Cabbage

 

 

vegetable

 

Symptoms	Probable Cause	Bonide Best Solution
Seedlings cut off at base	Cutworm	Eight CDRS, Total-Outdoor
Little tiny holes in leaves	Flea Beetles	Eight CDRS,Rote/Pyrethrin, Garden Dust
Leaves turn yellow and are cupped downward	Aphids	All Seasons,Eight CDRS,  Garden Dust, Dragoon Dust w/Copper
Small holes in leaves	Caterpillars	Eight CDRS,Thuricide BT , CPBB(spinosad)
Gray patches on lower leaves spread upward	Downy Mildew (fungus)	Fungonil CR, Garden Dust, Sulfur Dust, Dragoon Dust w/Copper
Leaves coated with white powder	Powdery Mildew (fungus)	Sulfur Dust,Orchard Spray, Tomato & Veg  3-in-1
Brown spots, gray centers on leaves and lower stems; stems blacken	Black Leg	Destroy plants to prevent spreading
Water-soaked area on stem near soil; extends upward;	Watery Soft Rot	Avoid overwatering
Leaves mottled yellow and green, raised dark areas; plant stunted	Mosaic Virus	Kill sucking chewing insects, rotate crops, Eight CDRS
Leaves, stems and buds eaten	Armyworms	Thuricide BT, Total-Outdoor, CPBB(spinosad)
Holes in leaves	Cabbage Loopers	Eight CDRS,Dragoon Dust , CPBB(spinosad)
White butterflies; ragged holes in leaves, bit of green excrement on leaves	Imported Cabbage Worm	Total-Out,Dragoon Dust , CPBB(spinosad), Garden Dust
Tip of leaves brown, larvae trails visible	Leaf Miners	Eight CDRS, All Seasons, CPBB(spinosad)
Plants stunted, yellow	Nematodes	Chitin, Marigolds, Nitrogen
Young plant wilts, turn yellow die; maggots feeding on roots	Cabbage Maggots	Eight CDRS, Rotenone/Pyrethrin
Leaves notched; roots chewed	Root Weevils	Rotenone/Pyrethrin,  Total Outdoor
Ragged holes in leaves, often in middle	Slugs	Slug Magic
Plants disappear all or in part	Deer, Rabbits	Repels-All CRG,  Deer/Rabbit R
Plants disappear all or in part	Woodchuck	MoleMax, Mole Gassers

 

 

Cabbage, Chinese

 

 

vegetable

 

Symptoms	Probable Cause	Bonide Best Solution
White butterflies; ragged holes in leaves, bit of green excrement on leaves	Cabbage Worms	Total-Out,Dragoon Dust , CPBB(spinosad), Garden Dust
Holes in leaves	Cabbage Loopers	Eight CDRS,Dragoon Dust , CPBB(spinosad)
Holes in leaves	Diamondback Moth Caterpillar	Tomato & Veg 3-in-1, Dragoon Dust w/Copper, CPBB(spinosad)
Young plant severed at soil	Cutworms	Eight CDRS, Total-Outdoor, CPBB(spinosad)
Leaves wrinkled or curled; discolored, stunted, tend to fall off	Aphids	All Seasons CRS, Eight CDRS,Dragoon Dust
White powder on leaf undersides; foliage wilts	Downy Mildew (fungus)	Fungonil CR, Tomato & Veg 3-in-1 ,  Sulfur Dust, Dragoon Dust w/Copper
Small, yellow spots, old leaves; spots enlarge, black growth	Alternaria Leaf Spot	Fungonil CR, Sulfur Dust,   Dragoon Dust w/Copper
Young plant yellows, browns, dies; lower leaves wilt, die	Black Rot	Fungonil, Sulfur Dust, Tomato & Veg 3-in-1
Brown spots, gray centers on leaves and lower stems; stems blacken	Black Leg	Sulfur Dust
Water-soaked area on stem near soil; extends upward;	Watery Soft Rot	Fungonil, prevent over watering
Plant chewed to soil	Woodchucks	MoleMax, Gopher Gassers
Plant chewed to soil	Rabbits	Repels-All CRG,  Deer/Rabbit R

