Identifies common plant diseases and shares organic remedies that make use of the plants' own abilities to fight the disease.
Identifies common plant diseases and shares organic remedies that make use of the plants' own abilities to fight the disease.
Expert Barbara Pleasant shows you how to easily identify common garden diseases and then provides simple, inexpensive, organic treatments to heal your plants and prevent recurrence. The entry for each disease describes the organism that causes it, lists the host plants and U.S. regions where it is typically found, describes the signs to look for, tells you what to do right away, and explains how to prevent the disease in the future. The book even includes a crop-by-crop guide to what might be affecting your particular plants. You ll quickly be enjoying a healthy, and thriving garden!
Barbara Pleasant has written about organic gardening and self-sufficient living for more than 30 years. Her books include Starter Vegetable Gardens, The Complete Compost Gardening Guide, The Complete Houseplant Survival Manual, The Gardener s Bug Book, The Gardener s Weed Book, and The Gardener s Guide to Plant Diseases.
Become a Skilled Doctor of Plant Care! This easy-to-use reference fully explains more than 50 of the most common plant diseases -- where they occur, what they look like, what to do about them, and the long-term prognosis for the affected plants. Most important, gardening expert Barbara Pleasant recommends proven organic methods for controlling each disease. The Gardener's Guide to Plant Diseases features: -- Informal encyclopedia style, making information and answers very easy to find. -- Illustrations that show the techniques for distinguishing between look-alike symptoms of different diseases. -- Cross-referenced list of common vegetables and fruits and the diseases most apt to affect them. -- Loads of facts on symptoms and tips for detecting diseases (including those diseases that are often too small to see). -- Simple, inexpensive organic treatments to halt the spread of each disease and prevent its recurrence.
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