Crabgrass: How To Get Rid Of This Weed For Good
Crabgrass can invade and conquer your lawn if you give it a chance. Little tufts of quick-growing wild grasses can create trip hazards, and it’ll spread like wildfire wherever there’s …
Plant Problems
Learn how to avoid the many plant problems you’ll run into when gardening – pests, diseases, and more.
Root Maggots On The Rampage: Wiping Out Delia Species Pests
If you’re noticing a proliferation of flies, and your brassicas or root vegetables are starting to yellow, it’s a warning sign. You may have an infestation of root maggots. These …
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Scale Insects: Treatment, Prevention, and Control
Ew, scale insects! Whether flat against leaves or fruit, or lumpy bumps on branches or stems, this widespread superfamily of insects is well over 8000 species strong. Many of them …
Whiteflies: How To Wipe Out These Tiny White Insects For Good
Much like aphids, whiteflies are a scourge in the garden. These tiny pale pests suck the sap from plants and spread diseases. Worse yet, they’re so miniscule that they can …
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Wireworm Woes: Identify, Prevent, and Control These Pests
The long-lived, hungry wireworm can wreak havoc on the agricultural sector. With a diverse choice of common crops as their target, these click beetle larvae seek out and chew through …
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Thrips: How to Identify and Get Rid of Thrips ASAP
Terrible thrips! They invade the garden, sucking the juices out of leaves and stems and the life from your plants. They cause scarring on fruit and vegetables and spread plant …
Common Hedging Diseases and How To Treat Them
There are a number of common hedging diseases that can affect hedging of different types. This can lead primarily to discolouration, ruining the visual impact you’ve worked so hard to …
Mexican Bean Beetle: Get Rid Of Epilachna Varivestis
The Mexican bean beetle looks an awful lot like a ladybug of a different color, and we all love ladybugs, or as some call them, ladybirds. But under that cute …
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Cucumber Beetle Battle: How To Rid Your Garden Of These Pests
The last thing you want to see in your yard is a cucumber beetle. No, really, I’m not kidding. If you are starting to see these little beetles scattered around …
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Leafhopper Pests: How To Kill Off Lurking Cicadellidae
Lurking in your garden, there’s a pest which is feasting upon the leaf sap in your plants: the leafhopper. This relative of the cicada insect is nowhere near as noisy …
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Flea Beetle Destruction: How To Wipe Out These Jumping Pests
A flea beetle is not a flea. Let’s get that out of the way right at the beginning! In fact, fleas and flea beetles have almost nothing in common, although …
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Army Worms: Eliminating These Munching Menaces
If you’ve ever watched a row of plants get demolished by army worms, you’ll know in part how they get their name. These ravenous little caterpillars will devour an entire …