 

 

 

Carrot

 

 

vegetable

 

Symptoms	Probable Cause	Bonide Best Solution
Carrots are defoliated	Parsley Worms	Eight CDRS, Thuricide BT
Plant wilts, underground stems/roots chewed	Wireworms	Eight CDRS, Rote/Pyrethrin
Seedlings fail to appear or develop forked shape	Soil Problems	Replace/recondition soil
Carrot has tunnels	Larvae Of Carrot Rust Flies	Garden Dust, Rote/Pyrethrin
Tops of roots turn green	Too Much Sun	Provide sun shade
Roots twisted around each other	Overcrowding	Thin out plants
Carrot roots are split; hairy or tough	Moisture Problems	Provide drainage
Carrot covered with hairy roots	Over-fertilized	Cut back on fertilizer
Carrots are defoliated	Weevils	Rotenone/Pyrethrin, TOTAL-Outdoor
Leaves turn yellow	Aster Yellows	Eight CRSD, Total-Outdoor
Leaves coated with white powder	Powdery Mildew	Sulfur Dust,Orchard Spray, Tomato & Veg 3-in-1
Yellow/whitish spots on leaves; girdled of roots; water-soaked spots/lesions on roots	Leaf Blight	Copper, Fungonil, Tomato & Veg 3in1
Plant stunted, leaves yellowed, lesions on roots	Root Knot Nematodes	Chitin, Marigolds, Nitrogen
Leaves riddled with shotholes; plant weakens	Flea Beetles	Bon-Neem CR, TOTAL-Outdoor
Foliage yellowed or white mottling, glaze of honeydew; plant weakens	Leafhoppers	Eight CDRS, Rote/Pyrethrin,  All Seasons
Plant wilts, underground stems and roots chewed.	Wireworms	Eight CDRS, Rote/Pyrethrin
Plants disappear all or in part	Deer	Repels-All CRG,  Deer/Rabbit R,
Plants disappear all or in part	Pocket Gophers, Woodchucks	MoleMax, Gopher Gassers
Plants disappear all or in part	Rabbits	Repels-All CR, Rabbit & Dog

 

 

 

Celery

 

