Thursday, November 2, 2006 The Gunnison Valley Gazette Page 10 How to reduce plant pests in your garden next year left, the longer many pests have to find a comfortable place to spend the fall and winter. Rototill your garden soil in the fall. This destroys many pests Many plant-feeding insects that can overwinter by bringing and mites seek protected sites them to the surface where they to spend the winter. Among this will dry up or freeze. Plant a fall and winter cover group of pests seeking a cozy spot in the yard are squash bugs, crop such as annual ryegrass. Mexican bean beetles, earwigs, The cover crop reduces weeds, strawberry root weevils and spider retains soil moisture and adds numites. To take action now and get trients to the soil. Prune diseased and dead a jump on pest management for next gardening season, consider limbs from woody shrubs and trees in late winter to early spring. these tips. Remove any herbaceous Wait until the woody plants have (annual) plant materials at the end hardened off for the winter before of the season. Do not leave old pruning. Fall pruning may predisvines, plants and annual flowers pose plants to winter injury. in debris piles. Compost or disProtect shrubs and other pose of the plant material as soon plants with winter-sensitive roots as possible. The longer debris is and crowns, such as roses, blackby: DIANE ALSTON Utah State University Extension Entomologist berries and grapes. Place leaves, grass clippings or other types of mulch around the base. Winter injury will cause stress and reduced growth for cold susceptible plants next spring. This in turn tends to make these plants more prone to attacks by pests. Continue to water your perennial plants through the fall. Although their growth is slowing and less water is needed, a waterstressed plant is more vulnerable to winter injury. Keep a record. 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