174 diagnosis guides
Problems
Diseases, insects and animal damage. Each guide shows how to confirm the problem before you spend money treating it.
All problems guides, A–Z
A
- Animal Damage to Plants: Deer, Rabbit, Vole, and Groundhog ID
- Anthracnose on dogwood
- Anthracnose on sycamore
- Anthracnose on tomatoes
- Aphids on Kale: Identifying Cabbage Aphid and Managing Heavy Infestations
- Aphids on Roses: Identification, Damage, and Control
- Aphids on Tomatoes: Species, Damage, and What Controls Work
- Aphids vs thrips: visual ID
- Apple scab: prevention and resistant cultivars
- Aster yellows: the phytoplasma disease that distorts coneflowers and zinnias
B
- Bagworm on arborvitae and evergreens
- Beneficial insects in the garden: ID guide
- Black knot on plum and cherry
- Black Spot on Roses: Identification, Treatment, and Prevention
- Blight on Potatoes: Early Blight, Late Blight, and How to Tell Them Apart
- Blossom Drop on Tomato and Pepper: Causes and Fixes
- Blossom end rot in tomatoes and peppers: it's not a disease
- Botrytis (gray mold) on strawberries
- Botrytis blight on peonies
- Botrytis blight on tulips (tulip fire)
- Boxwood blight identification and quarantine
- Brown Leaf Tips: Causes and Fixes
- Brown Leaves on Hydrangea: Causes and Fixes
- Brown spots on hydrangea leaves: causes and fixes
- Brown spots on tomato plants: causes and fixes
- Brown Tips on Plant Leaves: Diagnostic Guide
C
- Cabbage Worms on Broccoli and Kale: Control Guide
- Cedar-apple rust: lifecycle and management
- Cedar-quince rust
- Cercospora leaf spot on hydrangea
- Colorado potato beetle
- Common garden caterpillars: ID by damage and color
- Corn earworm on sweet corn
- Cucumber Beetle Control: Striped and Spotted Species
- Cucumber beetles on squash and zucchini
- Cucumber leaves turning yellow: causes and fixes
- Cutworm damage: signs and confirmation
D
- Damping Off: Why Seedlings Keel Over and How to Stop It
- Deer vs rabbit vs vole damage
- Deer-Resistant Perennials: What Actually Works in Suburban Long Island
- Downy mildew on cucumbers
- Downy mildew on grapes
- Downy mildew on impatiens
E
- Early blight on potatoes
- Early blight on tomatoes
- Early Blight vs. Late Blight on Tomatoes: Identification and Management
- Emerald ash borer identification (vs lookalikes)
- European corn borer
F
- Fire Blight on Pear and Apple: ID and Treatment
- Fire blight on pears
- Flea beetles on cabbage family
- Flea beetles on eggplant
- Flowers Not Blooming: Diagnostic Guide
- Frost Damage vs Fungal Damage on Leaves: How to Tell Them Apart
- Fruit Not Setting on Tomatoes, Peppers, and Squash
- Fusarium Wilt in Tomato: Symptoms and Management
- Fusarium wilt on strawberries
- Fusarium wilt on tomatoes: identify, prevent, replace
G
H
- Holes in hosta leaves: causes and fixes
- Holes in Leaves: Which Pest Is Which
- Holes in rose leaves: causes and what to do
- Holes in tomato leaves: causes and what to do
- How to Get Rid of Aphids Outdoors: What Actually Works
- How to Get Rid of Slugs in the Garden
- How to identify bindweed vs morning glory
- How to identify common lawn weeds
- How to identify garden thistles
- How to Identify Herbicide Damage on Plants
- How to identify Japanese knotweed
- How to identify poison ivy (leaves of three, not always)
- How to identify poison oak (west coast)
- How to identify poison sumac
- How to identify root rot vs drought stress
- How to identify rust diseases by host
- How to identify stinging nettle (and its lookalikes)
- How to identify the major leaf-spot diseases
- Hydrangea leaves turning yellow: causes and fixes
I
J
- Japanese beetle damage and control: what actually works
- Japanese Beetles on Grapes: Managing a Serious Feeding Pest
- Japanese Beetles on Roses: Control Options and What Actually Works
L
- Lace bug on azalea and rhododendron
- Late blight on potatoes
- Late blight on tomatoes
- Lawn Rust Disease: Orange Powder on Grass Blades
- Leaf miner damage: which insect
