Solarization also eliminates some soil diseases, including Verticillium wilt, Phytophthora root rot, Fusarium wilt, damping-off, crown gall, tomato canker, and potato scab, allowing healthy plants and ...

During a gardening interest meeting last week, home gardeners brought up an issue. The problem was that planting the same plants each year in the same location can lead to fungal and bacterial disease ...

As summer approaches, LSU plant specialist Raj Singh is warning growers of tomatoes, peppers and other vegetables to beware of a particularly deadly bacteria that may be lurking underground. Caused by ...

“Oh, my goodness, I feel like I’m cooking!” exclaims my 9-year-old as he helps me pull weeds from a small plant bed. It was still morning but already above 80 F, and the humidity was in full force.

Soil solarization is the hottest way to eliminate pests, plant diseases, and weeds from your garden. Soil solarization uses clear plastic sheeting and sunlight to heat soil, killing pests, weed seeds, ...

Soil solarization is a simple and inexpensive way to use the sun to prepare a garden for planting. Solarization involves watering a patch of soil, covering it with clear plastic, then allowing trapped ...

Bacterial wilt is a common disease affecting crops like tomatoes, tobacco, brinjal, ginger, cucumber, rice, chilli and bananas. The disease is common in moist and humid sandy soils caused by bacteria ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Soil solarization uses clear plastic sheeting and sunlight to heat soil, killing pests, weed seeds, and pathogens. It works best ...

Soil solarization is a surprisingly simple organic gardening technique that uses heat generated by the sun to kill pests, pathogens, and weed seeds. All you need is some clear plastic sheeting and ...