vegetable

Symptoms	Probable Cause	Bonide Best Solution
Greenish or water-soaked spots on leaves; sunken lesions possible on stalks;	Blights (Early And Late)	Fungonil CR, Copper, Dragoon Dust w/Copper
Reddish tissue on stalks and leaves; yellowing of foliage	Fusarium Wilt (fungus)	Resistant varieties, crop rotation
Water-soaked spots on stalks; bitter-tasting, rotted stems;	Pink Rot	Fungonil CR
Leaves wrinkled or curled; discolored, stunted, tend to fall off	Aphids	All Seasons CRS,Eight CDRS, Dragoon Dust
Roots have tunnels	Larvae Of Carrot Rust Fly	Rotenone/Pyr,Dragoon Dust w/Copper
Holes in leaves	Cabbage Loopers	Eight CDRS, CPBB(spinosad)
White butterflies; ragged holes in leaves, bit of green excrement on leaves	Cabbage Worms	Tomato & Veg 3-in-1, Rotenone/Pyrethrin, CPBB(spinosad)
Young plant wilts, turn yellow die; maggots feeding on roots	Cabbage Maggot	Eight CDRS, Rote/Pyrethrin
Holes eaten in leaves and stalks	Celery Leaftier	Rotenone/Pyrethrin, TOTAL-Outdoor
Tunnels in stalks	European Corn Borers	Eight CDRS, Rote/Pyrethrin
Tiny, black hopping insect, shot holes in foliage	Potato Flea Beetles	TOTAL-Outdoor, Tomato & Veg 3-in-1,
Leaves curl, yellow or brown, brittle	Beet Leafhopper	Eight CDRS, Rote/Pyrethrin, All Seasons CRS
Leaves chewed	Parsley Worm, Celery Worm	Tomato & Veg 3-in-1, Rotenone/Pyrethrin, CPBB(spinosad)
Leaves discolored; black fecal spots on underside of leaf.	Thrips	Eight CDRS, All Seasons CRS, Tomato & Veg 3-in-1,
Black spots, pitting on stem tips, buds, fruit	Tarnished Plant Bugs	All Seasons,Eight CDRS, Dragoon Dust
Blossom heads webbed, burrows in flower stem	Parsnip Webworm	Dragoon Dust w/Copper, Rotenone/Pyrethrin, CPBB(spinosad)
Young plant severed at soil	Cutworms	Eight CDRS, Total-Outdoor,
Leaves, stems and buds eaten	Southern Armyworms	Tomato & Veg 3in1, Total-Outdoor, CPBB(spinosad)
Ragged holes in leaves, often in middle	Slugs	Slug Magic,
Leaves stippled, yellowing or bronze; dry out and drop may be webbing visible; sometimes galls form on leaves	Spider Mites	All Seasons,Eight CDRS, Mite X, Bon-Neem CR
Plants stunted, yellow	Nematodes	Chitin, Nitrogen
Plants disappear all or in part	Deer	Repels-All CRG, Deer/Rabbit R
Plant chewed to soil	Rabbits	Hot Pepper Wax R, MoleMax,Repels All CRG
Plant chewed to soil	Woodchucks	MoleMax, Gopher Gassers

 

Chard, Swiss

 

vegetable

 

Symptoms	Probable Cause	Bonide Best Solution
Yellow/curled leaves; stunted leaves/ plants	Blight (fungus)	Fungonil CR, Tomato & Veg 3-in-1
White powder on leaf undersides; foliage wilts	Downy Mildew (fungus)	Fungonil CR, Garden Dust, Tomato & Veg 3-in-1, Dragoon Dust w/Copper
Leaves wrinkled or curled; discolored, stunted, tend to fall off	Aphids	All Seasons,Eight CDRS, Garden Dust
Leaves chewed	Black Blister Beetle	Rotenone/Pyrethrin, TOTAL-Outdoor
Tunnels in stalks	European Corn Borer	Eight CDRS, Rotenone/Pyrethrin
Small holes in leaves near surface	Garden Springtail	Rotenone/Pyrethrin, TOTAL-Outdoor
Tiny, black hopping insect, leaf holes	Potato Flea Beetle	Eight CDRS,Rote/Pyrethrin
Leaves blotched with white trails	Spinach Leafminer	Eight CDRS, All Seasons, Tomato & Veg 3-in-1,
Black spots, pitting on stem tips, buds, fruit	Tarnish Plant Bugs	Rotenone/Pyrethrin, TOTAL-Outdoor
Holes chewed from outside to middle of leaves	Vegetable Weevil	Rotenone/Pyrethrin, TOTAL-Outdoor
Soft, watery spots on stems, leaves or fruit; enlarge, mold forms	Chard Blue Mold	Fungonil CR, Tomato & Veg 3-in-1

Cherry

 

 

fruit

 

