Exobasidium leaf spot disease on a blueberry plant. TIFTON — UGA plant pathologist Phil Brannen and Jeff Davis County Extension Coordinator Tim Varnedore have studied the treatment strategy since 2013 ...

Q: I have two crabapple trees that had a bad outbreak of rust disease this year. As the leaves fall, I've been cleaning them up as directed. It has been suggested that in early November I spray the ...

Prevention is the best medicine for fighting diseases on apples and other fruit trees Face next season's fruit tree disease and pest problems by making a preventative strategy now. Since late winter ...

More people than ever are gardening during the pandemic and you’re bound to have questions. Turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension Service.

If it weren't for the fact that it is a leap year, I would be talking about it being the first of March. Figuring that it is close enough, let me tell you about a garden assignment you can do soon ...

Question: I've had problems with the fungal disease purple blotch on my Marionberries in the past. I want to spray some lime sulfur on the canes now, but I noticed the shoots had started to grow a bit ...

Q. Last spring my peach tree had peach leaf curl. What can I do to prevent it from reappearing this year? Peach leaf curl is a fungal disease that causes red, warty disfiguration of peach leaves. Mild ...

[Celebrating seasonal holidays usually pulls us away from routine garden maintenance, often happily so, but as it happens winter holidays happen to coincide with a spray schedule for dormant fruit and ...

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Boxwoods are under attack in the Lowcountry by so many different blights, root rots, declines, cankers, insects, mites, nematodes and diseases it is hard to keep track of anymore. If you are having ...

MOLINE, Ill. — News 8 plant and garden expert Craig Hignight says the best time to start planting is any time past Mother's Day. And with that gardening comes pests. But there are many natural ...