Rodale's Vegetable Garden Problem Solver : The Best and Latest Advice for Beating Pests, Diseases, and Weeds and Staying a Step Ahead of Trouble in the Garden

Alternaria blight -- Angular leaf spot -- Animal pests -- Anthracnose -- Aphids -- Armyworms -- Artichokes -- Asparagus -- Aster yellows -- Beans -- Beet curly top -- Beets -- Beneficial insects -- Birds -- Blister beetles -- Blossom-end rot -- Broccoli -- Brussels sprouts -- Cabbage -- Cabbage loopers -- Cabbage maggots -- Cantaloupe -- Carrots -- Cauliflower -- Celery -- Cercospora leaf spot -- Club root -- Cold frames -- Collards -- Colorado potato beetles -- Companion planting -- Composting -- Corn -- Corn earworm -- Cover crops -- Crop rotation -- Cucumbers -- Cucumber beetles -- Cutworms -- Damping-off -- Deer -- Disease control -- Downy mildew -- Early blight -- Earwigs -- Eggplant -- Endive -- Fertilizers -- Flea beetles -- Fleahoppers -- Fusarium wilt -- Garlic -- Gourds -- Grasshoppers -- Gray mold (botrytis).;Harlequin bugs -- Horseradish -- Imported cabbageworms -- Japanese beetles -- Kale -- Kohlrabi -- Late blight -- Leafhoppers -- Leafminers -- Leeks -- Lettuce -- Melons -- Mexican bean beetles -- Mites -- Mosaic -- Mulch -- Nematodes -- Okra -- Onions -- Parsnips -- Peas -- Peppers -- Pest control -- Pickleworms -- Planting and transplanting -- Potatoes -- Powdery mildew -- Pumpkins -- Radishes -- Rhubarb -- Rots -- Row covers -- Rust -- Salad greens -- Scab -- Season extension -- Seed starting -- Shallots -- Slugs and snails -- Soil -- Southern blight -- Spider mites -- Spinach -- Squash -- Squash bugs -- Squash vine borers -- Stink bugs -- Sweet potatoes -- Swiss chard -- Tarnished plant bugs -- Thrips -- Tomatoes -- Tomato hornworm -- Turnips -- Verticillium wilt.;"With a wealth of information and tested advice, this problem-solving treasure gives gardeners every-thing they need to do battle with garden pests, diseases, and weeds?with safe, natural solutions. Combining a troubleshooting approach with encyclopedic coverage and drawing on the most up-to-date research on biological and non- or low-toxic controls, Rodale?s Vegetable Garden Problem Solver features: more than 60 vegetables, organized alphabetically from asparagus to zucchini ; individual pest entries on the 30 most common insect pests and how to combat them ; individual disease entries on the 30 most common vegetable plant diseases?including symptoms and causes and ways to keep plants disease-free ; a problem-solving approach to such favorite gardening topics as seed-starting, soil, weather, watering, crop rotation, fertilizing, transplanting, and season extension ; "Beyond the Basics" sidebars for those willing to go the extra mile to eradicate a problem in the garden in a safe and natural way. With numerous tips on prevention so gardeners can spend less time putting out fires and focus instead on producing higher-yielding and more attractive gardens, this will quickly become the trusted companion of every vegetable gardener"--Publisher description.;Watering -- Weather -- Weeds -- Whiteflies -- White mold -- Wireworms.

With a wealth of information and tested advice, this problem-solving treasure gives gardeners every-thing they need to do battle with garden pests, diseases, and weeds—with safe, natural solutions

Combining a troubleshooting approach with encyclopedic coverage and drawing on the most up-to-date research on biological and non- or low-toxic controls, Rodale's Vegetable Garden Problem Solver features:

• more than 60 vegetables, organized alphabetically from asparagus to zucchini

• individual pest entries on the 30 most common insect pests and how to combat them

• individual disease entries on the 30 most common vegetable plant diseases—including symptoms and causes and ways to keep plants disease-free

• a problem-solving approach to such favorite gardening topics as seed-starting, soil, weather, watering, crop rotation, fertilizing, transplanting, and season extension

• "Beyond the Basics" sidebars for those willing to go the extra mile to eradicate a problem in the garden in a safe and natural way

With numerous tips on prevention so gardeners can spend less time putting out fires and focus instead on producing higher-yielding and more attractive gardens, this will quickly become the trusted companion of every vegetable gardener.