Symptoms	Probable Cause	Bonide Best Solution
Leaves curled and discolored; honeydew evident on undersides of leaves, sometimes sooty mold forms	Aphids	All Seasons CRS,Eight CDRS,  Garden Dust, Orchard Spray
Black sooty mold on honeydew made by ants herding aphids.	Ants Herding Aphids	Eight CRS, Total-Out, Rotenone/Pyrethrin
Many holes in trunk and branches; small limbs girdled sawdust at holes	Borers	Eight CDRS, Rotenone/Pyrethrin, CPBB(spinosad)
Skeletonized leaves	Cankerworms	Eight CDRS,Thuricide BT, CPBB(spinosad)
Ends of twigs die and fall off	Cicada	Eight CDRS, Total-Outdoor,
Fruit falls, crescent-shaped cuts in fruit	Curculios	Fruit Tree Spray, Rotenone Dust
Leaves and twigs webbed together	Fall Webworms	Eight CDRS,All Seasons , CPBB(spinosad)
Small misshapen fruits	Fruit Flies	Fruit Tree (C), TOTAL-Outdoor, CPBB(spinosad)
Trees defoliated, brown egg cases appear on trunk	Caterpillar Of Gypsy Moths	Eight CDRS,Thuricide BT, Orchard Spray
Holes in leaves and flowers	Japanese Beetles	Eight CDRS, Total-Outdoor, Orchard Spray
Holes in flowers; leaves rolled up	Leafrollers	Eight CDRS,Thuricide BT, CPBB(spinosad)
Plant stunted, leaves yellowed, lesions on roots	Nematodes	Chitin, Marigolds, Nitrogen
Weakened plant, stunting growth, fewer blooms and fruit.	Sawflies	Orchard Spray, TOTAL-Outdoor,  All Seasons CRS
Leaves yellow, drop; bumps on leaves and stems; sometimes sticky leaves	Scale	All Seasons CRS, Eight CDRS, Tomato & Veg 3-in-1
Leaves stippled, yellow, dirty; webbing on interior stems of plant	Spider Mites	All Seasons CRS,Eight CDRS,  Mite X, Orchard Spray
Webbed nest in tree branches filled with caterpillars	Tent Caterpillars	Orchard Spray, TOTAL-Outdoor, CPBB(spinosad)
Much foliage is eaten starting from top of tree down	Caterpillar Of Tussock Moth	Fruit Tree (C), Rotenone/Pyrethrin, CPBB(spinosad)
White spots on leaves; eventually entire leaf is covered with powder	Powdery Mildew, A Fungal Disease	Infuse, Bon-Neem CR, Tomato & Veg 3-in-1
Yellowing of foliage and gradual defoliation; plants may become stunted	Verticillium Wilt, A Fungal Disease	Garden Dust, Reduce Nitrogen, New Soil, Pruning
Skin of fruit pierced or partially eaten	Birds	Repels-All CRG, Netting
Foliage and fruit disappears below ten feet	Deer	Repels-All CRG,  Deer/Rabbit R

 

 

Chive

 

 

herb

 

Symptom	Probable Cause	Bonide Best Solution
Soft, brown tissue at neck	Botrytis Rot	Fungonil CR
Young plant falls over at soil line and dies	Damping Off, A Fungal Disease	Captan
Tops wilted, stunted; growth slows, roots turn pink; leaves yellow or whiten, die	Pink Root	Fungonil CR
Pale green, yellow spots on leaves, fuzzy purple cover spots	Downy Mildew, A Fungal Disease	Fungonil CR, Garden Dust, Sulfur Dust, Dragoon Dust w/Copper
Leaf tips wilt, bulb is soft and brown inside	Fusarium Basil Rot

 

 

Citrus

 

 

fruit

 

