Gardening is very relaxing and a wonderful hobby for lots of people. But along with this relaxation and great hobby of ours comes the realization that our flower gardens will become diseased. It is a fact. Your garden plants will get some type of disease. The thing to remember is that you need to take care of the situation right away in order to protect the rest of the garden from contamination.
While garden diseases are not entirely avoidable, one way to ensure that your garden is healthy is the have good soil for your plants to thrive on.
Most garden diseases are caused by fungi which will make your plants look sick or have a powdery mildew or black spots on the leaves and they start to wilt. You will also notice that the flowers are not as healthy as they suppose to look and this is a sure sign that the plant is diseased.
What I have noticed is that although plants can get diseased at any time, it is more visible in late summer. However, it doesn’t matter when you notice that there is something wrong with your plants, you just have to take care of the situation immediately.
Some gardeners believe that most garden diseases occur during the rainy season. I do agree with this and also the fact that since most plants do prefer sun, extended cloudy conditions can accelerate plant diseases.
It has been said that diseases and fungus can be transmitted from one plant to another in a short period of time. For this reason, if you see a particular plant that looks very sick, just remove it from your garden.
While there are many products available to treat plant diseases, a friend of mine has suggested something called Serenade to treat all plants. Serenade is supposed to protect the most common fungal and bacterial garden diseases and it is non-toxic. I personally like Fungicide to treat most plant diseases and it works very well.
I also like a product called Bayer 3-1 because it protects most plant diseases and fertilizes as well. Whatever product you decide on, just be sure to follow the instructions given when you purchase it.
Just remember that sooner or later disease will enter your garden and possibly infect other plants. If and when this happens, don’t panic. Cut a couple of leaves from one the plants, go to you local nursery, explain the problem to the person in charge, show them the leaves, and ask them to recommend a product that will take care of the problem.
To your healthy garden,
Diana
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