Pests & Plant Diseases: Identification and Control

Plant Pests & Diseases

Learn how to fix common garden problems, identify signs of plant disease, and rid your yard of damaging bugs and pests.
A black ant walking across a bright pink flower.
Are Ants Nesting in Your Plant Pots? 8 Ways to Get Rid of Them ASAP
mosquito on leaf
Say Goodbye to Mosquitoes Fast With These 11 Natural Fixes That Actually Work
A lone, young Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) eats the leaves of strawberry plants in a country garden. There are mixed flowers, tomatoes, strawberries, pots etc in the foreground.
Do Deer Eat Hostas? 5 Ways to Keep Them From Destroying Your Plants
hand in dirt mound
Beneficial Nematodes: How to Use Them for Gardening

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Growing lettuce
How to Keep Lettuce Growing in the Heat of Summer
splitting tomato on the vine
Why Tomatoes Split and 7 Simple Ways to Prevent It
cucumber ready for harvest
Why Are My Cucumbers Bitter? Causes and Solutions
Long leaves turning yellow-brown around long green leaves closeup
10 Reasons Why Outdoor Plant Leaves Turn Yellow
Rose bush in front of yellow house
30 Plants That Actually Keep Bees and Wasps Away
cat in front of a garden bed
How to Keep Cats Out of Flower Beds the Non-Toxic Way
why are my lemon tree leaves curling
7 Reasons Why Your Lemon Tree's Leaves Are Curling
green tomato ripening
How to Ripen Green Tomatoes
Homemade pesticide sprayed on to herb plant
9 Homemade Pesticides for Your Flower Garden
Dandelion on thin stem with orb of seed heads next to bricks lined in garden
How to Remove Dandelions From Your Yard
English ivy with yellow-green flower clusters covering cement wall
16 Types of Invasive Plants You Should Avoid
A tree in a field with a few obvious signs its died (Sticks around the bases, vertical splits, peeling bark).
How to Tell If a Tree Is Dead: 6 Signs to Look For
Dandelions being sprayed with a spray bottle in a sunny field.
How to Kill Weeds With Salt
Tiny red chigger insect on the underside of a leaf.
How to Get Rid of Chiggers on Skin, In or Around Home
Japanese beetle climbing on a leaf.
How to Control Japanese Beetles in Your Lawn and Garden
aphid and larvae on a rose
How to Make Homemade Sprays for Fighting Aphids
Brown and orange slug climbing on ruffled leaf closeup
How to Get Rid of Slugs in the Garden 10 Easy Ways
Two Earwigs on a Daisy
How to Rid of Earwigs in Your Garden
Extreme close up of a spider mite
How to Get Rid of Spider Mites
Mealybugs on Jasmine Plant
How to Get Rid of Mealybugs Naturally
Wood ash spread over garden soil with spade and floral gloves
Is Wood Ash Good for Garden Soil?
Bugleweed ground cover plant with purple flower clusters surrounded by leaves
5 Invasive Ground Covers to Avoid
Sphaerobolus stellatus, commonly known as the shotgun fungus or cannonball fungus
Artillery Fungus: Identification and Prevention
Close-Up Of Wasp Pollinating On Flower
Wasp Repellents: 12 Natural Methods
gardener with a handful of loamy soil
What Is Loam Soil?
June bug
How to Get Rid of June Bugs: 6 Easy Methods
Common yellow oxalis
What Is Yellow Wood Sorrel? Identification and Removal
Creeping Charlie plant growing in ground next to shovel and garden gloves
How to Get Rid of Creeping Charlie
spraying baking soda spray onto a plant
How to Control Powdery Mildew With a Homemade Spray
powdery mildew on a plant leaf
How to Use Milk Spray to Control Powdery Mildew
powdery mildew on plant
Powdery Mildew: Treatment and Control on Plants
Septoria on tomato plants
Black Spots on Tomato Leaves: Treating Septoria Leaf Spot
Squirrel enjoying the Springtime
How to Prevent Squirrels From Digging Up Your Bulbs
rabbit nibbling in a garden
Rabbit-Proof Plants
Flowerbed with yellow flowers surrounded by soil
How to Kill Grass in Flower Beds
yellow leaves on a houseplant
8 Reasons Why Indoor Plant Leaves Turn Yellow
Staking and straightening a leaning tree
How to Straighten and Stake a Leaning Tree
aphids on a plant
How to Control Aphids on Indoor House Plants
Lettuce leaves bolting between dark red vegetation
What to Do About Bolting Lettuce: 8 Simple Steps
leaf galls
How to Deal With Leaf Galls
Mushrooms in grass
How to Naturally Get Rid of Mushrooms in Your Yard
Fungus gnats on houseplant with spikes closeup
How to Get Rid of Fungus Gnats in Houseplants Naturally
Gardenia plant in bloom.
Why Are My Gardenia Leaves Turning Yellow?
Black Spot on Rose Leaves
How to Treat and Prevent Black Spot on Roses
Filoxera/Phylloxera
Identifying Plant Pests and Diseases
strawberries
Organic Controls for Common Strawberry Pests
Dandelion weeds with white puffy seed heads in vegetable garden
Is Clover a Weed? Benefits of Clover and Lawn Weeds
brown patch disease on lawn
How to Treat Brown Patch Fungus in Your Lawn
Palm of hand with lawn seed
How to Fix Patchy Grass and Bare Spots in Your Lawn
dead patch on lawn
What Causes Brown or Dead Patches in Your Lawn?
brown spotted leaf on tree trunk
Causes of Tree Leaves Dying or Turning Brown
Brown leaves on a magnolia tree.
Why Do I Have Brown Leaves on My Magnolia Trees?
Leaf scorch on Japanese Maple Tree
Why Do I Have Brown Leaves on My Japanese Maple Trees?
spraying neem oil on plants
How to Use Neem Oil Spray as an Organic Insecticide
dog in a yard
The Best Methods to Keep Dogs Out of Your Yard
flowering azaleas
7 Reasons Why Azaleas Fail to Bloom
Image of pink rose of Sharon flower with deep pink throat and prominent stamen.
What to Do if a Rose of Sharon Plant Fails to Flower
Oriental bittersweet weed vines with small green berries and light green leaves
How to Identify & Remove Oriental Bittersweet
whiteflies on a leaf
How to Identify and Get Rid of Whiteflies
Person spraying pyrethrin pesticide onto a garden plant
How to Make and Use Pyrethrin Insecticide

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