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Solutions to Top 5 Tomato Plant Problems

Tomato leaf roll. [R. Wallace agrilife.org]

From the UC Master Gardener Statewide Blog The tomato is one of the most versatile and rewarding plants to grow in a summer edible garden. According to a 2014 study by the National Gardening Association, 86 percent of homes with vegetable gardens grow...

Posted on Friday, July 15, 2016 at 3:23 PM

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Author: Lauren Snowden
Editor: Melissa G. Womack

Tags: blossom end rot (2), catfacing (2), cracks (2), green shoulders (2), leaf curl (3), leaf roll (2), Master Gardeners (4), snowden (1), sunburn (2), sunscald (1), tomato (3), tomatoes (3), UCIPM (69), yellowing (1)

Leaffooted Bugs: An Increasing Problem in Gardens

Fig. 3. Leaffooted bug nymphs on Hesperaloe parviflora.

[From the July 2014 issue of the UC IPM Retail Nursery & Garden Center News] In recent years, you may have seen a strange “new” bug in your garden, especially on tomatoes and pomegranates. These insects may be leaffooted bugs. Although...

Posted on Sunday, July 20, 2014 at 5:00 PM

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Author: Chuck Ingels
Author: David Robert Haviland

Tags: leaf-footed (1), leaffooted (4), pest (87), Pest Notes (75), Pomegranates (2), tomato (3)

The Leaffooted Bugs are Coming!

Adult leaffooted bug, Leptoglossus zonatus.

An army of leaffooted bugs attacking pomegranates, tomatoes or other plants in your garden can be quite disconcerting. They are large, long-legged bugs with a big appetite for fruits and seeds. After overwintering as adults in protected areas such as...

Posted on Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at 9:34 AM

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Tags: bug (6), leaffooted (4), pest (87), tomato (3)