These are pests of the cool, wet times of spring and early summer. They hang out in moist, mulched beds and they come out to ...

“These bugs will ... particularly bad and out of control, they can ultimately cause the plant to die.” Tomatoes are a popular crop to grow at home, but as Wilson explains, “Tomato hornworms ...

Natural strategies work best in combatting pests such as Colorado potato beetles, striped cucumber beetles, slugs and tomato ... assassin bug, but they are relentless killers of bad bugs, sucking ...

You cannot always be right, but making the right decisions can be a matter of life or death for plants when facing pests in ...

Q. This bug, which I don’t recall ever seeing in my 30+ years of gardening in the northeastern San Fernando Valley, was all over my tomato plants this past summer. My questions are: What is it ...

Homegrown tomato lovers, beware. A sneaky pest may be lurking in your garden, which could be why your fruit turns tough, ...

There are nearly 1 million known insect species on Earth, and just 2% of these insects ... to plants or animals (the good), which are harmful to the plants we tend (the bad), and which are ...

This pro suggested partnering tomatoes with companions like basil, marigolds, or nasturtiums, which all support tomato growth. Not only do these plants help ward off pests, but they also have the ...

livestock or plants. Unfortunately, the harmful bugs are the ones we talk about the most. Think mosquitos, termites, ticks, bed bugs, cockroaches, fleas and others in the rogue’s gallery of bad ...

He added that too much salt can have bad outcomes ... to the tomato fruitworm, the team noted. The researchers found that increased salt also changed how the plants smell to these insects.