Good Growing

Have you been having problems in your garden this year? We certainly have! On this week’s Good Growing Podcast, we discuss some of the most common problems we’ve been seeing in gardens so far this year, including problems with coneflowers, oak wilt, fire blight, and blossom end rot. Plus, where have all the Japanese beetles gone?
 
Watch us on YouTube: https://youtu.be/7O96jjEbZ3o
 
Skip to what you want to know:  
  00:40 – Welcome, Ken! Garden updates and purple tomatoes!
  07:40 – Coneflower rosette mite damage vs aster yellows
  13:50 – Oak wilt
    15:20 – Identifying red oak group and white oak group
    18:00 – Oak wilt symptoms
    19:55 – Submitting samples
    22:05 – Spread by root grafts
    25:05 – Fungicide treatment?
  27:35 – Fire blight in ornamental pear
  33:05 – Blossom end rot in tomatoes
  36:58 – Where are all the Japanese beetles?
  40:08 – Wrap-up, thank yous, what’s up next week, and goodbye!
  
 
University of Illinois Plant Clinic: https://extension.illinois.edu/plant-clinic  
Talking summertime tomato growing with #GoodGrowing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmkBN8tqLOs
What causes blossom end rot of tomatoes?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK1UUJXpTrc 

 
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Ken Johnson: kjohnso@illinois.edu 
 
 
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Creators & Guests

Host
Chris Enroth
University of Illinois Extension Horticulture Educator serving Henderson, Knox, McDonough, and Warren Counties
Host
Ken Johnson
University of Illinois Extension Horticulture Educator serving Calhoun, Cass, Greene, Morgan, and Scott Counties

What is Good Growing?

Talking all things horticulture, ecology, and design.