How to Stop Tomato Blossom End Rot©
By Arlene Wright Correll
Arlene Wright-Correll shares the information she learned this gardening season when her tomatoes formed blossom end rot.

Diagnosing Plant Diseases – Part IV of IV– Wood and Roots
By Agnes Farside
Part IV covers diseases, hosts, symptoms, and controls found through the observation of wood and roots of plants.

Diagnosing Plant Diseases – Part III of IV– Vascular
By Agnes Farside
Part III covers diseases, hosts, symptoms, and controls found through the observation of vascular system of plants.

Diagnosing Plant Diseases – Part II of IV– Trunk, Branch, and Stem
By Agnes Farside
Part II covers diseases, hosts, symptoms, and controls found through the observation of plant trunks, branches, and stems or twigs.

Diagnosing Plant Diseases – Part I of IV- Leaves
By Agnes Farside
When inspecting a plant that is in poor health, environmental conditions, the type of care the plant is receiving, even surrounding plants can help in determining if, and what type of disease might have inflected the plant.

Determining Plant Damage Caused by Insects Part I
By Agnes Farside
Living factors such as insects can wreak havoc on plants, and it can be hard to detect which insect is causing the damage.

Determining Plant Damage Caused by Insects Part II
By Agnes Farside
Part II will address the damaged caused by sucking insects and ways a gardener can identify which insect might be causing the damage.

Physical Factors That Can Produce Plant Damage
By Agnes Farside
Plant damage can be caused by non-living factors such as physical (environmental), mechanical, or chemical. Of these three, physical factors involve the plant being exposed to extremes such as temperature, oxygen, moisture, and light.

Determining Plant Damage Produced by Fungus, Bacteria, Viruses, and Nematodes
By Agnes Farside
In order to determine which living factors such as fungus, bacteria, virus, or nematodes are causing plant damage, a gardener must play detective and look for clues in the way of signs and symptoms.

Plants that Get a Bad Rap and Those that Should! ©
By Arlene Wright Correll
Arlene Wright-Correll writes about how some of the most beautiful plants can become a terrible problem in a garden.