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11/23/2009 - Mealybugs Make a Meal of Your Houseplants
MealybugsDifficult to control mealybugs look like small white puffs of cotton on African violets, ficus, jade gardenia, poinsettia and other indoor plants.

11/16/2009 - Preparing Evergreens for Winter
Protection efforts this fall will help your evergreen plantings make it safely through the winter.

11/9/2009 - Why You Should Worry about Your Walnuts
Thousand cankers disease is a malady looming on the western horizon that has already claimed many Eastern Black Walnut trees transplanted to the western states.

11/2/2009 - November Garden Chores
Now is the time to prepare your roses and strawberries to withstand the trials of winter.You also can do cleanup in your vegetable garden to prevent disease carryover, and protect your trees and shrubs from rabbit damage.

10/26/2009 - Yellowjacket Wasps Look for Sweet Things to Eat in the Fall
Winter weather will put an end to invasions from yellowjacket wasps, but they can be annoying at this time of year.

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11/18/2009 - Ask the ISU Extension Garden Experts: Protecting Trees, Crown Gall and Houseplants
This week's answers discuss what to do to protect trees from nearby construction activity, the impact of crown gall on rose bushes and how houseplants can improve the air quality in your home.

11/12/2009 - Ask the ISU Extension Garden Experts: Rubber Trees, Begonias and Arbor Vitae
This week's answers discuss how to propagate a rubber tree, humidity conditions needed by rex begonias and what browning of arborvitae needles indicates.

11/4/2009 - Ask the ISU Extension Garden Experts: Perennials, Amaryllis Bulbs, African Violets and Fertilizer
This week's answers discuss which perennials will not last forever in your landscape, how to have amaryllis blooms at Christmas, light needed by African violets, and how to store unused fertilizer.

10/29/2009 - Ask the ISU Extension Garden Experts: Vegetables, Acorns, Water Lilies
This week’s answers discuss how to prepare your vegetable garden to minimize disease problems next year, damage from acorn weevil larvae, and what to do with your tropical water lilies this fall.

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