Ep. 88 Halloween Spooktacular #GoodGrowing

This week's Good Growing podcast is a Halloween Spooktacular episode. We're all dressed up for Halloween as we discuss soil testing, jumping worms, creepy crawlies moving indoors, how to dispose of pumpkins at the end of Halloween, and more! Watch us on YouTube: https://youtu.be/joDWxklnbz4 00:20 - Costume reveals 06:28 - Soil testing 06:55 - Do we lack any nutrients in central Illinois soils? 10:45 - Do we test for nitrogen? 12:11 - Interpreting soil tests 13:32 - Jumping worms 15:15 - How do they spread? 16:24 - What problems do they cause? 18:05 - How do they act and what do they look like? 19:55 - Insects and their friends moving indoors 20:15 - Millipedes 21:40 - Brown marmorated stink bugs 26:10 - Getting rid of brown marmorated stink bugs and multicolored Asian lady beetles 28:26 - How do we keep insects out of the house? 30:22 - What can I do with my pumpkins after Halloween? 35:25 - Wrap-up, thank yous, what's up next week, and goodbye Check out the Good Growing Blog: https://go.illinois.edu/goodgrowing Subscribe to the weekly Good Growing email: https://go.illinois.edu/goodgrowingsubscribe Duane Friend's article on acid rain: https://extension.illinois.edu/blogs/all-about-weather/2021-10-15-rain-and-acid-thats-not-rock-band Duane's how to take a soil test video: https://youtu.be/bv7iocI90os Duane's interpreting a soil test video: https://youtu.be/UK_L6xVAw_A Michigan State University Extension's Understand Your Soil Test Results website: https://homesoiltest.msu.edu/your-results Jumping worm fact sheet: https://go.illinois.edu/jumpingworms2021 SCARCE pumpkin smash: https://www.scarce.org/pumpkins/ -- Any products or companies mentioned during the podcast are in no way a promotion or endorsement of these products or companies.