Most annual and perennial weeds reproduce from seed, but many perennials also reproduce vegetatively.  Examples of vegetative reproductive parts of weeds include stolens, rhizomes, roots, tubers, bulbs, and nutlets.  Bermudagrass has stolens, which are above ground horizontal stems.  Quackgrass spreads by rhizomes, which are underground horizontal stems.  Canada thistle, milkweed, hemp dogbane, horsenettle, and bindweed […]

With a cold, wet March, the spring crops have been slow to be put in, and consequently there have been few pest concerns.  However, this will change with the onset of temperatures nudging 60⁰ F and drier conditions.  There is always the question of how well did the insects survive the winter.