This week on the Good Growing Podcast Ken has to work hard to contain his excitement for the upcoming periodical cicada emergence. Meanwhile, Chris has been building defenses to protect his newly planted baby trees. What do you need to know about the upcoming emergence of periodical cicadas? While our established trees will be okay, Ken and Chris will talk about how to protect our smaller newly planted trees from cicada egg laying. Plus, everyone seems to highlight the potential damage to woody plants, but a periodical cicada emergence is truly a sight to behold. Ken tells us the benefits of having billions, if not trillions, of cicadas pop out of the ground.

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/RADnUB7GXXI

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0:35 Hey Ken! How's the garden coming along this spring?
3:40 What's the difference between a periodical cicada and an annual cicada?
7:40 When will it be peak cicada? Will it be earlier than expected with our mild winter?
10:31 Does double brood emergence mean double the cicadas in one area?
12:04 Do periodical cicadas occur in other places in the world?
13:07 How many cicadas should we expect in a given area?
15:39 Do cicadas eat anything after they emerge as adults? Is there anything we need to protect from them?
17:09 Cicada egg-laying damages our trees.
26:28 Is there any benefit to periodical cicadas?
30:00 If all these animals can eat cicadas, can humans eat them too?

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Ken Johnson: kjohnso@illinois.edu 


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