How to Identify, Prevent and Treat Gummosis on Fruit Trees

Referred to as timber rot, white mold, or sclerotinia stem rot, this disease can wreak havoc on tomato plants in cold, wet climates, and may persist in the soil for up to 10 years.And it’s not only your tomatoes that may be at risk. White mold can infect

Vespula pennsylvanica / maculiforna / germanica / vulgaris / squamosa and DolichovespulaThe dog days of summer…fresh water melon, ice cream, p

If you live in the Mid-Atlantic, you have almost surely heard of the dreaded spotted lanternfly (SLF), known scientifically as Lycorma delicatula.This invasive planthopper originated from China, where it was

If you’re anything like I am, it’s easy for you to fall in love with a new plant, sometimes based on its picture alone.For me, bergenia is such a plant. I find it difficul

Colorado potato beetles pose such a grave threat to potato crops that flamethrowers have been used to control them. However, you do not have to go to such extremes in your garden.We at Gardener’s Path provide a number of natural control methods to use ag

The squash bug is a pernicious insect, one of the most common and serious pests of cucurbit plants like squash and pumpkins, as well as cucumbers and melons, though typically to a lesser degree.Unfortunately, these bugs are widespread throughou

The Canna genus is the only genus belonging to the Cannaceae family of plants. It contains over 30 species.Often called canna lilies, they are neither lilies nor l

While the name Phytophthora might not mean much to you, these organisms are a menace to agriculture and forests alike.The name is derived from Greek and tells you what you need to know about them:  p

In the 1880s, a new disease decimated vineyards in the Los Angeles basin. California’s first professional plant pathologist, Newton B. Pierce, studied the disease and was rewarded with its being named after him.More than a century later, Pierce’s disease is still a major threat to vineyard

If your tomato plants have enormous flower buds and little or no fruit develops, you should examine them more closely to see if they have the aptly named tomato big bud disease.While this disease can be a severe problem in subtrop

Cabbage maggots are small insects that can have a huge impact on cole crops, such as cabbage, broccoli, turnips, rutabaga, radishes, cauliflower, and brussels sprouts.The larvae live in the soil, feed on the fibrous roots

Bacterial diseases of turnip leaves are very serious infections.There are no highly effective controls for them, and once they have infected a field, the diseases can quickly spread throughout a whole field an