Treating diseases and pests

A fungal disease that strikes terror in the heart of orchards, scab can be diagnosed when brown spots appear on fruits.

Silverberry is a resilient shrub, but in this case tiny bird droppings nearly killed it…

Does your Sunpatiens look wilted? Does it seem like it’s rotting away?

Sunpatiens is a type of impatiens bred to resist most diseases. However, it still occasionally falls sick and has to deal with pests! More about sunpatiens: Sunpatiens: Impatiens for sun Cuttings and propagation Wilting sunpatiens Pests on Sunpatiens Tiny bugs on sunpatiens Although generally not so vulnerable to diseases and parasites, occasionally you’ll notice an […]

Transplant shock is inevitable when you need to move a plant around. Some plants, though, are more vulnerable than others. Here is a short guide

Damage and wounding cannot be avoided when transplanting a favorite tree, shrub or plant. But there are definitely ways to reduce

Minimize transplant shock upon purchasing or moving a new tree or shrub. This will make your garden a welcoming place

Transplant shock is a combination of three causes. Upon moving a tree or plant, it undergoes:

Red spider mite is a tiny mite of the Tetranychidae family. It attacks leaf and flower plants, indoors and outside.

It protects the ground from weeds and enriches the soil with nitrogen and humus: green manure scores perfect on all counts!

Cabbage moth (Pieris brassicae) is a large white butterfly species that naturally reproduces in cabbage leaves. It uses those leaves as food for caterpillars of the next generation. Wings have a few black spots on them.

Photinia shrubs sometimes contract a disease called Photinia leaf spot or Photinia black spot. Leaves are dotted with black spots that slowly spread

This fungus impacts the leafage and forms black spots on the topside of maple tree leaves. Black fruiting pods may appear on these leaves,

Codling moth is often called “fruit worm”. It is actually a type of caterpillar that feeds on the fruit’s flesh.

Have you sprayed too much insecticide on your tree? Applied too much fertilizer? There may still be a chance to save your plant. Here is how to save a poisoned tree.

Aphids are fearsome insects that attack leaves and feed on plant sap. There are natural ways to treat against them. Leaves curl up and become sticky.

Thrips are a class of extremely tiny insects – almost microscopic – that either destroy or protect plants. They can be found both in the

Many houseplants come from tropical areas where air moisture levels are very high. In apartments and homes, increase air moisture

Bordeaux mixture is an effective fungus treatment authorized for use in organic farming.

European brown rot is a fungal disease caused by fungus that attacks fruit trees and can seriously impact harvests. 

Do you have a garden with fruit trees and you’d like to get a bit more organic? Preserving and protecting nature is getting more and more attractive, most of all for our own dear little children.

Black spot disease is diagnosed when black or brown spots appear on leaves. It impacts many trees, but doesn’t usually present any critical

Cypress canker is really the only disease known to this conifer. Although generally quite hardy, a canker infection can devastate

The Boxwood tree moth, Cydalima perspectalis, is an insect of the Crambidae family in the Lepidoptera order.

Typical of many insects (and even more so for butterflies), adult bollworms won’t cause any damage in the garden or vegetable patch. However, caterpillars and larva that emerge from their eggs can devastate nearby plants.

Rose trees are most certainly among the most beautiful flower-bearing shrubs, but they are also among the most vulnerable to diseases.

Chlorosis isn’t actually a disease. It is actually a physiological deficiency that plants endure when certain minerals or trace elements are found lacking in the soil. This occurs often when there is too much active lime.

Nitrogen, phosphorus, calcium, iron… plants need nutrients to grow. Yellowing leaves might be due to lack of one of them!

There are nearly 6,500 identified species of thrips, but many more have yet to be discovered and named!

Fermented tea from weeds is an effective and environment-friendly resource to fight most insects, pests and plant diseases.

Fireblight is a fast-spreading bacterial disease. It’s crucial to cut off and remove any infection before it spreads too far.

Famous for being vineyard owners’ #1 enemy, downy mildew is a constant threat to grape harvests. This blight also threatens certain other vegetables from the vegetable patch such as tomato and potato, too.

Tomato late blight is one of the most devastating diseases because downy mildew spreads extremely quickly.

Septoria has often caused many a gardener to wail in desperation. What plants does it affect? Which host is it hiding on over winter?

Prepare your own magic potions! Infusions, decoctions, fermented tea… take advantage of natural plant properties to easily prepare organic fertilizer and treatments at a very low price.

The bug often called “cherry fruit fly” is a tiny fly that lays eggs on ripening cherries. It’s also called the “cherry maggot“. Generally, this happens end of May or beginning of June, and can last until July.

Septoria is a species of fungus that infects vegetables, trees and ornamental plants. In some cases damage is insignificant, in others there’s no hope.

Though it loves water, in cases where drainage is bad you’ll have to fight off root rot because your Vinca is

Garlic decoctions are an excellent solution to treat most diseases and fungus that impact plants, fruit trees and vegetables in the vegetable patch.

Natural organic ant control is possible and effective. Here are a few tricks to fight against these tiny insects.

A long, thin body with terrifying plier-like pinchers at the tip, anybody will instantly recognize an earwig when it crawls along! In the garden, people often accuse it of damaging plants.

Gall wasp is an insect that lays eggs in soft tissues in trees, flowers and other plants. As the larvae develop, a gall forms and

The Good Lord’s beetle is an incredible bug that feeds on aphids. It is the best of the gardener’s friends.

A 10th century legend, over a thousand years ago, relates the story of a man condemned to death for having murdered someone. As he claimed his innocence, a ladybug landed on his neck and the executioner stayed his ax.

Armillaria (or root rot) is a disease caused by a fungus that attacks ligneous plants. Ligneous plants are all those plants made of wood.

Whether in the vegetable patch, around fruit trees or near rose trees,

Weed tea, prepared by simply fermenting weeds in a pail, is excellent to treat plants against diseases. Here are the different types of weed tea and their uses.

Peach leaf curl symptoms are waffled reddish leaves appearing on the peach tree. Preventive care is required to avoid it.

Caterpillars are butterfly larvae that come in many different shapes, colors and sizes, but the damage they do is always the same.

Thrips species exist by the thousands, but they can all be sorted out into three major types of thrips: pest thrips, predatory thrips, and

Tomato pinworms are native to South America, and appeared in France in 2009 in the Drôme area. Since then, they have invaded all of France and spread to other European countries as well.