S3E27 Common plant diseases - identify and solve, Sept Garden To Do List, Guest Doug Tallamy - The Wisconsin Vegetable gardener radio show

Replay of The Wisconsin Vegetable Gardener Radio Show from 8-31-19
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Common plant diseases - identify and solve

Late blight on tomatoes - dark spots on leaves, stems, and tomatoes - airborne fungus - spores travel through air - do not eat the tomatoes - dispose of diseased plants - do not compost, put on curb, or burn plants

Bean leaf rust - looks like rust - will rub off rust color - airborne - near end of season - do not eat the beans with leaf rust on them - dispose of diseased plants - do not compost, put on curb, or burn plants

Powdery mildew - warm days, cool nights - powdery substance on leaves of vine crops - squash, pumpkin, etc - can use diluted vinegar, baking soda, mouthwash - spray - dispose of affected leaves - can remove up to ¼ foliage

Rose rust - rust looking debris on rose plants - can come from plant nursery and then spread - buy from a reputable local garden center - if you think you might have it, remove foliage affected by it before winter - can become airborne and spread in spring

September Garden To Do List for Garden
Stop pruning and fertilizing
Bring summer vacationing houseplants back indoors while the windows are still open. Check carefully for hitchhiking pests
Start fall clean-up in the flower beds, cutting back anything that has finished blooming or is diseased
Take cuttings to overwinter indoors
Start winterizing your water garden
Watch for frost warning and cover tender plants
Photograph your gardens and containers for a record of the year's triumphs and frustrations
Give the compost a last turn

Flowers and Other Ornamental Plants
Divide and move perennials
Dig and store tender bulbs like: dahlias, caladiums, cannas and tuberous begonias
Start planting spring flowering bulbs

Vegetables
Harvest remaining vegetables, including green tomatoes. (Tips for ripening green tomatoes.)
Wait for a hard freeze before harvesting Brussels Sprouts
Pick herbs for drying or freezing
Cure winter squash for storage. Place in a cool, sheltered shady spot for about 1 month.
Fruit
Clean up fallen fruit
Trees & Shrubs
Plant trees and shrubs. Keep well watered, if there isn't sufficient rain.
Dispose of any diseased or infested plant debris, to avoid overwintering the problem

Garden Tasks for Warmer Areas
Restart the vegetable garden. Start seeds of heat lovers like tomatoes and peppers.
Direct sow seeds of lettuce, greens, onions, peas, beans and broccoli
Seed cool season annuals
Plant fall bulbs
Plant perennials and shrubs
Keep fruits picked as they ripen
Prune summer flowering shrubs


Guest Doug Tallamy of www.bringingnaturehome.net

Doug Tallamy is a professor in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware, where he has authored 95 research publications and has taught Insect Taxonomy, Behavioral Ecology, Humans and Nature, Insect Ecology, and other courses for 39 years.
Why are insects important to our lives as humans? What can we do to help the decline of insects?
1. Why are native plants vital to our ecosystems?
2.How do we determine what native plants to grow?
3.What is biodiversity? As a home gardener, what can we do to increase our biodiversity?
4.We often hear about invasive plants and how they are bad - but are they truly always bad? Are there some good invasive plants?
5. How can we find out more about you?


Garden questions
1. Why havent my hydrangeas bloomed this year?
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