Learn how to avoid the onset of disease. Cultural management involves avoiding the onset of disease. To accomplish this without pesticides, create an environment unfavorable to pathogens. Don’t work in the garden when plants and soil are wet. Spores and cells of disease-causing organisms can spread from one plant to another and initiate new…
Learn from Laura Pottorff, former plant pathologist and horticulturist, Integrated Pest Management Program, Jefferson County and B. Edmunds by regional specialist, commercial greenhouse and nurseries at Colorado State University Extension and Adams County on eradicationg with nonchemical disease control. ERADICATION Eradication is the elimination of the disease-causing organism after it has become established on a…
This post will provide much useful information on non-chemical disease control resistance and exclusion. RESISTANCE Effective disease control through resistance (a plant’s tolerance or immunity to a disease) is based on knowledge of the diseases that occur in an area. Always choose varieties of plants that are adapted to Colorado growing conditions. Many vegetable,…
The next few tips will discuss non-chemical disease control. This report originally written by Laura Pottorff, former plant pathologist and horticulturist, Integrated Pest Management Program, Jefferson County and revised by B. Edmunds by regional specialist, commercial greenhouse and nurseries at Colorado State University Extension and Adams County. This report will provide much useful information…
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