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=MmkBN8tqLOsWhat causes blossom end rot of tomatoes?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK1UUJXpTrc Contact us! Chris Enroth: cenroth@illinois.eduKen Johnson: kjohnso@illinois.edu Check out the Good Growing Blog: https://go.illinois.edu/goodgrowingSubscribe to the weekly Good Growing email: https://go.illinois.edu/goodgrowingsubscribe Any products or companies mentioned during the podcast are in no way a promotion or endorsement of these products or companies. --You can find us on most podcast platforms. iTunes https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-growing/id1446630377 Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/show/good-growing Tunein https://tunein.com/podcasts/Gardening/Good-Growing-p1187964/ Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/202u3siWExE1tTqrVgtmCR Vurbl https://vurbl.com/station/good-growing-4pljnNlUtyG/ Listen notes https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/good-growing-chris-enroth-cHLPMWpvEOG/ Ivy https://ivy.fm/podcast/good-growing-167902 Castbox https://castbox.fm/channel/Good-Growing-id4302614?country=us Google podcasts https://bit.ly/3AiYjTD
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