How to Control Pest Disease

Overview Many home gardeners strive to create a pest-free yard and garden. Diseases and pest infestations attack many varieties of trees, vegetables, shrubs and flowers, but you can take steps to avoi

Disease Control for Grape Vines

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Ganoderma Disease

Ganoderma Disease

Chestnut Tree Disease

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Rhododendron Disease

Overview Rhododendrons (Rhododendron) are flowering shrubs in the heath family (Ericaceae). Rhododendron plants are native to North America, Asia, Europe and Aus

About Queen Palm Tree Disease

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Yellow Sticky Cards for Plant Pests

Yellow Sticky Cards for Plant Pests Yellow Sticky Insect Cards are used to trap thripThrip are tiny winged brown insects that feed on the surfaces of plant leaves, flowers, and buds. They leave silver

Whitefly Plant Pests

Whitefly Plant Pests Whiteflies are small gnat-like insects, covered in a powdery white wax; they feed on the sap of plants. This causes leaf-drop and weakens the plant in general. Whiteflies secrete a

Thrip Plant Pests

Thrip Plant Pests Thrip are tiny winged brown insects that feed on the surfaces of plant leaves, flowers, and buds. They leave silver spots around their feeding areas and dark dots of excrement. Thrip

Superthrive: HousePlant Care Product

Superthrive: HousePlant Care Product Superthrive combines vitamins and hormones to encourage plant growth both above and below the soil line. It's not a plant food so it needs to be used in addit

Succulent Plants

Succulent Plants Succulents, native to very dry areas of the tropics and subtropics, adapted to a limited availability of water by developing thick roots, leaves, and stems. These parts of the plant co

Springtail Plant Pests

Springtail Plant Pests Springtails are tiny (about 1/16 inch long), slender white or gray insects. You can see them in the soil or in the drip saucer underneath your houseplant. Since they don’t like b

Spider Mite Plant Pests

Spider Mite Plant Pests Spider Mites, members of the Acari family, are small insects about 1mm in size. The most common indoor plant mite is the red spider mite (also called the two-spotted spider mite

Sooty Mold Plant Disease

Sooty Mold Plant Disease Sooty Mold is a form of fungus that grows on the sugary honeydew secreted by AphidsSee a picture, learn to identify, and read about Aphid houseplant pests in the Glossary of H

Scale Plant Pests

Scale Plant Pests Soft Brown Scale is the most common scale that attacks indoor houseplants especially ficus, ivy, spider plants, ferns, aralia, and schefflera. It appears as small bumpy brown spots th

Saucers for Houseplants

Saucers for Houseplants Deep plant saucers that collect excess water are necessary to prevent water from ruining carpets, floors, and furniture. Saucers can be placed either inside a decorative pot or

Rooting Hormone

Rooting Hormone Rooting Hormone helps plant cuttingsLearn how to propagate houseplants using stem, leaf, cane, and branch cuttings from HousePlant411.com produce new roots and is very important to use

Root – Rot

Root – Rot Root rot is a condition found in houseplants with poor drainage. The roots of the plant rot as a result of over-watering. The excess water makes it very difficult for the roots to get

Red Blotch Plant Disease

Red Blotch Plant Disease This fungal infection has many names, because it causes so many different problems. Red Blotch is also known as leaf blotch, measles, and red spot. This disease looks worse tha

Powdery Mildew Plant Disease

Powdery Mildew Plant Disease There are several types of fungus that cause Powdery Mildew. The mildew appears on the surface of leaves and other parts of a plant as a powdery grayish-white substance. Gr