Ladybug Blog

• We’ve Moved our Web Presence!
  After many years of blogs here on the UConnladybug blog, we are moving all of our publications to one website. We are grateful to our followers that have been weekly readers for so long! We will continue creating valuable gardening content on our website: https://homegarden.cahnr.uconn.edu/ and hope you will join us there! Other Ways to Follow Us:
• Feeding Cabbage Wisely: Lessons from a UConn Phosphorus Study
  Cabbage is a familiar crop in New England gardens and vegetable farms, but producing a firm, heavy head takes more than good weather and regular watering. Like many brassica crops, cabbage has a strong nutrient demand during early growth. One nutrient that deserves special attention is phosphorus (P). P helps plants transfer energy, develop roots, […]
• Pollinator plants for blooms all season
  In nature, there are plants blooming all season to provide plenty of food for diverse pollinator species. On the other hand, in many yards and gardens there are times of the year when few, if any, plants are blooming. In the home landscape there tends to be many spring blooming plants but not as many […]