USU Extension Answers

The best time to get rid of squash bugs is to catch them early. Monitor your plants often, and remove and kill eggs, nymphs, and adults when you see them. If you wait too long, they can overrun your plant, and it may never recover.

For boiling-water canning at high elevations, add extra minutes based on your elevation range. For high-altitude pressure canning, raise the canner's pressure.

A high tunnel (or hoop house) is a plastic-covered structure used to protect crops and extend the growing season.

Learn how to prepare a beehive for winter with enough food, mite control, ventilation, wind protection, and a reduced entrance.

Learn what bees eat, why they need nectar and pollen, whether they eat honey, what baby bees eat, and when managed hives may need extra food.

Learn how to identify a queen bee by her long abdomen and smooth back, where to look for her, and what to check when she is hard to find.

Learn how eggs, brood patterns, queen cells, and seasonal changes can show whether a honey bee queen is doing her job.

Learn how often to inspect a beehive, what to check, and when cold weather makes a full hive inspection unsafe.

Learn what bee brood is, how to recognize eggs, larvae, and capped brood, and how long worker bees take to develop.

Learn what to check during a beehive inspection, including brood, food, space, pests, and signs that the queen is laying.

Plant sweet corn on the date of the average last frost in spring, typically May 5-June 1 along the Wasatch Front. Soil temperatures at planting time should be at least 60 °F.

Trees taller than 25 feet risk contact with live lines and require costly, disfiguring pruning to stay clear. Choosing the right tree from the start avoids that problem entirely.

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