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Garden Plants and Their Problems |
| ENEMY |
DAMAGE |
CONTROL |
| Eggplant (cont.) |
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| Verticillium |
Fungus lives in soil; plant |
Rotate crop. Chose land |
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stunted, wilts, may die. |
that has not recently grown |
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potatoes or tomatoes. |
| English Ivy |
| Aphids |
Small black lice thick on |
For house plants try DX |
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new leaves and stems; hon- |
Aero-Spray or Antrol |
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eydew. |
Flower Bomb. |
| Red spider |
Leaves gray or yellow, |
Give a weekly bath; spray |
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dusty. |
with Aramite. |
| Scales-olean- |
Leaves yellowing, vines un- |
Weekly bath, occasional |
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thrifty. |
dip in nicotine-soap solu- |
| red, soft |
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tion; if this fails try Volck |
| brown, others |
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or Malathon. |
| Eucalyptus |
| Scale insects |
Various species encrust |
Summer oil sprays. |
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bark. |
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| Euonymus |
| Euonymus scale |
Thin white males, brown |
Dormant oil spray plus |
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females cover leaves and |
Malathon for crawling |
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stems; cause yellowing, |
stage. |
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death of vines. |
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| Powdery |
White felty patches on |
Syringe with water, and |
| mildew |
leaves, common in South |
dust with sulfur. |
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and California. |
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| Crown gall |
Large irregular galls along |
No feasible control. |
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vines. |
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| Eupatorium |
| Golden-glow |
Red aphids on stem. |
Any contact insecticide. |
| aphid |
| Crown rot |
Plants die, reddish tan |
Dig out plant and sur- |
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sclerotia at base. |
rounding soil. See under |
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Rots. |
| Botrytis blight |
Gray mold often girdles |
Cut out infected parts; |
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base of stem, tops wilt. |
spray with copper or |
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Fermate. |
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