Publishers Weekly

This encyclopedic collection of gardening advice is, in the Rodale tradition, purely organic, albeit with a no-nonsense, 21st-century attitude. Extensive attention is given to tantalizing techniques such as cover cropping and dealing with deer damage (including what to protect, repellants and scare devices, and 10 kinds of antideer fences). The vegetable entries are equally comprehensive, with sections detailing "Crop Basics," "Secrets of Success," "Preventing Problems," "Regional Notes" and "Troubleshooting Problems." Drawings of pest-infested plants are helpful, and Bradley covers the gamut of solutions, from timed planting to crop rotation, barriers to repellants, wisely advising prevention as the first tactic and using (organic) insecticides as a last resort. The book is extensively illustrated with attractive drawings, although the choice of what to depict is sometimes mysterious; the image of flowering arugula is lovely, for example, although readers may wish they could see a picture of, say a disease called "aster yellows." the "new growth... pale and bushy, forming a witch's broom." For any gardener who needs to keep track of "crucial care" for squash, how to control cucumber beetles with a vacuum cleaner or any of the myriad details that arise every day in the garden, this book is a must. (Feb.)

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Alternaria blight -- Angular leaf spot -- Animal pests -- Anthracnose -- Aphids -- Armyworms -- Artichokes -- Asparagus -- Aster yellows -- Beans -- Beet curly top -- Beets -- Beneficial insects -- Birds -- Blister beetles -- Blossom-end rot -- Broccoli -- Brussels sprouts -- Cabbage -- Cabbage loopers -- Cabbage maggots -- Cantaloupe -- Carrots -- Cauliflower -- Celery -- Cercospora leaf spot -- Club root -- Cold frames -- Collards -- Colorado potato beetles -- Companion planting -- Composting -- Corn -- Corn earworm -- Cover crops -- Crop rotation -- Cucumbers -- Cucumber beetles -- Cutworms -- Damping-off -- Deer -- Disease control -- Downy mildew -- Early blight -- Earwigs -- Eggplant -- Endive -- Fertilizers -- Flea beetles -- Fleahoppers -- Fusarium wilt -- Garlic -- Gourds -- Grasshoppers -- Gray mold (botrytis). Harlequin bugs -- Horseradish -- Imported cabbageworms -- Japanese beetles -- Kale -- Kohlrabi -- Late blight -- Leafhoppers -- Leafminers -- Leeks -- Lettuce -- Melons -- Mexican bean beetles -- Mites -- Mosaic -- Mulch -- Nematodes -- Okra -- Onions -- Parsnips -- Peas -- Peppers -- Pest control -- Pickleworms -- Planting and transplanting -- Potatoes -- Powdery mildew -- Pumpkins -- Radishes -- Rhubarb -- Rots -- Row covers -- Rust -- Salad greens -- Scab -- Season extension -- Seed starting -- Shallots -- Slugs and snails -- Soil -- Southern blight -- Spider mites -- Spinach -- Squash -- Squash bugs -- Squash vine borers -- Stink bugs -- Sweet potatoes -- Swiss chard -- Tarnished plant bugs -- Thrips -- Tomatoes -- Tomato hornworm -- Turnips -- Verticillium wilt. Watering -- Weather -- Weeds -- Whiteflies -- White mold -- Wireworms. Alternaria blight Angular leaf spot Animal pests Anthracnose Ants Aphids Armyworms Artichokes Arugula Asparagus Aster yellows Beans Beet curly top Beets Beneficial insects Birds Blister beetles Blossom-end rot Broccoli Broccoli raab Brussels sprouts Cabbage Cabbage loopers Cabbage maggots Cantaloupe Carrots Cauliflower Celeriac Celery Cercospora leaf spot Club root Cold frames Collards Colorado potato beetles Companion planting Composting Corn Corn earworm Cover crops Crop rotation Cucumber Cucumber beetles Cutworms Damping-off Deer Disease control Downy mildew Early blight Earwigs Eggplant Endive Fertilizers Flea beetles Fleahoppers Fusarium wilt Garlic Gourds Grasshoppers Gray mold (botrytis). Hardening off Harlequin bugs Herbs Horseradish Imported cabbageworms Japanese beetles Jerusalem artichokes Kale Kohlrabi Late blight Leafhoppers Leafminers Leeks Lettuce Melons Mexican bean beetles Mites Mosaic Mulch Nematodes Nutrient deficiencies Okra Onions Parsnips Peas Peppers Pest control Ph problems Pickleworms Planting and transplanting Potatoes Powdery mildew Pumpkins Radishes Raised beds