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Rust color spots on Tomato Leaves, and Caterpillars
I am getting these spots on tomatoes in my green house. I am in North Carolina so it is really hot. Caterpillars also have been eating the leaves. They mostly like the kale leaves though. How can ...
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Keeping aphids away from my Chamomile once they've found it
I've had good success with the Chamomile I planted in a 2 foot long windowbox and I had no pest issues before we started getting a lot of rain. I was treating them with neem oil diluted in water (1 ...
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Best method to use netting to protect container-grown kale from pests
New gardener from the UK here. I am growing kale (Nero di Toscana) in garden containers, and so far this year, so good! Unfortunately when I tried this last year, they were completely demolished by ...
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How to get rid of these small black bugs on gardenia
My gardenia is more than 6 months old. it was in good health.
Suddenly I noticed that the gardenia leaves are turning yellow. I thought that it was because of natural causes. So, I ignored it ...
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Whats on my rosemary stem?
I just noticed these little brown things on my rosemary...it does not seem to be harming anything else, no leaves were eaten, or brown. They dont move at all, no appendages, and seem quite attached to ...
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What to do with bugs on bell peppers
I just noticed that I have these weird little bugs on my bell peppers.
Doesn't seem to impact the growth as of yet, but I would like to get rid of them somehow.
What are they called? How can I get ...
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Indoor pesticide for edible plants
I've got a small indoor container garden, with a variety of herbs, a couple of flowers, and a couple of succulents. A while ago, we noticed very small white insects moving around on my morning glories....
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How do I get rid of these insects that are in all of my planters?
How do I get rid of these insects that are in all of my planters?
I find them only to be in the dirt and not on the plants.
To me they look spider mites, but they did not die out when I applied Bayer ...
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How do you get rid of root flies organically?
Now that it is warming up in Sydney, I have noticed some tiny flies in the soil of my pots. I think they are root flies.
They seem attracted to the pots containing rhizomes the most[1][2]. These pots ...
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