Extension Educationin Williamson County

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  What is Crape Myrtle Bark Scale? Can it harm my tree? These are all good questions that we see quite often. CMBS is a small, white, sap-feeding insect that lives on the bark of crape myrtle trees.  The adult females look like tiny pieces of popcorn attached near pruning wounds or in the branch crotches.  They are usually 2mm in length.  If you squish the scale, it has bright pink insides.  CMBS does not kill the tree, but it can cause reduced flowering and the scale secretes... Read More →

To register CLICK HERE   2020 Auxin Specific Applicator Training Requirements summary for use of approved dicamba and 2,4-D herbicides Scott Nolte, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, College Station, TX Peter Dotray, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Lubbock, TX Joshua McGinty, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Corpus Christi, TX The revised dicamba labels (Engenia, FeXapan, Tavium and Xtendimax) state that only certified applicators may apply these herbicides. Tavium® Plus VaporGrip® Technology, a dicamba premix with s-metolachlor, received a Federal label in 2019 and is the fourth approved dicamba for use in dicamba-tolerant... Read More →

Central Texas Beekeepers School Now Accepting Students Learn how to produce your own honey and help save the bees by attending the Twelfth Annual Central Texas Beekeepers School on Saturday, March 21 at Brenham High School in Brenham.   The school is open to the public for anyone interested in keeping bees or who wants to learn about bees. Provide your family with this natural sweetener, increase the number of bees to help pollinate our gardens and help the dwindling bee population by raising bees in your back yard,... Read More →

The Technician Training Course will satisfy the Structural Pest Control Services requirements for certification of Commercial/Noncommercial and Technician licensing of pesticide applicators (8 hours of training). This is the technician general training, and not a category training. The class is from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. with an hour lunch (lunch is not provided). The $150.00 per person course fee includes the required category training manuals, the general manual (AES-5073), and the SPCS Laws and Regulations manual (AES-6135), an $45 value, and instruction from experienced Texas A&M AgriLife... Read More →