5000 plus members and 7.2 million youth nationwide from Oct 5 to Oct 11. Displays, club activities, and community service highlight education and Spirit of Tomorrow theme. Local headquarters at Fulton Street Ithaca invites youth, parents, and leaders to visit or call 272 1421.
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Ithaca-Tompkins County
Jean Szabach
Cooperative Extension
Tompkins
Agriculture
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Heavy fall webworm outbreaks alarm state property owners
ESF entomologists report unusually heavy fall webworm infestations across the state, with the Mohawk and St Lawrence River Valleys worst hit. Experts note webworms strain shade trees but are not major forest pests. control ranges from removing webs to July and August spraying of Carbaryl or Diazinon. The moth is a small white species with distinct leg coloring, and larvae are yellowish green with a pale stripe.
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ESF
Syracuse
Mohawk
St Lawrence
Howard Miller
U.S
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