If you do it consecutively on aphids for a number of days, they will actually suffocate." Gardener reveals genius hack for ...

Are your garden plants stunted, shriveled, yellowing, or curling at the leaves, despite your best efforts to keep them alive? Check the undersides of the leaves, and you might find the culprit: large ...

You don’t always have to rely on insecticides. Musat/Getty Images Sometimes it’s the tiniest pests that are the most frustrating, and dealing with aphids in your garden is proof of that. These tiny ...

As I checked the foliage in our cherry trees several days ago, I found two clumps of new growth covered with what looked like splashed mud. As this foliage was 6 feet off the ground, this clearly wasn ...

Warm weather and pest problems seem to go hand in hand, and this year is no exception. Over the past few weeks, the pest that we are getting the most questions on is the aphid. Aphid is typically ...

Aphids are small, soft-bodied, slow moving insects with piercing mouthparts that suck the sap out of plants. There are about 5000 different species. They are only about ¼ inch in size and can be any ...

Question: I think my peach tree has aphids, but how can I be sure? A: Green peach aphids are the most common aphids on peach trees. They are small and can be difficult to detect, but their damage is ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Ants can seem to show up out of nowhere in your garden. One day you've got beautiful plants that look healthy, and the next you've got ants ...

When I see garden pests like aphids and caterpillars in our garden I don’t spring into action with some antidote. I don’t spray chemicals anymore, and I even hesitate to use soap spray or some other ...

Aphids seem to find their way into every garden. They feed on the plant’s sap and literally suck the life out of the plant. Most aphids in California's mild climate reproduce asexually (without mating ...