Humid-area gardeners suffer with plant disease more often than their arid-area counterparts, as high humidity encourages the kind of fungal and bacterial growth that leads to numerous plant diseases. While some garden maladies are just an inconvenience, others can decimate your harvests. Plant biologist Emily Estep explains preventative and regular steps you can take to manage diseases in humid gardens.
If you want to avoid synthetic pesticides or save some cash on organic sprays, you may be thinking of using homemade options. But do these DIY insecticide sprays work? Join farmer Briana Yablonski to learn the answer.
Slugs aren’t picky about what they eat and come out to feed at night, making them difficult to control. Organic farmer Jenna Rich has 11 natural ways to deter garden slugs so you can return to the fun gardening stuff.
If you are looking for a chemical-free solution to invasive plants, consider growing natives that can outcompete them. In this article, garden expert and former organic farmer Logan Hailey explains how to fight plants with plants to control nuisance species.
There’s a little garden heartbreak when a perfectly healthy cucurbit suddenly wilts almost overnight. The pervasive squash vine borer hones in on its host plants to feed, grow, and reproduce. Summer and winter squash and pumpkins are favorites. If you’ve spotted the insect or experienced its destruction, join gardening expert Katherine Rowe in exploring ways to prevent the pest from taking over your vines.
Have you got weird spots on your peppers? Let’s get to the bottom of it. Here are nine common pepper diseases, along with treatment and prevention solutions. Dive in with pepper grower Jerad Bryant to eliminate these diseases in no time.
Salt burn is a condition that has many causes that may damage or kill plants. But what exactly causes this condition? And is it treatable? Gardening expert Christina Conner explains what exactly salt burn is, how it happens, what symptoms to look for, and how to prevent and treat it.
You're not alone if you're struggling with pests on your hollyhocks. These stunning members of the Mallow family tend to be targets of quite a few common garden insects. Join gardening enthusiast Melissa Strauss in uncovering who the culprits are and how to deal with them.
You're not alone if you enjoy hostas’ easy-maintenance and lush foliage but struggle with slug damage. In this article, organic farmer Jenna Rich will discuss nine ways to keep slugs off your hostas.
There are many ways to avoid herbicides in an organic landscape, and you may wonder if vinegar is one of them. Garden expert and former organic farmer Logan Hailey explores the science, safety, and practicality of using vinegar as a weed killer.
Common garden pests are pesky. They may weaken plants and carry fungal diseases and viruses. Petunias are beautiful summer-flowering annuals that appeal to certain plant-feeding insects in their most active season. If your bloomer shows signs of stress or damage beyond cultural issues, scout for common pests. Garden expert Katherine Rowe explores pests that enjoy petunias as much as we do and how to identify and treat them.
Pines are incredible native landscape trees for yards and forest gardens. However, a few pesky pathogens can still attack these resilient conifers. Garden expert Logan Hailey explains the 9 most common pine tree diseases and how to treat them.