Garden pest and diseases are a gardener?s nightmare as they can easily shatter the investment and render laborious efforts useless overnight.
While some pests can be removed easily, many of them post hindrances either because they have a protection?such as shell?from pesticides or they are winged creatures enabling them to fly off to another area in the garden once disturbed.
On the other hand, vegetable diseases can be effective in destroying the entire plant and in spreading the disease to other plants, infesting the whole garden.
Prevention and containment of the problem are essential to the survival of the plants in the garden , whether vegetable, flowers, or fruits.
A local gardening center or a search online will offer a wide range of products to treat garden pest and disease problems your facing.
However, to best control these two plagues, the problem must be identified. The following is a common list of garden pest and diseases.
Garden Pest
Chafer Grub . The Chafer grubs are the larvae of the chafer beetle or known in other monikers like Maybugs and Cockchafers.
Before they mature into winged pests that take 3 years, their larvae state gives them a white color with brown head and curled with 3 pairs of legs. When they infest a plant, they attack the roots, causing the plants to wilt, collapse, and wither.
Vine Weevil . Vine weevil can lay more than 1,000 eggs in summer as all of them are female. The larvae are stout and legless white grubs with brown heads with a curling body that can stretch up to 10mm long. At night, they too, feed on the plant roots and tubers of some species such as begonia and cyclamen.
The adult weevil is unable to fly though they have wings and they feed on plant leaves. Plants that are cultivated on boxes, pots, and other containers are especially at risk and can even be killed between autumn and spring.
An indication of their infestation is evident with wilting and yellowing of plants, characterizing a late stage of infestation and which does not save the plant.
Lily Beetles . Mostly, the lily beetles are red. Also known as leaf lily beetle, the pest feasts on leaves, stems, buds, and flowers of lilies and their other family members.
When the beetle reaches the adult stage, it can consume the entire lily plant in a few days.Immediate response of the problem can save a plant. Generally, the infested part is cut off or the entire plant is uprooted and discarded to prevent the spread of infestation.
Plant Disease
Damping off disease . This disease is highly common among seedlings and small plants. Its infestation causes the plant to rot off at the soil level. Its causes can crowd of seedlings which result in lack of air circulation,over-watering, dirty containers, and contaminated water or soil.
Sooty mold. It is a black fungus growing on sticky secretions of aphids.
Beet rust . Also a fungal infection, the beet rust is common in beetroot especially in autumn. An indication of its infestation is the presence of small and red or brown spots on the undersides of the leaves.
Black rot .Is a plant disease that starts on the plant roots and which is made visible with its black sunken patches on the roots up to the plant neck.
Club root . Some of the vegetables that affect this disease include Swedes, Brassicas, Radish and Wallflowers. Its cause is the soil-borne fungus causing the roots to thicken and distort.
Just like in garden pests, the plant disease must be contained to prevent other plants from getting infested . Prevention, too must be implemented to continually ward them off.
Garden Pest and Diseases come in many shapes, sizes and forms. Early detection is the trick to keeping your plants healthy. With that being said, inspect your plant regularly and treat them with appropriate methods.
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