Molds, mildews and mushrooms were the top problem in Carlton County

October 24, 2002

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Carlton County Board gets annual report from horticulturist

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Cloquet Journal

Last Updated: Thursday, October 03rd, 2002 07:48:44 AM

Molds, mildews and mushrooms were the " name of the game " in Carlton County

this summer, according horticulture specialist Joanne Rosberg.

Rosberg presented her annual year-end report to the Carlton County Committee

of the Whole at its monthly meeting on Tuesday. During the summer months,

Rosberg works in the Carlton County Extension Office two days a week during

the summer months to field horticulture questions from residents, assemble

brochures and bulletins and work with the Master Gardeners program.

Rosberg and her assistant fielded approximately 600 phone calls during the

summer and identified some 30 plant and insect samples that were brought

into the office.

" This has been a good season, with lots of interesting problems, " related

Rosberg, " the most interesting being the problem with chinch bugs....

According to the lawn insect fact sheet, chinch bugs are rare in Minnesota.

With the help of (St. Louis County Extension Agent) Bob Olin, we were able

to positively identify the problem and offer help to those who called with

this unusual occurrence. Olin wrote a fact sheet about how to identify and

treat the problem. "

Rosberg reported that other horticultural oddities that came up during the

summer were black rot in grapes, numerous problems with forest tent

caterpillars, and, because of the damp summer, " lots of molds, mildews and

mushrooms - in and on everything! "

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