If you have ever tried growing stone fruits like peaches or plums, then you might have struggled to ever get fruit. This is particularly if you live in the hot humid environment of the southeast. In the spring your trees flower, you get a promising set of happy looking fruit, then shortly before they start…
Category: Plant Diseases
How To Help Plants Blackened By Sooty Mold
Help! Its unsightly. It looks like a horrible disease that is suddenly covering multiple plants in my garden. Its even starting to show up on my patio furniture. You have just described sooty mold. Thankfully it is a non-harmful condition that will resolve it self when the root cause is eliminated. So what is sooty…
Wilts: How Can My Healthy Plant Suddenly Be Dead?
Last time we talked about root rot, and how one of the main symptoms is a plant that wilts down, never recovers and eventually dies. We mentioned that there were also other kinds of wilts including ones vectored by insects. While these wilts are also caused by bacteria and fungi, they are not quite the…
Root Rot Could Be What Is Killing Your Plants
Do you have a plant that wilted down and never recovered despite you watering it when you noticed it was wilted? Or is your plant experiencing dieback? Does it have yellow leaves and stunted growth? If so. you are likely dealing with root rot. As passion flower growers, root rot is something we are always…
How To Improve Your Garden By Knowing Your Soil pH
Do you have a plant that looks nutrient deficient regardless of how much fertilizer you apply? Are your plant’s leaves yellow with green veins? Is the new growth growing in almost white? If so, you likely have a soil pH problem. Nutrient levels, drainage, soil texture, and light exposure probably get more attention than soil…
