Storm Debris Clean Up Assistance
For debris assistance from the city, please visit the follow website or speak with the City of Sugar Land:
For debris assistance from the city, please visit the follow website or speak with the City of Sugar Land:
May was fairly dry for some and extremely wet for others. The northern and eastern stretches of the greater Houston market saw extensive rainfall and flooding. The western, southwest, and southern areas only saw heavy rain late in the month but areas near rivers experienced flooding from rainfall further up the river basin.
If you have a home garden, hopefully you have been enjoying the fruits of your labor. You can expect to see tomatoes stop setting fruit later in the month when high temps get up around 95 degrees.
Pest problems are likely to show up in the next month. I am seeing lots webworms in trees. We previously referred to these as “fall webworm” but now we are seeing them as early as May. Here is a great pamphlet about webworms and treatment options- https://fbmg.org/files/2024/04/QOW-240409.pdf
I expect to see “army worms” in the next 30 days especially if you have had them before. Follow the recommendations below for treating caterpillars, Army worms can hit fast so have a control measure on hand.
Municipal turf grass conditions are at a 4 year high for the May/June time period. Sufficient rainfall, lack of severe winter freezes, and favorable spring /early summer temperatures have led to good grass stands. Drainage channel maintenance is a high priority item as we enter tropical storm season. Effective and consistent herbicide programs to control aquatic vegetation is the most cost effective. If the rainfall keeps up, I would expect mosquito’s to become a nuisance and a source of resident complaints. We do have a turf-based product to combat Mosquito problems, however you cannot wait till they are already at peak population. It needs to be applied systemically to keep populations low and under control.
Early summer rains and green grass,
Hunter Soape
Fort Bend Green has been tasked with creating a new parks and trails master plan/vision plan for Fort Bend County.
Below please find a flyer with a survey and public meeting information they are requesting Fort Bend County resident’s participation in as part of the process.
Here is the direct link to the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FortBendParks.