The key issues being discussed by our agronomists this week include pests in pea and bean crops, managing weeds in very variable maize crops, and the rising potato blight risk in Northern Ireland.

The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension system, serving our ...

If you want to give your tomatoes a fighting chance, there are things you can do to give them a solid head start. Growing ...

Scotland’s crops push ahead with early harvest expected. Pest pressures persist, but growers remain optimistic about this season’s yield.

Early blight can infect tomato foliage and fruit. On tomato foliage, Early blight first appears as circular irregular black or brown spots on the older leaves of the plant. As these lesions enlarge a ...

For those of us who love homegrown tomatoes, nursing our plants to fruition can sometimes be a problem. We grapple against ...

This month, we are going to do a Q/A session. I know I have many great readers! I get wonderful questions via text, email, at ...

There is a regular routine to follow during the summer months and that is weeding, watering, feeding and, in many cases, ...

Late blight is a fungal disease that affects potatoes and tomatoes, and can cause widespread crop destruction. The disease ...