Plant disease management, like most pest control, is based on a few key principles. While plant disease control is rarely practicable or even possible, it is sometimes possible to slow…

Because some of you who produce cabbage family plants have noticed aphids in the garden, this seems like a good time to discuss them. They are pretty simple to manage…

In this post you'll figure out the most common 12 plant disease symptoms and the possible causes of them, as well as the proper ways of treatment. Keep reading to…

Have you ever turned on your kitchen light at night to be confronted with slugs crawling around your kitchen floor and up your cupboards? That’s precisely what happened to me…

There are two types of blight diseases that can attack tomatoes, early blight, and late blight. Both are caused by fungal pathogens. Late blight is a more severe disease and…

Pests like the Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) can destroy your entire crops. So you need to learn a way to fight pests for free... Animals that cause damage to…

For many garden owners, snails in the vegetable patch are a creeping nightmare when they attack the lettuce plants. Some hobby gardeners quickly resort to chemical pesticides such as snail…

Heavy metals such as lead and arsenic can be found in both urban and rural environments. Old landfills and old orchards can retain high levels of metal contamination in the…

Growing vegetables organically takes patience and persistence. Non-chemical solutions to insect pests are typically not quick fixes but part of regular maintenance of an organic garden. Treat plants frequently with…

The fungus that causes Botrytis blight is commonly called the gray mold fungus. Gray mold attacks a wide variety of plants and likely causes more plant death and losses than…