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What Are the Differences Between Synthetic and Organic Pest and Disease Products?
How you manage garden pests and diseases is a personal choice, and there are many management philosophies. Two of the most common methodologies are integrated pest management (IPM) and organic…
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Learn to Spot and Treat Summer Plant Diseases
Gardeners are observant, and when a favorite plant is struggling, we tend to take notice. Knowing how to respond, however, is another matter entirely. Some folks head to the garden…
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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