Plant Problems

Learn how to avoid the many plant problems you'll run into when gardening - pests, diseases, and more. We provide treatment and prevention tips!

A White Goldenrod Crab Spider with a pale body and long legs blends into a cluster of small white flowers, showing how good and bad garden spiders can both play a role in nature.

Garden Pests

Good and Bad Spiders in the Garden: What You Should Know

Spotting a spider in your garden can be a frightening or exciting experience, depending on how you feel about these arachnids. Regardless of your feelings, knowing the difference between good and bad garden spiders is key. Join farmer Briana Yablonski to learn about common garden spiders and how they benefit your plants.

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Garden Pests

How to Get Rid of Ants in The Garden

Ants are more common than humans! They’re abundant worldwide, and they love living in the garden. Learn how to get rid of them, and why you may want to leave them be instead. Join environmentalist Jerad Bryant to learn how to tackle the ant infestations in your yard.

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Plant Problems

Why Your Garden Plants are Turning Yellow and How to Fix it

Plants turning yellow may be undergoing natural leaf drop or may be sending a signal of stress. A simple care adjustment or scouting for underlying pests or diseases helps right the course. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe explores common reasons for plants yellowing so that we may return them to their lush glory.

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Weeds

7 Environmentally-Friendly Ways to Get Rid of Invasive Plants

Invasive plants threaten the yard! They snuff out your perennials and overrun the area with rampant growth. Don’t let them take over; the larger and more established they are, the more difficult it will be to remove them. Join native plant gardener Jerad Bryant and discover seven environmentally friendly ways to eliminate invasive plants.

A close-up shot of a small composition of damaged and diseased round fruits, showcasing late summer tomato diseases

Plant Diseases

How to Prevent Late Summer Tomato Diseases

After months in the ground, you may notice your tomato plants begin to become discolored, spotted, or weak from disease. Join farmer Briana Yablonski to learn symptoms of some common late summer tomato diseases and how to prevent them.

Ways to cure cracked tomatoes, appearing to be multiple pieces dangling from the plant with bright green foliage placed under the warm sunlight

Plant Problems

7 Quick Cures for Splitting, Cracked Tomatoes

Splitting tomatoes is the last thing you want to see! You’ve invested time, money, and effort into growing your crop, only to discover splits and cracks forming at the end of the season. Don’t fret—these seven quick cures will reduce splitting and prevent it from occurring in the future.

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Plant Diseases

Don’t Ignore These 9 Plant Diseases in the Garden

While we can overlook plant diseases that cause only minor, if any, damage, some are lethal to our ornamentals and edibles and benefit from quick action. Prevention is the first step, but when they crop up, knowing what to do next helps limit the spread. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe explores garden diseases that are too risky to ignore for overall garden health.

Close up of a delphinium inflorescence wilting due to disease, with blue-purple wilting flowers against a background of rotting stems with dry foliage.

Plant Diseases

5 Delphinium Diseases: Prevention and Treatment

Healthy delphiniums bring floriferous spires of bell blooms that create a spectacle and beckon pollinators. The short-lived perennials are susceptible to common diseases that can counteract the blooms. Gardening expert Katheirne Rowe outlines what to look for, as well as how to prevent delphinium problems for an easier show of color.

A large green tomato hornworm clings to a tomato stem among chewed leaves, highlighting the need to repel tomato hornworms naturally.

Garden Pests

9 Plants That Repel Tomato Hornworms

Tomato hornworms make quick work of devouring otherwise healthy tomato plants. While the North American natives become pollinating hawkmoths, their work on our crops leads to fruit loss. To deter the hearty caterpillars, implement tomato companions with pest-repelling qualities. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe outlines favorites that contribute to a balanced garden system.

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Plant Problems

Why Are My Arborvitae Turning Brown?

Aborvitae are rugged performers with a stately presence that anchors the landscape all year. Whether the native species or their cultivars, their multitude of forms, sizes, and colors highlight various garden scales. While durable, they are susceptible to disorders that cause browning. Garden expert Katherine Rowe outlines reasons an arborvitae may turn brown and ways to remedy the situation.