High humidity and recent rain are creating perfect conditions for powdery mildew to spread on your garden plants.

Powdery mildew is among the most widespread plant diseases and is easily recognized by its white growth that covers foliage like a dusting of flour. This group of fungal pathogens affects hundreds of ...

Powdery mildew is among the most widespread plant diseases and is easily recognized by its white growth that covers foliage like a dusting of flour. This group of fungal pathogens affects hundreds of ...

Your garden is looking good, with everything lush and blooming. But now you’ve noticed a weird grayish-white film on some ...

Catch this troublesome disease early. Stopping powdery mildew early saves houseplants by protecting photosynthesis, preventing spread, and avoiding long-term leaf damage. Remove infected leaves ...

Another way to reduce humidity in the plant canopy is by watering through drip irrigation or soaker hoses. This keeps ...

I went away for the weekend and came home to find some my plants covered with what looks like a white powder. What should I do? — L.H. Powdery mildew becomes apparent when you notice a whitish ...

As with most things in life, gardening is a mixed bag of good and bad. The key to survival is to minimize the bad and accentuate the good. Huh? Yeah, I hate it too when I start to get philosophical.

Powdery mildew is a common fungal disease that affects a wide range of plants, identifiable by white to gray powdery spots on plant surfaces. Prevention focuses on reducing humidity around plants, ...

The grayish white powdery growth you are seeing on the dahlia leaves is caused by a fungus and can also be a common garden problem on other plants. Many species of fungi can cause powdery mildew on ...