by Kris De Decker, originally published by Low-tech Magazine | JAN 6, 2016 We are being told to eat local and seasonal food, either because other crops have been tranported over long distances, or because they are grown in energy-intensive greenhouses. But it wasn’t always like that. From the sixteenth to the twentieth century, […]
My first hunch was A virus and then I got off the track thinking soil amendments. The client had fertilized with both fish emulsion and regular fertilizer. Crazy trick of the brain because the symptoms would show up with lack rather than too much. Madame Parsley My question to WSU: Hi Jenny, The client came […]
Written by Sarah F. From your sample the disease could be either of these two diseases below. Apricots are a difficult tree to grow well and set fruit with our cool maritime climate. The sample you brought in has gumming , blackening on the branch ends , and evidence of some leaf spots developing. From […]
Written by Jill B. At a recent Jefferson County WSU plant clinic, a client brought in fruit with tiny worms in them. The fruits were blackberry, strawberry and cherry. The plant clinicians suspected Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD). SWD is a soft fruit pest and has been spotted around the PNW since 2009 Since […]
