Ep. 181 Plant problems we are seeing in 2024 | #GoodGrowing

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 Skip to what you want to know:    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=MmkBN8tqLOsWhat causes blossom end rot of tomatoes?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK1UUJXpTrc  Contact us! Chris Enroth: [email protected] Johnson: [email protected]   Check out the Good Growing Blog: https://go.illinois.edu/goodgrowingSubscribe to the weekly Good Growing email: https://go.illinois.edu/goodgrowingsubscribe Any products or companies mentioned during the podcast are in no way a promotion or endorsement of these products or companies. --You can find us on most podcast platforms.  iTunes https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-growing/id1446630377   Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/show/good-growing   Tunein https://tunein.com/podcasts/Gardening/Good-Growing-p1187964/ Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/202u3siWExE1tTqrVgtmCR   Vurbl https://vurbl.com/station/good-growing-4pljnNlUtyG/   Listen notes https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/good-growing-chris-enroth-cHLPMWpvEOG/   Ivy https://ivy.fm/podcast/good-growing-167902   Castbox https://castbox.fm/channel/Good-Growing-id4302614?country=us   Google podcasts https://bit.ly/3AiYjTD