plant disease

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Managing Powdery Mildew in the Southeast

Powdery mildew can show up in a variety of plants in the Southeast, including trees, shrubs, perennials, and vegetables. The high humidity that we experience in the Southeast provides just…
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3 Tell-Tale Signs of Boxwood Blight

There are many common but less severe diseases of boxwood shrubs, and all are occasionally mistaken for boxwood blight. Learning the following combination of three key symptoms will help you…
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How to Fight Boxwood Blight

It has now been a full ten years since a mysterious disease affecting 10,000 containerized boxwood (Buxus spp. and cvs., Zones 5–9) shrubs in North Carolina and over 100,000 boxwoods…
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What You Need to Know About Beech Leaf Disease

Gardeners best know two kinds of nematodes: those that are destructive root pests, and those that are beneficial and may be purchased to help control soil grubs, fungus gnats, thrips,…
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What’s Wrong With My Coneflower?

Several diseases and pests affect coneflowers. While your coneflowers may never get any of them, it can be troubling if they do. Powdery mildew This disease typically occurs in overly…
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Coping With Powdery Mildew

We can't alter the weather that favors this unsightly white fungus, but we can prevent or slow its spread
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10 Ways to Keep Your Garden Healthy

Learn how to eliminate plant diseases by understanding and managing the conditions that cause them
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The Four Things You Need to Know About Soil pH

Lee Reich explains what pH is, what it does, how to adjust it, and why to monitor it
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Rose Rosette Disease. What To Do When You Get It.

This is the third in our series on Rose Rosette Disease. In this one we talk about what to do if you get it.

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