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Updated: February 5, 2025

Key to Common Problems of Tomatoes

What's wrong with my tomato plant, you ask? Look at photos of common tomato problems and learn how to manage common tomato diseases and pests in a home garden.
tomato plant with spots on the leaves and wilted leaves
Updated: October 17, 2024

IPM - Prevent, Identify, and Manage Plant Problems

How to ID, prevent, and manage plant problems in Maryland using IPM
no lawn landscape
Updated: July 16, 2024

Leaf Curling on Vegetables

Reasons why the leaves of vegetable seedlings curl
Pepper leaves distorted from aphid damage
Updated: June 27, 2024

Blossom End Rot on Vegetables

Blossom-end rot is a common nutritional disorder of tomato, pepper, eggplant, pumpkin, squash, and watermelon that is caused by a shortage of calcium in enlarging fruits.
rotting of the bottom end of tomatoes
Updated: June 7, 2024

Phytotoxicity: Chemical Damage to Garden Plants

Plants can be damaged by chemicals in pesticides, cleaning products, and gas exhaust.
roses with brown petals and spray residue
Updated: May 16, 2024

Pollination of Vegetable Crops in a Changing Climate

Rising temperatures from climate change can disrupt the pollination of food crops. Learn how heat stress affects vegetable plants and what you can do.
bee on a yellow squash flower - climate change affects pollination
Updated: August 9, 2023

Lead in Garden Soils

Essential information regarding lead in soils.
raised beds
Updated: February 20, 2023

Stunted Growth of Vegetable Seedlings

Many factors cause poor growth of vegetable seedlings or transplants.
stunted young pepper plant
Updated: February 20, 2023

Poor Germination of Vegetable Seeds

There are many reasons why vegetable seeds do not germinate or seedlings do not thrive.
cold damage on vegetable transplant
Updated: February 20, 2023

Vegetable Seedlings or Transplant Leaves Yellowing, Turning White, or are Spotted or Scorched

Why the leaves of vegetable seedlings or transplants are damaged.
yellow leaves on a melon caused by weather, water, environmental stress