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Treating diseases and pests

Plants in the garden rarely look as pristine as the images on labels from  stores or websites. All these treatments are perfectly organic and natural!

Bacterial Leaf Scorch on Shade Trees: Save It or Remove It?

 Close-up of oak tree leaves with brown scorched edges caused by bacterial leaf scorch disease

The Organic Trick That Stops Japanese Beetles From Destroying Your Garden

 Close-up of Japanese beetles skeletonizing rose leaves in summer garden

Xylella Fastidiosa Is Spreading — Your Olive and Lavender Could Be Next

 Olive tree showing wilting yellowing leaves caused by xylella fastidiosa bacterial infection

Red spider mites are exploding in summer heat — here’s how to stop them fast

 Close-up of red spider mite webbing on underside of plant leaf in summer

Powdery Mildew Is Exploding Right Now — Stop It Before It Spreads

 Close-up of powdery mildew white coating on cucumber leaves in summer garden

Xylella Fastidiosa Is Spreading — And Your Olive Tree or Lavender Could Be Next

 Close-up of olive tree branch with scorched brown leaves caused by Xylella fastidiosa infection

Red Spider Mites Are Exploding This Summer — Here’s How to Stop Them Fast

 Close-up of red spider mite webbing on underside of a green plant leaf

Thrips Are Destroying Summer Gardens — and Most Gardeners Don’t Even See Them

 Close-up of silver-streaked leaf damage caused by thrips on a garden plant in summer

Your Rose Leaves Are Covered in Spots — and Summer Is Making It Worse

 Close-up of rose leaves covered in black spots and yellowing edges in summer garden

Boxwood tree moth, treatments to control treat its caterpillars

 Box tree moth - Cydalima perspectalis

Deal with slugs and snails – naturally!

 Slug eating a leaf

Nasturtium vs. Aphids, decoy those pests away!

 Nasturtium against aphids

Septoria, a leaf spot fungus destroying harvests – learn to destroy it instead!

 Spots of septoria infection on a tomato plant leaf.

Thrips eggs, find and destroy them

 Thrips eggs

Thrips damage and symptoms

 Thrips damage

Attract animals to the garden

 A deluxe insect hotel with holes, nooks and crannies for insects.

Thrips, tiny insects that infest plants

 thrips

Types of thrips – pests, predators and recyclers

 types of thrips

Natural tips against thrips

 Control thrips naturally

Septoria host plants – targets of this ravaging leaf spot disease

 septoria plants

Onion fly, the reason why maggots are eating up your bulbs

 Onion fly

Tomato pinworm, techniques and treatments to avoid and cure the disease

 Tomato pinworm

Thrips food, what do thrips feed on ?

 Thrips food

Peach leaf curl, how to treat it?

 Peach leaf curl

Natural tips to fight insect pests

 Natural ways to deal with insect pests

Gall wasp, a parasite on citrus, oak, and flowers

 Gall wasp

Red spider mite, best organic treatments to get rid of it

 Red spider mite

Rose tree diseases and how to treat them

 A heavily rust-covered pair of rose tree leaves.

Caterpillars, organic treatments to control them

 Two caterpillars on a nasturtium leaf with pellets of waste.

Oak processionary, treatment for this caterpillar

 Oak processionary caterpillars writhing across oak tree bark in droves.

Codling moth, the fruit worm

 Three apples infected with codling moth fruit worms

Different species of thrips – Tube-tip or Cone-tip?

 Thrips species

Fermented horsetail tea, for the orchard and the vegetable patch

 Fermented horsetail tea

Scab, avoiding the disease

 Scab on an apple

Organic ant control – effective repellent plants and treatments

 Ants on a stone margin being repelled with organic treatments.

Thrips lifecycle – from egg to adult

 Thrips lifecycle

Canker, techniques and organic treatments to avoid it

 Canker on the branch of a fruit tree with a drop of sap.

Rust, techniques and treatments to avoid it

 Small dots of yellow and a few brown blotches dot the top of a rose leaf covered in rust.

Tomato blight, effective organic treatments against downy mildew

 Diseased tomatoes infected with tomato blight

Bordeaux mixture, an effective treatment

 Bordeaux mix fungicide

Magic potions from plants… for plants!

 Potions with plants on a bench, fertilizers and treatments

Scale on ZZ plant – keep sap-sucking bugs from infecting your Zamioculcas!

 Soft scale insect on a ZZ plant

Avoiding and treating powdery mildew

 Powdery mildew symptoms and treatments

Controlling Scale Insects and Mealybugs

 Scale insects

Cherry fly, techniques & treatments to avoid its maggots

 Cherry fly maggot

How to increase humidity in air for houseplants

 Begonia leaves with drops of water on them

Black soap, great for garden pest control – fully natural, too!

 Use black soap in the garden

Carrot fly, how to control this wasp-like carrot borer

 Carrot fly

Xylella fastidiosa, dreaded olive killer. Here’s how you can protect your tree.

 Olive tree killing bacteria, xylella fastidiosa

Flea beetle, tiny jumping beetles that gnaw holes in leaves

 Flea beetle

Transplant shock, what it is and key signs to look out for

 Transplant shock