Similar to 2023, there appears to be a potential for high chinch bug infestation into seedling sorghum in areas of south central Kansas. Growers are reporting high numbers of chinch bugs in harvested ...

There are bugs aplenty in our yards and gardens, but some of them do far more harm than good. If you've never heard of chinch bugs, that doesn't mean you haven't had them in your yard before. If ...

The battle with false chinch bugs in canola may be over, but these pests thrive in drought conditions and are not above targeting additional crops, such as those raised by Oklahoma sorghum and soybean ...

Dear Reader: This does look like chinch bug damage, but it’s probably too late to apply an insecticide for this season. You’ll need to replant in the worst of these spaces next spring, then be on the ...

The chinch bug is a nasty rascal. Only about the size of fine ground pepper it is almost impossible to see and the damage it causes can be confused between fungi, dry areas, and just dead areas.

Our cool-season lawns can take quite a beating during hot, dry summers. Cool season grasses will go dormant if rainfall is scarce. Growth slows or stops completely and the lawn turns brown. Usually, ...

Chinch bug infestations are damaging selected lawns, and they're making the selections. There's neither rhyme nor reason why they choose one lawn and skip another. I've been tending the same lawn for ...

Crane flies are so last month. False chinch bugs are the latest insect craze to land in Tucson. An explosion of the harmless, weed-loving bugs is now underway across Southern Arizona. And University ...

Many of us pride ourselves on maintaining a lush, full lawn. And many may shudder at the mention of chinch bugs. The southern chinch bug can be a rapidly progressing, problematic pest throughout our ...

Q: Which varieties of double altheas do best? I have nice purple single ones I rooted from cuttings from my mom’s house before we sold it. How should they be trained to grow bushier? A: Every time I ...