Learn how to avoid the many plant problems you’ll run into when gardening – pests, diseases, and more.
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 …
Read moreRoot Maggots On The Rampage: Wiping Out Delia Species Pests
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 …
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 …
Read moreWhiteflies: How To Wipe Out These Tiny White Insects For Good
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 …
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 …
Read moreMexican Bean Beetle: Get Rid Of Epilachna Varivestis
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 …
Read moreCucumber Beetle Battle: How To Rid Your Garden Of These Pests
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 …
Read moreLeafhopper Pests: How To Kill Off Lurking Cicadellidae
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 …
Read moreFlea Beetle Destruction: How To Wipe Out These Jumping Pests
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 …
Asparagus is a great crop to grow. This perennial produces delicious spears every year in the spring. But there is a down side to growing this phenomenal edible… the asparagus …
Read moreAsparagus Beetles: All You Need To Know About The Crioceris Species
Anyone who’s as much a fan of home-grown tomatoes as I am is terrified of this fat green tomato worm, and for good reason. Tomato hornworms can destroy tomato plants …
Read moreTomato Hornworms: Wiping Out Manduca Quinquemaculata
The potato bug, also called the Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata), is a very common agricultural pest. Many have bemoaned the day that these pesky little bugs appear in their …
Read morePotato Bugs: How To Wipe Out Leptinotarsa Decemlineata