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Transplant shock, what it is and how can you minimize it

Transplant shock is actually a combination of three factors. The plant undergoes: a certain form of physical abuse it is reduced in size and it ends up in a new environment. It’s important to know that each of these factors contribute to transplant shock. Let’s take a look at how to lessen the negative impact […]

Spades and shovels with an uprooted bush to show the consequences of transplant shock.

Oak processionary, treatment for this caterpillar

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.

Oak processionary caterpillars writhing across oak tree bark in droves.

Rust, techniques and treatments to avoid it

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

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

Gall wasp, an insect that parasites plants and trees

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

Caterpillars, techniques and organic treatments to avoid them

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

Two caterpillars on a nasturtium leaf with pellets of waste.

Sunpatiens wilting and rotting – treatment and recovery

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

Rotting central stem on otherwise healthy pink sunpatiens with heavy clay, mulch-covered moist soil.

Red spider mite, what is the best treatment ?

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

Rose tree diseases and how to treat them

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

A heavily rust-covered pair of rose tree leaves.

Black spot disease, diagnosis and treatment

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

Black spot, also called tar spot, is a fungus that appears on leaves like this infected maple leaf.

Photinia black spot disease

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

Lead spot on a young red and green photinia leaf.

Fruit flies, how to fight them

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

Fruit fly, yellow, on bright green leaf with black background.

Useful animals in the garden

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

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

Canker, techniques and organic treatments to avoid it

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

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

Black spots on maple leaves, treatment

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

Tar like black spots on maple leaf, yellowing and brown around the rim.

Strawberry tree leaf spot

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

Brown and black spots on strawberry tree leaves and fruits.

Peach leaf curl, how to treat it?

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

Effective organic ant repellant

Although they aren’t directly pests for plants and for humans, ants can quickly turn invasive when they decide to set up shop…

Ants on a stone margin being repelled with organic treatments.

Ladybug, the assistant gardener

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

A ladybug on a blade of grass with its legs tucked in under it.

Cherry fly, techniques & treatments to avoid it

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.

Fermented horsetail tea, for the orchard and the vegetable patch

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

Horsetail plant leaves to make fermented tea.