Rhubarb Rots Row covers Rust Salad greens Scab Scallions Season extension Seed starting Shallots Slugs and snails Soil Southern blight Spider mites Spinach Squash Squash bugs Squash vine borers Stink bugs Sweet potatoes Swiss chard Tarnished plant bugs Thrips Tomatillos Tomatoes Tomato hornworm Turnips Verticillium wilt. Watering Watermelon Weather Weeds Whiteflies White mold Wireworms Zucchini. With a wealth of information and tested advice, this problem-solving treasure gives gardeners every-thing you need to do battle with garden pests, diseases, and weeds--with safe, natural solutions. Combining a troubleshooting approach with encyclopedic coverage and drawing on the most up-to-date research on biological and non- or low-toxic controls, Rodale's Vegetable Garden Problem Solver by Fern Bradley features: more than 60 vegetables, organized alphabetically from asparagus to zucchini individual pest entries on the 30 most common insect pests and how to combat them individual disease entries on the 30 most common vegetable plant diseases--including symptoms and causes and ways to keep plants disease-free a problem-solving approach to such favorite gardening topics as seed-starting, soil, weather, watering, crop rotation, fertilizing, transplanting, and season extension "Beyond the Basics" sidebars for those willing to go the extra mile to eradicate a problem in the garden in a safe and natural way With numerous tips on prevention so gardeners can spend less time putting out fires and focus instead on producing higher-yielding and more attractive gardens, this will quickly become the trusted companion of every vegetable gardener With a wealth of information and tested advice, this problem-solving treasure gives gardeners every-thing they need to do battle with garden pests, diseases, and weedswith safe, natural solutions Combining a troubleshooting approach with encyclopedic coverage and drawing on the most up-to-date research on biological and non- or low-toxic controls, Rodale's Vegetable Garden Problem Solver by Fern Bradley more than 60 vegetables, organized alphabetically from asparagus to zucchini individual pest entries on the 30 most common insect pests and how to combat them individual disease entries on the 30 most common vegetable plant diseasesincluding symptoms and causes and ways to keep plants disease-free a problem-solving approach to such favorite gardening topics as seed-starting, soil, weather, watering, crop rotation, fertilizing, transplanting, and season extension "Beyond the Basics" sidebars for those willing to go the extra mile to eradicate a problem in the garden in a safe and natural way With numerous tips on prevention so gardeners can spend less time putting out fires and focus instead on producing higher-yielding and more attractive gardens, this will quickly become the trusted companion of every vegetable gardener. With a wealth of information and tested advice, this problem-solving treasure gives gardeners everything they need to do battle with garden pests, diseases, and weeds - with safe, natural solutions Combining a troubleshooting approach with encyclopedic coverage and drawing on the most up-to-date research on biological and non- or low-toxic controls, Rodale's Vegetable Garden Problem Solver features: more than 60 vegetables, organized alphabetically from asparagus to zucchini individual pest entries on the 30 most common insect pests and how to combat them individual disease entries on the 30 most common vegetable plant diseases-including symptoms and causes and ways to keep plants disease-free a problem-solving approach to such favorite gardening topics as seed-starting, soil, weather, watering, crop rotation, fertilizing, transplanting, and season extension "Beyond the Basics" sidebars for those willing to go the extra mile to eradicate a problem in the garden in a safe and natural way With numerous tips on prevention so gardeners can spend less time putting out fires and focus instead on producing higher-yielding and more attractive gardens, this will quickly become the trusted companion of every vegetable gardener. 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