by Matt Gibson About Early Blight Early blight is a common tomato disease that is caused by the fungus Alternaria solani. Affecting nearly all parts of the tomato plant, including the stems, leaves and fruit, early blight is very common in areas with warm, moist weather … [Read more...]
Tomato Diseases: How To Fight Bacterial Wilt
by Matt Gibson About Bacterial Wilt Bacterial wilt is a tomato disease that is caused by the pathogen bacterium Ralstonia Solanacearum. It is very common in moist sandy soils and humid environments, such as the conditions of the coastal south of the US. The bacteria … [Read more...]
Tomato Diseases: How To Fight Late Blight
by Matt Gibson About Late Blight Late blight is a fungus called Phytophthora infestans, which affects tomatoes and potatoes. In case you were wondering, late blight is the plant disease that is responsible for the famous Irish potato famine of 1845. Luckily, modern … [Read more...]
How To Grow Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
by Matt Gibson If you would like to attract a continuous visitation from various butterflies and hummingbirds to your garden (who wouldn’t?), consider adding butterfly weed to your flower garden beds this season. The one and a half to two and a half foot-tall perennial … [Read more...]
How To Grow Kalanchoe (Kalanchoe blossfeldiana)
by Matt Gibson There are over 100 different types of plants in the genus Kalanchoe, but only a handful are regularly cultivated by gardeners. Kalanchoes are popular succulents, and are native to Madagascar and grow wildly in other, similarly arid areas such as Australia and … [Read more...]
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