1. What causes the ends of squash fruit to decay and develop gray “whiskers”? Published: April 09, 2008
2. What causes cucumber and cantaloupe vines to wilt and die? Published: April 09, 2008
3. What are the large, black swellings that appear on flowering plum twigs and branches? Published: April 09, 2008
4. Why are hawthorn tree shoots and fruits swollen with orange, dusty spores on them? Published: April 09, 2008
5. Why do some flowering crabapple trees lose most of their leaves by midsummer? Published: April 09, 2008
6. Why do zinnias in the garden develop leaf blight or mildew and decline and die? Published: April 09, 2008
7. Why do leaves of phlox plants turn white and die? Published: April 09, 2008
8. What is causing the small brick-red leaf spots on my aster plants? Published: April 09, 2008
9. What causes peaches and plums to rot and turn brown just as they are ripening? Published: April 09, 2008
10. Why do grape berries turn black and shrivel up in summer, even before they ripen? Published: April 09, 2008
11. We have clubroot in our garden soil. How do we control and/or eradicate it? We can't grow cabbage or related vegetables. Published: April 03, 2008
12. What causes brown spots with yellow margins on bean leaves? Published: April 01, 2008
13. What can be done about mushroom growth in woodchip mulch? Published: April 01, 2008
14. Would a fabric weed barrier or black plastic help control Septoria leaf spot on tomato plants? Published: April 01, 2008
15. What causes part of the stem of tomato plants to turn brown and the foliage to suddenly wilt and die? Published: March 04, 2008
16. My Clemson Spineless okra plants are belt high and the blossoms look good, but just as the flower withers, they turn moldy and then drop off. The little buttons turn black and wither down the length of the stem. Do you know what the problem is? Published: March 03, 2008
17. We planted a North Star cherry tree along with some other trees in May. We have been watering the trees every two to three days. All of the other trees are doing fine, but the cherry leaves have dark brown spots on them and are turning yellow and falling off. What is happening? Published: March 03, 2008
18. What can I do to prevent scab on my potatoes? I have tried every recommendation and, still, my potatoes look awful. Published: March 02, 2008
19. Some of my tomatoes (mostly Roma) have what looks like black mold inside. The tomatoes look perfect on the outside, but they are black in the center pulpy area. Any ideas on what this is and how to prevent it? Published: March 02, 2008
20. My cucumbers look like misshapen balloons - big on one end, pointed and tiny on the other. What is wrong? Published: March 02, 2008
21. What causes root and stem rots of beans? Published: March 02, 2008
22. Why are my tomatoes wilting and dying in the garden? Published: March 02, 2008
23. Why do tomato fruits have dark, circular spots on them? Published: February 28, 2008
24. What are the small, circular, dark brown spots on tomato leaves? Published: February 28, 2008
25. Why do young sweet corn plants develop dead streaks in the leaves and then wilt? Published: February 28, 2008
26. What causes mosaic (green and yellow) patterns on leaves, leaf crinkling and downward cupping, and shoot tip dieback of runner and pole beans? Published: February 28, 2008
27. What causes garden beans to decline and die late in the season? Published: February 28, 2008
28. What causes reddish-brown spots on bean leaves and circular spots on the pods? Published: February 28, 2008
29. What is causes asparagus spears and shoots to wilt and droop? Published: February 28, 2008
30. What causes asparagus foliage to have leaf spots? Published: February 28, 2008

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