Are Fruits From Diseased Plants Still Edible?
Question: I have a plum tree severely affected by black knot disease, but it still produces a lot of plums.Continue Reading
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Strange Growths on a Cedar Hedge
Question: My cedar hedge is covered with strange yellow-green growths. The hedge is certainly over 15 years old, as itContinue Reading
Replacement Trees for Ashes
Ash trees (Fraxinus spp.) seem to be under threat nearly everywhere. In North America, the culprit is an insect, theContinue Reading
Late Summer Powdery Mildew
When Leaves Turn Powdery White Everything was going so well. Your perennials were blooming, your shrubs and trees had beautifulContinue Reading
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Garden Myth: Tums for Tomatoes
There is no limit to the human imagination … nor to far-fetched ways to treat our plants. Here’s one exampleContinue Reading
Avoid Touching Your Vegetables When Their Leaves Are Wet
Immediately after it rains, early in the morning when the leaves of the plants are covered with dew, or evenContinue Reading
If You Can’t See the Problem, There is No Problem!
If you have a minor gardening problem, it’s probably going to be much easier to hide it than to cureContinue Reading
American Elms Resistant to Dutch Elm Disease
The American elm (Ulmus americana), with its large size and outstanding arching umbrella habit, was long considered the ideal streetContinue Reading
Garden Myth: Epsom Salts as a Cure-All
If you search the Internet, you will see many sites that advocate the use of Epsom salts in gardening. SomeContinue Reading
Damping Off Disease: Down But Not Out
It’s always such a shock! Your seedlings germinate, start to grow and everything seems to be going so well, thenContinue Reading