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

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  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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