Treating diseases and pests - page 2

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 tomatoes and potatoes, too.

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

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 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.

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.

This little larvae, a kind of white worm, is also called “weevil”. It sets up its nest in root crowns of flowers, ornamental plants and vegetables.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Whiteflies are tiny insects that can attack all kinds of plants, particularly: hibiscus, geraniums, greater celandine, fuchsia plants and certain vegetables

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