- Leaf Scorch: Causes, Identification, and Treatment
- Leaf Spot Diseases: Septoria, Alternaria, Bacterial
- Leaf Spot on Tomatoes: Septoria vs. Bacterial Speck and Spot
- Leaves Falling Off Plants Prematurely: Diagnostic Guide
M
- Mealybugs on coleus
- Mealybugs on Outdoor Ornamentals and Citrus
- Mexican bean beetle
- Mole vs vole damage in yards
- My Plant Isn't Growing: 6 Reasons Ranked
N
P
- Peach Leaf Curl: Dormant Copper Spray Timing Guide
- Peach tree borer
- Pepper leaves curling: causes and what to do
- Pepper leaves turning yellow: causes and fixes
- Plant galls: which are harmful, which aren't
- Plants Flowering Then Dying Back: Normal vs Problem
- Plants Not Growing: Diagnostic Guide
- Plants Wilting When the Soil Isn't Dry: Root Rot, Disease, and Transplant Shock
- Powdery Mildew on Cucumbers: Why It Happens and How to Stop It
- Powdery mildew on garden plants: identification and treatment
- Powdery Mildew on Peonies: Late-Season Identification and Management
- Powdery Mildew on Roses: Identification, Prevention, and Treatment
- Powdery Mildew on Zucchini: Managing the Late-Season Decline
R
- Raspberry cane borer
- Red Spots on Plant Leaves: Diagnostic Guide
- Root Rot in Outdoor Plants: Symptoms, Causes, and Recovery
- Root-Bound Plants: When and How to Slice and Replant
- Rose leaves turning yellow: causes and fixes
- Rust Disease on Plants: Roses, Hollyhock & Beans
- Rust on Hollyhocks: Managing the Most Common Hollyhock Disease
- Rust on Roses: Identification, Causes, and Treatment
S
- Scale insects on magnolia
- Scale Insects on Shrubs, Fruit Trees & Ornamentals
- Scale insects: armored vs soft scale
- Scale on camellia
- Scale on euonymus
- Septoria leaf spot on tomatoes
- Silver Leaves on Plants: Diagnostic Guide
- Snail vs slug damage and behavior
- Snow Mold on Lawns: Pink & Gray Snow Mold Guide
- Soil-borne pests: ID by plant symptom
- Spider mite damage vs lookalikes
- Spider mites on arborvitae
- Spider mites on beans
- Spider Mites on Cucumbers: Signs, Damage Thresholds, and Effective Controls
- Spider mites on juniper
- Spider mites on outdoor plants: dust mites in hot dry summers
- Spider Mites on Tomatoes: Identification, Damage, and Control
- Squash bugs on pumpkin and winter squash
- Squash Vine Borer Treatment and Prevention
- Sticky Residue on Plant Leaves: Diagnostic Guide
- Stunted Growth in Vegetables: Diagnostic Guide
- Sunscald on Trees: Cherry, Maple & Fruit Tree Bark
T
- Tent caterpillars vs fall webworm vs bagworm
- Thrips on onions
- Thrips on roses
- Thrips on Roses, Vegetables, and Ornamentals
- Tomato Blight — Early and Late: Identification and Treatment
- Tomato Cracking and Splitting: Causes and Prevention
- Tomato Fruit Problems: BER, Cracking, Catfacing, Sunscald
- Tomato Hornworm: Identification, Damage, and Control
- Tomato leaves curling: causes and what to do
- Tomato leaves turning yellow: causes and fixes
- Tomato plant wilting: causes and what to do
- Transplant Shock: Symptoms, Timeline, and Recovery
- Tree borer damage: ID by gallery pattern
- Tree cankers: ID and tree-level disease risk
- Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima): Identification, Look-Alikes, and RemovalAilanthus altissima
- Tulip leaves turning yellow: normal or a problem?
V
- Verticillium wilt on eggplant
- Verticillium wilt on Japanese maple
- Verticillium wilt on tomatoes
- Verticillium Wilt: Crops, Trees, and Soil Persistence
W
- Webbing on Plants: Diagnostic Guide
- White Spots on Plant Leaves: Diagnostic Guide
- Whitefly on cabbage and kale
- Whitefly on tomatoes
- Why Are My Plants Leggy? Light, Water, and Timing Causes
- Why Isn't My Hydrangea Blooming? Six Real Causes
- Wild grape vs Virginia creeper vs poison ivy vines
- Wilt diseases: bacterial vs fungal ID
- Winter Burn on Boxwood, Holly & Rhododendron
Y
- Yellow Leaves on Plants: 8 Causes Ranked by Likelihood
- Yellow Leaves on Tomato Plants: Causes and Fixes











