This month has been an exciting one for climatologists around the United States with the November 14 release of the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5), a massive project that is undertaken every four years to capture our current understanding of climate change based on recent research. I was a chapter author for the Southeast and spent the last two years working with over 700 authors around the United States to gather and document how the climate is changing and how it is affecting all of us.… Continue reading this article “5th National Climate Assessment and an Update on the Plant Hardiness Zone Map”
Month: November 2023
Plant Disease Primer- Part 4: Going Viral
Previously in this series I started with some plant disease basics and then covered some common fungal diseases and then bacterial diseases. Now let’s turn our attention to viruses. Just like with fungi and bacteria before, in this installment I’m going to talk about some of the most common viral plant diseases with some suggestions for treatment and prevention. This by no means will be an exhaustive list of diseases (there are so many!), but I hope to cover some of the most common ones that trouble gardeners.… Continue reading this article “Plant Disease Primer- Part 4: Going Viral”
Ok–I know something is wrong, but what is it?
Facebook and other social media attempt to help us solve problems. This group and others seek to inform gardeners and solve problems they are having growing plants. Looking at queries and posted responses there is so much information missing, leading to wrong and misleading comments in many of these discussions. I think it is a good idea to reexamine the diagnostic process and how gardeners can solve their own diagnostic questions.
