Lots of plants, both edible and ornamental, can get powdery mildew. Unlike many other fungal plant diseases, the fungi that cause powdery mildew thrive in hot, dry weather that's often the norm in mid ...

PLATTSBURGH — Powdery mildew blotches leaves of yellow squash, melons and cucumbers. The disease is wrecking gardeners’ harvest locally. “Each type of powdery mildew is host specific, and some ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — If it's August in the south, it's hot and it's humid. While many plants don't mind the humidity, there's a particular fungus that thrives in this weather called powdery mildew. It can ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you planted summer squash in your garden this season, you know that, when healthy, it is a very generous plant. Whether you ...

HUNGRY FRUIT: Squash are heavy feeders, meaning they thrive in soil with high fertility. If you don’t have rich soil, you can add an organic fertility source before planting squash, and/or apply a ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- On a beautiful summer day last week in Northeast Ohio, the birds were singing, cicadas were humming, and there was a spring in my step as I rounded the corner to pick some fresh ...

Plant diseases rarely happen by accident. When problems show up in the garden, it is usually because the right conditions come together at the right time. Plant diseases can occur in any garden. In ...

SQUASH AREN’T ONLY delicious — they’re good for you, too. Here’s how to plant your own: Once soil temperatures remain at about 60 degrees, the seeds of summer and winter squash can be direct-seeded ...

Squash is a simple crop to grow, but for high yields a little knowledge goes a long way. First off, pumpkins, zucchini, summer squash, and winter squash are all culinary terms that tell us how they ...