Treating diseases and pests - page 2

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

Thrips are tiny insects – nearly microscopic – that either destroy or protect 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

Erineum gall is a disease that is often encountered on trees, but the grape vine also falls victim and the distinctive gall growths appear on the leaves.

Here’s how to control gall wasps so they don’t endanger

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

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 […]

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

Thrips are tiny insects. Those considered pests on crops or in greenhouses feed on plant sap, but that’s not their only food. Read also: Thrips in the garden Natural thrips control What do thrips eat? There are different types of thrips. Pests, for instance, feed on plant material. Predator thrips eat other small insects and […]

Thrips cause damage to crops and ornamentals. Symptoms depend on the species of both plant and thrips. Key thrips damage symptoms Sunken streaks, patches → leaves Colored spots on leaves → white Stunted growth → buds (flower/leaf) Curly, waffled, crumpled → leaves Carrier/vector for – plant virus, fungal diseases (tomato spotted wilt virus) Read also: […]

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

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

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

There is, as of now, no perfect solution for biological control Russian olive through predators or parasites.

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

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?

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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!

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

Appearing in eastern France in 2003, allium leaf-mining flies have continuously spread West and are today among the most devastating enemies of leek overall.

The sycamore lace bug can potentially devastate all plane trees. It is actually a stink bug that comes to “suck” the sap from the underside of leaves.

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

Green lacewing also goes by more dramatic and telling names: golden-eyed fairy, aphid lion, aphid wolf… and each name reveals how much of a beneficial insect this is to a gardener trying to control pests. Larvae from this insect family seem to have a single goal in life: to devour aphids.