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Alternate bearing of mango

Mango    India



Why do some mango plants bear every third year and some place continuously ?

Asked by: Shailendra Pandey (2 points)   Posted: April 21, 2015

1 answer    3524 views
My plum tree seems to be dying. How can I save it?

Plum and prune    San Jose CA



My plum tree is about 11 years old. We never pruned it till about 2 year ago when we cut off a lot of branches - our neighbors were complaining that it was spreading into their backyard. One of the roots had extended under the fence into the neighbors backyard and they had taken the liberty to...

Asked by: Rajeev (3 points)   Posted: April 19, 2015

2 answers    20152 views
Crosssection cut on the branches - see the black spots
Why do rice roots not rot when waterlogged?

Rice    India



Why do rice roots not rot under water logging conditions ?

Asked by: Shailendra Pandey (2 points)   Posted: April 16, 2015

1 answer    6522 views
White things on mango plant

Mango    None Given



Hello guys, I have a very healthy mango plant but I see this white stuff on the leaves, its not moving or alive but I see a gloss like honey and ants all over them

Asked by: reem (9 points)   Posted: April 15, 2015

1 answer    2241 views
Peas infested with spider mites

Pea    None Given



Many of my plants have been infested by spider mites! How can I save my greenhouse from this?

Asked by: reem (9 points)   Posted: April 6, 2015

1 answer    2045 views
Wrinkled tomato skin

Tomato    None Given



I saved a tomato plant in the neighbourhood and its fruiting wonderfully but for some reason the tomato skin wrinkles when it starts growing a bit , is it the sun? The plant is outdoors and it goes 34C

Asked by: reem (9 points)   Posted: April 6, 2015

3 answers    11737 views
Sour cherry fruits turning yellow

Cherry (including sour)    Europe



The fruits of my sour cherry become yellow (when still small like beans) and fall from the branches.This is a big issue because 90% of fruits are lost. Please help us with advice.The tree is about to flower.

Asked by: Janko (1 point)   Posted: April 3, 2015

1 answer    2099 views
What's wrong with my kale?

Kale    NC



Hi everyone! I live in North Carolina and transplanted some lacinato kale into my garden about 3 weeks ago. The other day, I went outside to check on things, and some of my kale leaves had turned kind of white/yellow and gotten thin in the white parts. It's not really splotchy, but rather the...

Asked by: Katie (2 points)   Posted: April 2, 2015

1 answer    3145 views
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Bare root orange trees

Orange    None Given



I received bare root orange trees from a USA nursery and they are doing great the only problem is with my two dwarf orange and blood orange trees they start the buds off and have small leaves then the wilt, go brown and fall off. They are in a controlled temperature greenhouse because its dead...

Asked by: reem (9 points)   Posted: April 2, 2015

1 answer    1602 views
Browning leaves on cardamom plant

Cardamom    Unitied kingdom



Last year I planted cardamom seeds, a year later I have a plant that is approx 3 foot tall, two stems, with more growing at the base of the plant of about an inch or so! But all my leaves have a brown curl (burn) to them? I make sure it's not dry, but not wet! Do I need to feed it? If so with...

Asked by: Jason (1 point)   Posted: April 1, 2015

1 answer    2645 views
Browning leaves
Lime leaves turning yellow with brown tips

Lime, sour    None Given



My lime tree leaves are losing their green color and turning yellow with brown tips ? what's the problem please?

Asked by: reem (9 points)   Posted: April 1, 2015

1 answer    3197 views
Shall I remove pea-sized rocks and gravels from soil before planting a flowering cherry?

General   



I plan to plant a flowering cherry (upright form) in the edge of my garden, but there are quite a lot pea-sized rocks and gravels in the soil (as shown in the pics). I wonder if I need to clean all of them before planting a young cherry? As there was a well grow Jasminum nudiflorum in there ,...

Asked by: Jimmy (2 points)   Posted: April 1, 2015

0 answers    2029 views
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Chicken manure

General    ireland



Hi, I have just recently required a hen house with 8 hens and a duck, it belonged to my mother in law who passed away so we took the the hen house down to our garden about 3 months ago. I have a garden and grow vegetables. There was quite a lot of raw manure in the house when I got it down(Jan...

Asked by: terry (2 points)   Posted: March 30, 2015

1 answer    2204 views
White dots in celery leaf

Celery    UK England Kent



I am wondering if anyone can help me find out what these white dots are in my celery leaves I can't find anything.

Asked by: Andrew (1 point)   Posted: March 28, 2015

1 answer    3978 views
celery leaf
Can I reuse soil used to grow other seedlings?

Broccoli    None Given



I had chinese cabbage seedling and some broccoli and it was infested by something so I got rid of the seedlings and I want to reuse the soil for other plants can I do that since it was left in the sun for a week now?

Asked by: reem (9 points)   Posted: March 27, 2015

3 answers    1972 views
Should I plant seed grown avocado outside or repot indoors?

