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Scale Different species of scale insects attack various kinds of fruits in all parts of the country.   |
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Insect Pests of Tomatoes Here's some basic information on several widespread pests that, like you, hanker for tomatoes. |
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Spider Mites There are many different kinds of mites, also known as spider mites, several of which parasitize plants and houseplants are a favorite target. |
This Old House
July 6, 2000
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Working the Bugs Out Here's a safe and effective system to control the plant-eating pests in your yard. |
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Summer's Bad Guys A guide to some of the most common garden pests and their controls... |
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Sunflower Seeds Can Harm Plants Sclerotinia fungal disease infects nearly 360 different plants, including such favorites as beans, cabbage, tomatoes, lettuce, sunflowers, petunias, zinnias, and poppies. It's not the kind of disease you want to encourage in the garden. |
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Garden Pests 101 The best defense against garden damage from insects and disease is a long-term program of soil building. Healthy soil will produce healthy, resistant plants. |
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Skip Richter |
Enlist Help from the Good Guys of the Garden When it comes to the garden, not all bugs are bad. Here are four simple ways to attract beneficial insects to your garden and to make sure they stay around. |
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Leafminer Many different insects are knows as leafminers, but all share the habit of tunneling between the upper and lower layers of leaves, and creating a visible, random trails or mines in the process. |
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Fall Garden Cleanup Q and A Here are some questions we've received about fall cleanup in the garden, along with the answers given by our regional horticulture staff. |
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Squash Bug This insect attacks all kinds of cucurbits, but is usually most severe on squashes and pumpkins. |
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Charlie Nardozzi |
Second Harvest July is the perfect month to start thinking about the fall garden. Many of the vegetables you've enjoyed from the garden this spring and early summer can be grown and harvested this fall as well. |
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Asparagus Beetle Two species are common. One is blue-black and common throughout the U.S. The other is orange with black spots. Both adults and larvae feed on developing spears, and later in the season, on ferny foliage. |
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Whitney Cranshaw |
The "Do-Good" Bugs A guide to choosing and using beneficial insects, mites and nematodes... |
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Growing Roses the Natural Way 14 friendly remedies for rose pests and diseases |
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What's Bugging My Peppers? As a northern gardener, you won't have too many problems with insects bothering okra, peppers, and eggplant. Southern gardeners will have more problems. Here's a rundown of the most common pests and what can be done for them. |
This Old House
Lynn Ocone |
Houseplants for People Who Can't Grow Houseplants No matter the color of your thumb, this guide will help you select and care for plants that will thrive. |
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Cucumber Beetle They are more dangerous to their cucumber family hosts than many pests because they transmit deadly diseases -- mosaic and bacterial wilts. |
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Whitney Cranshaw |
Healthy Home Orchards Use basic pest control techniques to harvest a healthy fruit crop. |
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Earwig A description of this common pest and ways to control it. |
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Tomato Problems Some problems with tomatoes are not caused by insects or diseases. Here are a few common problems. |
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Gardening for Butterflies The plants they like and the species you may see on them... |
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Choosing Perennial Plants When choosing perennial plants you'll need to consider their hardiness rating, your planting location, and when they flower so you'll have season-long color. |
National Gardening
Jack Ruttle |
Winter Salad Bowl No matter where you live a cold frame or tunnel greenhouse can put just-picked salads on the table through the coldest months. |
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Food Gardening 101 It's a great treat to go shopping in your own garden to harvest fresh food. A small, well-tended garden can be just as productive as a large one that is ignored, so it is a good idea to start small and expand it as you need more space. |
This Old House
March 27, 2001
Lynn Ocone |
Growing Perfect Tomatoes Treat yourself to one of the true pleasures of summer: your own homegrown tomatoes fresh from the vine... |
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Charlie Nardozzi |
The National Gardening Greenhouse The season never ends in the home solarium. |
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Roger Cook |
Right Plant, Right Spot Follow these 4 rules for plant shopping and you'll never end up with a garden misfit |
National Gardening
Lynn Ocone |
Planning a Vegetable Garden How to design and build a vegetable garden that really works |
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Maintaining a Vegetable Garden Healthy, vigorous vegetable plants produce the most flavorful and bountiful harvests. Give your garden plants the moisture and nutrients they need, and keep them weeded and harvested for tasty and nutritious crops. |
This Old House
February 2, 2001
Warren Schultz |
Getting the Best Deal on Plants Your guide to buying plants for the upcoming growing season... |
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Carolyn Male |
Tomato Diseases Forewarned is forearmed: how to read your tomato leaves. |
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Patt Kasa |
Putting the Garden to Bed The short warm days and crisp nights of autumn trigger leaf color changes, and remind me it's time to clean up the garden. |
National Gardening
Charlie Nardozzi |
Grow Space-Saving Tomatoes If you only have a small garden, there are varieties of tomatoes that will fit perfectly into the space. |
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Powdery Mildew This fungus disease occurs all over the North America and infects a wide variety of plants, including beans, cucurbits, lettuce, and peas. A powdery white growth covers the upper surface of leaves, which eventually turn yellow and dry. |
Chemistry World
April 29, 2014
Emma Stoye |
Tomatoes' cry for help turned into chemical weapon to battle insects Tomato plants not only take heed of their neighbours chemical 'warnings' but actually convert the signals into substances to defend themselves against imminent insect attack, researchers in Japan have discovered. |
National Gardening
Charlie Nardozzi |
Getting Gardens Ready for Winter While gardeners in warmer climes (USDA zones 8 to 10) relish the cool air because it signals fall planting time, most gardeners across the country know it's time to wrap up the garden. |
National Gardening
Eliot Tozer |
A Gardener's Guide to Frost How to predict when it's coming and what to do about it... |
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Making a Raised-Bed Garden Raised beds are popular because they are relatively easy to build, plant, weed, and maintain. |
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Deborah Wechsler |
Growing Giant Tomatoes All about growing really humongous plants and tomatoes |
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Charlie Nardozzi |
Those Bloomin' Holiday Gifts How to keep holiday gift plants at their best year-round... |
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Garden Design 101 You've looked at your home, apartment, or condominium a thousand times, but have you looked at it through a gardener's eyes? Have you considered what's possible? |
Entrepreneur
June 2010
Kara Ohngren |
Stay Hungry How Peter D'Amato's strange obsession made him America's biggest dealer of carnivorous plants. |
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Preventing Rose Diseases It's no surprise that roses are among the most popular ornamental garden plants: they're beautiful, fragrant, and easy to grow in most climates. |
Popular Mechanics
September 16, 2009
Chris Sweeney |
Top 10 Most Dangerous Plants in the World How different plants exert their toxic effects on the body. |
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Getting Started With Perennials First, we dispel a common myth: You don't need to be an expert gardener to grow perennials. Then we answer a few common questions about perennials. |
National Gardening
June 2000
Alain Charest |
Gardens of Quebec In June, eastern Canada along the St. Lawrence River is a gardener's paradise. Here are three reasons why. |
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Cultivating Greens Weeds are green and while some, like lamb's quarters and purslane, can be eaten as greens, you really don't want them growing in among your salad crops. They steal moisture, fertilizer and sunlight. |
IndustryWeek
February 1, 2004
George Taninecz |
Long-Term Commitments Practices and performances validate world-class manufacturing facilities. |
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Buying Strawberry Plants What to look for and know when buying strawberry plants. |
