ROCHESTER — If you grow vegetables, you're more likely to eat them. That's a great way to work in the recommended five servings of fruit and vegetables each day. If you put the effort in to grow your ...

Both are caused by fungi, but they are not spreading between these two trees; serviceberries don’t get black knot and plums ...

Here are some steps you can take when sowing and growing your young vegetable plants to help keep plant diseases at bay. Start with super clean pots. Be sure to scrub away all visible residue from ...

Question: We had a terrible issue with different plant diseases in this year’s garden. So many of our perennials and vegetables developed spots or mold on the leaves. I know it was a really wet spring ...

After discussing weeds and insect pests, we conclude our “unwanted garden guests” series today on the subject of diseases. Many gardeners struggle with diseases because often the disease is not ...

There is nothing more frustrating than to see the fruits of your garden labor lost to diseases and pests. Though the past few months have been very pleasant, the warm days and cool nights have ...

Spring is often known as the season of new beginnings, but plant diseases can make your gardens look like they’re already coming to an end. Chelsea Harbach, plant disease diagnostician at Iowa State ...

Our wonderful climate in San Diego welcomes many visitors. At certain times of the year our weather also invites fungal diseases, visitors we would rather not have! In San Diego, there are four main ...

Cleaning up your garden before spring is a vital chore. If you have raised beds, there's something you may be forgetting if ...

Dear readers: Last week, I talked about my failure to raise healthy heirloom tomatoes in 2016. They were disease-riddled. Next year, I vow to do better. One of the ways to lower disease resident in ...

Gardeners sometimes tout cinnamon as a repellent for pests and a remedy for plant diseases. Is this common household spice really an effective tool in the garden, or is this just influencer hokum? We ...

Seed packages are out, garden tools are out, so why not get a jump on things. From seasoned gardeners to those getting their hands dirty for the first time, there is a way to avoid that frustration ...