Avocado    Novato, CA 94947



Hi. I have 2 avocado plants I started from seed inside. It gets very warm in the summer here. The plants are now 1- 1/2 feet tall. Mean temperature inside has been 65-72 F, Should I keep them inside and re-pot from water into 8 inch pots for a year and then put outside or do I plant in ground...

Asked by: Annie (1 point)   Posted: March 24, 2015

1 answer    1545 views
Cucumber leaves turning yellow

Cucumber    None Given



One of my my cucumber plants started yellowing out massively and i can't tell why?

Asked by: reem (9 points)   Posted: March 23, 2015

1 answer    5493 views
Grape vine with few leaves

Grape    None Given



I bought a grape vine from a nursery and i believe it was a weak plant from the start , the foliage is very weak and what i mean that it only has few leaves and then all turns brown and dies. I added compost tea, I used a balanced fertiliser yet nothing changed. How can I give it more energy and...

Asked by: reem (9 points)   Posted: March 23, 2015

1 answer    1575 views
Chinese cabbage turning light green with transparent spots

Cabbage (red, white, Savoy)    None Given



I have 20 new Chinese cabbage crop and they have turned light green and started getting these white transparent spots on them. Is it a disease or a nutrition problem and how do i fix it? Thanks Reem

Asked by: reem (9 points)   Posted: March 23, 2015

1 answer    1997 views
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Powdery mildew disease in lady fingers (okra)

General    india



I am from India and I am farming lady fingers in 6 hectares. The lady fingers have powdery mildew disease. Will this disease decrease the yield? The plants look like they have white polish on the leaves. What is the reason for this disease and how do I control it?

Asked by: ramprasad (2 points)   Posted: March 23, 2015

1 answer    8228 views
Error when posting question

PlantVillage    None Given



trying to post a question about my cabbage and i get error all the time

Asked by: reem (9 points)   Posted: March 22, 2015

1 answer    1208 views
Bean problems

Bean    None Given



I have few problems in my bean plants. Some have like a deficiency, i presume its potassium but i'm not sure. the other image shows some has white coating its not mildew, this white thing is on other plant leaves as well.

Asked by: reem (9 points)   Posted: March 22, 2015

1 answer    2242 views
Yellow-to-purple Eggplants when they should be white-to-purple?

Eggplant    Pedasí, Los Santos, Panamá



Hello, We're growing Eggplants in a dry-tropical climate in Pedasí, Panamá. Initially the first fruits on the plants changed from white to purple as they were maturing. But subsequent fruits are changing from yellow to purple and do not seem to be maturing fully (they stay hard for a long time,...

Asked by: Jim O'Neil (1 point)   Posted: March 19, 2015

1 answer    2472 views
White-to-purple eggplant in the foreground and yellow-to-purple eggplant in the background
Tomato problems

Tomato    None Given



My tomato is producing well, well fertilized , well watered but: 1. some leaves are turning purple, does this look like calcium deficiency to you? 2. some have what looks like a disease but I can't tell what the white stuff is, it's not mildew 3. some have what looks like sun burn but its...

Asked by: reem (9 points)   Posted: March 17, 2015

3 answers    2545 views
symptoms on tomato leaves
Cucumbers are only producing male flowers

Cucumber    None Given



I have various types of cucumbers and while some do produce there is one that produces flowers but they are all male. I've read that sometimes the male flower cycle passes before it starts producing female flowers?

Asked by: reem (9 points)   Posted: March 17, 2015

1 answer    3371 views
Treating seeds with fungicides

General    Malta



Hello, After visiting your website,which I found very interesting,I would like to know how do you treat seeds with fungicide. Thank you so much, Paul

Asked by: Paul Seisun (1 point)   Posted: March 17, 2015

1 answer    1323 views
Are these fungus nets on okra plants?

Okra    None Given



Are these fungus nets ? i did spray it with organic antifungal neem oil mix. Is there anything else I can do?

Asked by: reem (9 points)   Posted: March 14, 2015

1 answer    2254 views
Established red raspberries

Raspberry    Pennsylvania



I have a 25 foot row of ever bearing raspberries and a row of summer bearing raspberries. The rows are parallel to one another, and about 5 feet apart. They were planted 6 years ago. Last year, I noticed the centers of the rows looking rather sparse. Now, it is clear that about one third of...

Asked by: Elizabeth (1 point)   Posted: March 14, 2015

0 answers    1811 views
Flowers dropping after hand pollination

Chilli Pepper    United Kingdom



Hi I have a couple of Serrano chilli plants which have started flowering (yay!) I have been hand pollinating but today one has curled up and dropped off at the stem :( what could be causing this? I am using my little finger to rub the inside of each flower gently, transferring pollen around...

Asked by: Ruth (1 point)   Posted: March 13, 2015

2 answers    6520 views
Lemon fertilizer

Lemon    None Given



I've noticed that when I fertilize my lemon tree or any other tree for that matter in 2 or 3 days the soil surface has fungus? why?

Asked by: reem (9 points)   Posted: March 6, 2015

1 answer    1687 views
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