Check forpests, since many problems with tomato plants are caused by them. Inspect the undersides of leaves and the soil around the plants for signs of pests. Look, not only for visible insects, but also eggs, or sticky residues like honeydew that could indicate the presence of pests. If...
Leafhoppers are green, brown, or yellow bugs to ⅓-inch long with wedge-shaped wings. They jump sideways and suck the juices from plants. Use insecticidal soap. Cover plants with floating row covers to exclude leafhoppers. Water-soaked spots on leaves; spots become circular with gray center...
Plants are green-topped, with no tubers Spindly cylindrical stems Stems have irregular dead streaks Plants stunted; yellowish-black streaks inside stems Leaves turn yellow and then brown from the bottom up; plants lose vigor; plants appear stunted; stems, roots, and tubers have tunnels ...
pepper plants absolutely loaded with ripe HOT!!! peppers. (You will be surprised to learn that I didn’t have to worm them for a while. That, at least, was a bright spot in that tragic episode.) But mom! We were only thinking of you! Even when every single tomato plant is plagued...
If you’ve been reading my articles for a while, you know that I promote getting your greens and veggies in along with some high-quality, animal-based fats and protein. However, plants use chemical warfare and have compounds likelectins, phytates,oxalates, and salicylates that can be challen...
The other eve I invited a friend to get an icecream w me. She invited me to work a puzzle with her. I picked up an ice cream for us and she provided a sweet comfortable interchange while doing a puzzle. She is really good at recognizing where pieces go. I am really good at putting...
A sandwich cut into four squares is still the same old boring sandwich. But shaping it into a snowman with a cookie cutter or decorating the bread with a "face" — cucumber eyes, a berry nose, red-pepper mouth and shredded yellow squash for hair — can make it more appealing. Who kno...
Sa et al. [35] proposed a multimodal faster R-CNN which combines the RGB and NIR; compared with the previous bell pepper detection methods, the F1 score of sweet pepper detection increased from 0.807 to 0.838 and the speed was faster. Chen et al. [36] used deep learning to estimate ...
The management of stubble and crop residues should be carried out as soon as possible after the completion of harvesting, because the longer the period of their decomposition after mixing with the soil, the more nutrients will be available to plants the following year. In addition, the larvae ...
IAA is a phytohormone belonging to the auxin class, responsible for stimulating both apical and lateral growth in plants through cell elongation [15]. Its presence in plant roots enhances root development, increasing the area of contact with the soil. This improvement allows plants to more effectiv...