Choose the Right Tomatoes to Avoid Late Blight
By Larry Hodgson Every now and then I feel the need to publish an update on the topic of tomatoContinue Reading
Category: Plant diseases
Family Ties Help Determine Crop Rotation
When planning crop rotation in the home garden, you need to know the family ties of your veggies and herbs.Continue Reading
Should You Really Start Potatoes From Sprouts?
By starting potatoes from sprouts, you may facilitate the spread of late blight disease. Photo: ZooFari, Wikimedia Commons I haveContinue Reading
Time to Try Disease-Resistant Basils
Yes, your basil can look this good again thanks to improved disease-resistance in recent hybrids. This is Prospera® DMR. Photo:Continue Reading
Poinsettias: Disease-Ridden, But Beautiful!
Poinsettias are normally large tropical shrubs or small trees, but disease turned them into a houseplant. Photo: countrylife.co.uk The poinsettiaContinue Reading
A Floppy Echeveria Is Starved for Light
An echeveria should really be growing upright, not sideways. Question: I would like to know what’s wrong with this plant IContinue Reading
Black Leaves on Orange Spider Plant
Black lower leaves on an orange spider plant. Photo: M. Larose Question: My houseplant (I don’t know the name) is notContinue Reading
Guttation: When Plant Leaves Drip
Guttation mostly occurs on leaf tips or edges. Photo: missouribotanicalgarden.org Sometimes you’ll see tiny drops of sap form on theContinue Reading
Weird Growth on a Wintercreeper
Crown gall on a wintercreeper euonymus (Euonymus fortunei). Photo: Therese Houde Question: I’m attaching a photo taken in my flower bed.Continue Reading
What’s Putting Holes in My Plants’ Leaves?
Ill.: favpng.com, montage: laidbackgardener.com Question: I need your help. The leaves of my maple seedlings, cranberrybush viburnums, runner beans and evenContinue Reading
