Plant Disease and Pest Management

Summer sun, warm breezes, and oh no, those annoying insects are just around the corner! Don’t let summer’s uninvited guests crash your gardening party. Here are some tips for keeping your plants lively all summer long and cruising into fall with a vibrant, pest-free paradise. 

Here is an article from Earth’s Ally that lists some common diseases and how to identify and treat them: https://earthsally.com/disease-control/common-plant-diseases.html

This article from Hesperian Health Guides gives a great overview of plant pests and diseases and how to identify, prevent, and treat them: https://en.hesperian.org/hhg/A_Community_Guide_to_Environmental_Health:Managing_Pests_and_Plant_Diseases 

P.S. If you click “Next” at the bottom of the page, it takes you to the “Plant Diseases” page.

If you want to dive deeper, this article from the University of Missouri Extension goes very in depth with plant diseases: https://extension.missouri.edu/publications/mg13 

You can learn more about this topic at our upcoming informative workshop led by the highly knowledgeable Linda Svoboda from the Cornell Cooperative Extension, which will be held at the Broome County Public Library next Wednesday, May 1 from 6-7:30pm. Register for free at: https://vinesgardens.org/events/