New pests are emerging as serious threats to vegetable crops, requiring growers to adapt their pest management strategies.

Apply commercial fertilizers, manure or compost to cane, bush (gooseberries, currants, and blueberries), and trailing berries ...

This column is written by the UC Master Gardeners of Yolo County each month. It provides answers to selected questions that ...

Want to grow delicious potatoes without breaking your back? The no-dig potato growing method is perfect for gardeners of ...

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Perhaps no other food source is more closely associated with a country than potato is with Ireland. Indeed, Irish potato is a moniker often given to this important vegetable to distinguish it from ...

As Pacific Northwest gardeners eagerly anticipate spring planting, one tried-and-true technique can help ensure a strong potato crop: chitting. Pre-sprouting seed potatoes before planting can lead to ...

Discover how Goss's wilt disease is affecting South African maize crops, its impact on international trade, and essential prevention strategies for farmers. Learn about symptoms, management techniques ...

Potato blight or 'late blight' is a devastating fungus disease that spreads rapidly in wet weather. Like a mildew disease, to which it is related, it attacks the foliage, but can get washed down to ...

Late blight (Phytophthora infestans) is similar to potato blight. So keep tomatoes well away from potato crops. It spreads by air-borne spores, so even if you don’t get it one year, it can blow in the ...

If your cycle is longer than this, or longer than is usual for you, it's considered late. Perimenopause is the period of transition between reproductive age and a non-reproductive age. Your periods ...

The blight that destroyed potato crops in the late 1840s reduced the island’s population by almost one-quarter. For nearly two centuries, historians with an Irish-nationalist bent have explained ...