Each gardening season presents its own unique challenges, with pest and disease pressures fluctuating wildly from year to year. Earwig populations may explode one year, mowing down your bean seedlings and leaving your mature zucchini plants completely defoliated overnight. The following year, earwigs may not be a problem at all, but instead, all of your tomato leaves curl up as your plants succumb to the virus transmitted by the beet leafhopper.
Within these cycles, pests and diseases can never be eliminated entirely, but they can be managed with a range of best practices, beginning with providing optimum growing conditions for your plants. Our comprehensive two page handout covers the most common pests and diseases in Northern Utah gardens, and the range of management options available to protect your plants' health and harvest. To download a printable version of the Organic Pest and Disease Management Factsheet, click here.
