Imported Cabbageworm: Damage, Life Cycle and Control
The imported cabbageworm is the velvety, pale-green caterpillar chewing ragged, irregular holes in cabbage, kale, broccoli and other brassica leaves…
Grasshoppers: Damage, Life Cycle and Control
Grasshoppers show up in nearly every state, and most years a healthy garden barely notices them.
Flea Beetles: Damage, Life Cycle and Control
Flea beetles are small, jumping leaf beetles that chew tiny round holes in the foliage of brassicas, eggplant and potatoes, and the fastest way to…
Corn Earworm: Damage, Life Cycle and Control
Corn earworm (Helicoverpa zea) is the caterpillar stage of a moth that tunnels into the tip of a corn ear or the shoulder of a tomato fruit and feeds…
Colorado Potato Beetle: Damage, Life Cycle and Control
The Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) is the striped beetle stripping your potato plants down to bare stems, often before you’ve noticed…
Cabbage Maggot: Damage, Life Cycle and Control
Cabbage maggot damage shows up as a wilting or stunted plant with no insect anywhere on it, because the culprit, Delia radicum, does all its feeding…
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug: Damage, Life Cycle and Control
The brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys) is an invasive insect that pierces fruit, vegetables, and ornamental plants with a needle-like mouth…
Aphids: Damage, Life Cycle and Control
Aphids are small, soft-bodied insects that feed on plant sap, and they attack nearly every crop, shrub, and houseplant a home gardener grows.
Rough Skin, Cracks and Odd Shapes: What the Soil Did
Rough, cracked skin and lumpy, irregular tubers are not a disease you missed spraying for.
Green Potatoes: The Light, the Pigment and the Bitterness
A green tinge on a potato’s skin means it was exposed to light, either in the garden bed or in storage.