Common Garden Pests - Garden Plants and Their Problems

Garden Plants and Their Problems

Camellia (cont.)
Leaf gall	Leaves greatly swollen.	Pick off and burn.
Leaf spot	Silvery or brown areas usu-	Camellias under light
	ally from sunburn with	shade of tall pines do best.
	fungi coming in later.
Camphor-tree
Camphor thrips	Buds, branches die; bark	Shellac pruning cuts.
	cracks.
Camphor scale	Convex, dark scale causes	Spray with oil emulsion;
	defoliation and often death.	control ants spreading
		scale.
Mites	Leaves turn reddish, dusty.	Use oil as above or special
		miticide.
Canna
Japanese beetle	Feeds on flowers and foli-	Spray with DDT.
	age.
Leaf rollers	Greenish caterpillars roll	Spray or dust early with
	leaves; in South.	DDT or lead arsenate.
Bacterial bud	Yellow to brown ragged	Discard diseased plants;
rot	leaf spots; stalks gummy;	propagate from healthy
	flowers decayed.	stock.
Cantaloupe
Melon aphid	Small green, brown to	Spray or dust with nico-
	black lice curl leaves, which	tine.
	turn yellow.
Melonworm	Greenish-yellow caterpillar	Dust with rotenone.
	feeds on leaves.
Pickleworm	See Cucumber.
Cucumber	See Cucumber.
beetles
Bacterial wilt	See Cucumber.
Anthracnose	Brown spots on leaves,	Spray or dust with ziram
	sunken cankers on stems,	or copper.
	fruit.
Downy mildew	Leaves with yellow spots,	Spray with Dithane or Par-
	then drying, curling.	zate.