If you notice your tomatoes are withering and have soggy roots, reduce watering and increase drainage to prevent further ...

Summer means plenty of mosquitoes, but that doesn't mean you have to invite them to your yard. This one swap can help keep ...

When it comes to gardens, ants are often seen as pests, but they could actually be helping your garden by managing greenfly ...

One garden ‘pest' is actually a vital part of the biodiversity in your outdoor patch - and could help keep plant damage under ...

MacCubbin gives Florida gardening advice about container gardens and care of crape myrtles, blue daze plants, trimming palms, ...

They feed by sucking sap from plants - and can cause severe damage - including distorted growth ... Use biological sprays ...

Managing Japanese beetles can be challenging since they often emerge in large numbers during summer. Adult beetles typically ...

Beneficial nematodes are tiny worms that naturally kill grubs without harming people, pets, or pollinators. Apply nematodes in spring or fall when the soil is moist and shaded for best results. Using ...

• When ingested by the pest during root feeding, it acts as a stomach poison, stopping pest feeding and the resulting damage that reduces crop yields and lowers crop quality and marketability. In the ...

“You take one effector away and a nematode laughs and says, ‘I’ve got 10 more,’” he said. Yet effectors are the key molecular mechanism for nematode invasions in plant roots. The worms are ...