Treating diseases and pests

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

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

When leaves are covered with a blackish substance, similar to black soot that would have collected overnight, it is a sign of sooty mold.

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

Very small flies score the fruits with their ovipositor to deposit their eggs inside. These eggs will hatch inside the fruit, and the larvae will eat

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

Often called apple scab, this fungus is responsible for important damage to this fruit tree, but also to plum trees and pear trees.

Powdery mildew is a fungus that belongs to the Erysiphaceae family and frequently colonizes certain plants. This mold appears in the form of a light velvety white layer or white spots on leaves, which is what makes it immediately recognizable.

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

What do a vacuum, aluminum foil, and a hose have in common? They’re great tricks to get rid of thrips – naturally! Thrips are teeny-tiny bugs that are sometimes dangerous for your plants. When you’ve got a small colony on a houseplant or just the start of an infection in the vegetable patch, these handy […]

Thrips reproduce through egg-laying. Learn to recognize these tiny egg nests to prevent the pests from spreading across your plants!

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

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

Thrips are often considered pests for gardens, houseplants, and vegetable patches.

Thrips can results in different types of damage to your plant. This depends both on the plant species and the type of thrips. Key thrips damage symptoms Sunken streaks and patches – leaves and stems Colored spots or patches – usually silver-white Stunted growth – buds (flower and leaf) Often combined with – plant virus, […]

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

In these days of sustainable development and environmental protection, supporting animal and insect life in your garden is a necessity.

This well-known oak tree parasite is a caterpillar that devours the leaves, until it gathers to form a nest that looks like a spider web.

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

Scale insects like mealybugs are among the most common parasites on indoor plants.

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

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

Mold is nature’s way of recycling. It breaks plant matter down into nutrients for other plants to use. With a few natural tricks, you can stop

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

Infecting most ornamental plants such as cypress, willow or fruit trees such as peach trees, apricot trees or cherry trees, canker is a fungal disease that

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.

Also known simply as spot anthracnose, this disease infects strawberry trees. Symptoms are the presence of brown spots with a red or purple

The Russian Olive tree, as opposed to the native American silverberry, is considered a highly invasive species in some parts of the United States and Canada.

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

Red spider mite is a minuscule mite of the Tetranychidae family that attacks garden and indoor plants, both leaf plants and flower-bearing plants.

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

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

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

Scale insects appearing on a ZZ plant is a rare occurrence. Getting rid of them isn’t too difficult on

Silverberry is quite a resilient shrub, but there are cases when something as innocuous as a tiny sparrow will bring it down to its knees…

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

Fermented horsetail tea is an effective fungicide that helps avoid most fruit tree and vegetable patch diseases.

Aphids are fearsome insects that attack leaves and feed on plant sap. Leaves curl up and become sticky.

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.

Even though the number of fungal diseases called “rust” is very high, they almost always share the same symptom: brown-orange blisters

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

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

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

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.

Organic gardeners favor it above all others: fermented comfrey tea is one of the most effective organic fertilizers for gardens and vegetable plots.

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

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.

Tomatoes are often infected with fungal diseases (related to mushrooms). A typical gardener’s first reaction is to blast the whole plant with chemicals.

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.

Weeding has always been the starting point of many questions: how can undesired growth be removed without polluting the Earth and our environment? Can we weed naturally and efficiently, without using noxious herbicides that would seep into our plants and our bodies? There are a great many ways today to succeed without using chemical products […]