15 Common Diseases Your Garden Can Become The Victim Of

#15 Bitter Pit Affects apples late in season.

Bitter pit is a very common disorder, seen on apples. It affects them both when late in season and when in storage. The condition usually appears when there is a lack in calcium in the apples. This is mainly a result of a dry soil. Prevented by good cultivation practices.

#14 Apple scabs make fruits inedible

The apple scab is a fungal disease, most common in humid spaces especially areas of high rainfall. If nothing is done to stop it, the fungus will render fruit inedible and will defoliate the trees.

#13 Blossom end rot a classic symptom of weather

The sure signs of blossom end rot are water soaked spots at the blossom end of tomatoes. This usually happens when the season is wet, then becomes dry when the fruit settles. To get rid of this just remove the diseased fruits.

#12 The Lettuce Downy Mildew is a Leaf Fungus

If you see yellow patches or awful white, fuzzy mold on your lettuce leaves - it's Downy mildew. The yellow slowly turns to brown while the leaf is dying. It affects both mature and young plants. Getting rid of the leaves is the best way to go - don't let the spore mix with the soil!

#11 Cucumber Mosaic Virus Stops the Growth

The cucumber mosaic virus is among the most common plant viruses you can meet. Of course, it creates yellow mottling on the leaves, distorts the colour and stops the growth of various types of plants - don't let the name confuse you! It's sad, but killing the infected plants is the best thing to do in case of this virus.

#10 Powdery Mildew - White Powder on Your Plants

Another type of fungus. Powdery mildews are various fungus which work together to attack your precious plants. They cause a dusty powder on the stems, flowers and leaves. Just remove the infected leaves and shoots and add some mulch and water.

#9 Tomato and Potato Blight

The tomato and potato blight is a foliage disease and tubers like potatoes and tomatoes receive rotting fruits. The main culprit of this disease is the wet weather. Burning and burying the infected parts of the plant is the best way to proceed. Remember to rotate the crops annually.

#8 Rust Disease Appears When There is a Lack of Air Circulation

The rust disease is exactly that - rust on the leaves. Early Autumn or late Summer are the seasons of choice. Again, this is a type of fungus, so the sick plants should be destroyed away from the other produce.

#7 Strawberry Virus - Lower Strawberry Yield

This is a conglomeration of various viruses. They infect the strawberries and cause bad fruit and low yield. If you are buying the plants, make sure they are virus-free certified. Absolutely destroy any plant that gets infected and make sure to apply crop rotation, too. Garden clearance services are encouraged.

#6 American Gooseberry Mildew - Stagnant Air

The American gooseberry mildew is a pretty common plant disease. A group of fungi create white mildew. This is considered the most serious gooseberry disease there is. To prevent this from happening, it's best you prune the berries into some kind of an open form, so there isn't any stagnant air.

#5 Peach Leaf Curl

Again a disease created by fungi. It affects apricots, almonds, peaches and nectarines. The leaves become very distorted and they start falling. Make sure to remove the infected leaves before the spores bloom. This will reduce the fungus and will keep your plants healthy.

#4 Broad Bean Chocolate Spot

The chocolate spot happens because of bad air flow. A fungal disease on broad beans, it causes chocolate spots on the whole plant. Make sure the air flow around the plants is great - wider spacing is a good decision. Humid and damp sites are discouraged. Just destroy the infected plants and move on!

#3 Halo Blight

This time a bacterial disease, it carries on through the bean seeds and makes leaves go brown-yellow. Just like a halo. No known remedies, so just destroy the plants. Of course, make sure to change the seeds.

#2 Lack of Potassium

If you mulched, watered and overall prepared the soil in a great manner, but the plants still fail to thrive, then this might be potassium deficiency. The colour of the leaves is a bright red or yellow, the growth is slowed and the flowers are few.

#1 Yellow Spring Plants

This is a sign of a lack of nitrogen. It is the element which makes the leaves green, helping the growth. As nitrogen is easy to wash out by water, it's common for the spring rains to cause this certain deficiency in plants.

15 Common Diseases Your Garden Can Become The Victim Of#15 Bitter Pit Affects apples late in season.#14 Apple scabs make fruits inedible#13 Blossom end rot a classic symptom of weather#12 The Lettuce Downy Mildew is a Leaf Fungus#11 Cucumber Mosaic Virus Stops the Growth#10 Powdery Mildew - White Powder on Your Plants#9 Tomato and Potato Blight#8 Rust Disease Appears When There is a Lack of Air Circulation#7 Strawberry Virus - Lower Strawberry Yield#6 American Gooseberry Mildew - Stagnant Air#5 Peach Leaf Curl#4 Broad Bean Chocolate Spot#3 Halo Blight#2 Lack of Potassium#1 Yellow Spring Plants