1. Check your sticky card(s) after one week. What insects are you able to identify? Record the number of each type of insect that you know and post pictures on Moodle. Or post the ones you don’t know and see if the rest of the class can help out. Uncover the reverse side of the card (if you only uncovered one side last week) or replace the card and add a second card in a different area of the same house. If nothing was stuck on the card try to determine if a) the card isn’t sticky enough, b) the card was wet (under mist?) or c) there really aren’t any pests active yet.
2. Check your potato wedge for fungus gnat larvae and post pictures of what you find. If there aren’t any larvae see if you can tell if 1) the wedge is not moist enough or touching the soil on a cut surface or 2) there aren’t any fungus gnats. Compare results to your sticky cards. (You can probably dispose of the potato wedge after this.)
3. Pick one crop in your greenhouse and see what information you can find on common insects and diseases. Share that information.
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