Symptoms	Probable Cause	Bonide Best Solution
Fruit splitting	Changes In Soil,  Humidity, Temp., Fertilizer
Sooty mold on plants	Ants Herding Aphids	Eight CRS, Total-Out, Rotenone/Pyrethrin
New leaves cupped, curled thickened, honeydew may be present.	Black Citrus Aphids	All Seasons, Eight CDRS, Orchard Spray
Branch wilts, loses color, dies, white insects.	Citrus Mealybugs	All Seasons CRS, Bon-Neem CR,  Orchard Spray
Silvery scratching, upper leaf surfaces; leaves brown, drop. Fruit yellows.	Citrus Red Mite	Orchard Spray, Mite-X R,  Insect. Soap R
Rusty, rough patches on fruit skin	Citrus Rust Mites	Orchard Spray, Mite-X, Sulfur Dust
Tree defoliated	Naval Orangeworm	Eight CDRS,Thuricide BT , CPBB(spinosad)
Small rotten spot, hole on fallen fruit	Larvae Of Caribbean Fruit Fly	Bon-Neem CR
Larva rolls leaves into web; oranges drop	Orange Tortrix Caterpillar	Eight CDRS,Thuricide BT , CPBB(spinosad)
Leaves chewed or eaten	Orangedog Caterpillar	Eight CDRS,Thuricide BT , CPBB(spinosad)
Leaf buds shrivel, brown; leaves turn gray, leathery, curled, distorted	Citrus Thrip	Orchard Spray, All Seasons CRS, CPBB(spinosad)
Flying dandruff; leaves, stems with black film or mold	Citrus Whitefly	Orchard Spray,  All Seasons CR, Insect. Soap CR
Cottony masses on leaves, stems, branches; foliage wither, turn yellow; leaves, fruit drop; honeydew	Cottony Cushion Scale	Sulfur Dust, Tomato & Veg 3-in-1,  Insect. Soap CR
Small, smooth bumps of plant parts, colored by type of scale; may kill leaves and twigs where located; some on fruit	Scale	All Seasons, Eight CDRS,  Orchard Spray
Lesions on rind, black, brown, hard, sunken, black fruiting bodies	Anthracnose Spot	Tomato & Veg 3-in-1, Garden Dust,  Fung-onil CR, Copper C
Foliage wilting, dieback, water sprouts develop	Various Blights	Tomato & Veg 3-in-1, Copper
Firm, light brown spots on rind, white mold develops, fruit drops, leaves, twigs may die,	Lemon Brown Rot	Sulfur Dust, Captan
Raised, corky areas on fruit; leaves, deformed, twisted, falls early	Citrus Scab	Sulfur Dust
Yellow blister spots on leaves, brown, turn greasy	Greasy Spot	Liq. Copper, Mancozeb
Firm brownish patches on trunk base; gummy deposits on trunk bark	Brown Rot Gummosis	Sulfur Dust

 

 

Collard

 

 

vegetable

 

Symptoms	Probable Cause	Bonide Best Solution
Seedling cut off at soil	Cutworm	Eight CDRS, Total-Outdoor, CPBB(spinosad)
Leaves riddled with shotholes; plant weakens	Flea Beetles	Rotenone/Pyrethrin, Garden Dust
Leaves wrinkled or curled; discolored, stunted, tend to fall off	Aphids	All Seasons, Eight CDRS,  Garden Dust
Holes in leaves	Caterpillars	Eight CDRS,Thuricide BT, CPBB(spinosad)
White powder on leaf undersides; foliage wilts	Downy Mildew, A Fungal Disease	Fungonil CR, Garden Dust, Liquid Copper, Dragoon Dust w/Copper
White dust like on tops of leaves	Powdery Mildew, A Fungal Disease	Sulfur Dust,Orchard Spray, Tomato & Veg  3-in-1
Yellowing of foliage and gradual defoliation; plants may become stunted	Fusarium Wilt (fungus)	Resistant varieties, crop rotation
Mottled, crinkled foliage; brown specks appear on fruit, and plants may droop and die prematurely	Mosaic Virus	Kill chewing sucking insects, resistant varieties, crop rotation
Leaves, stems and buds eaten	Armyworms	Eight CDRS, Total-Outdoor, CPBB(spinosad)
Holes in leaves	Cabbage Loopers	Eight CDRS, CPBB(spinosad),Insect. Soap R
White butterflies; ragged holes in leaves, bit of green excrement on leaves	Imported Cabbage Worm	Eight CDRS,Thuricide BT, CPBB(spinosad)
Tip of leaves brown, internal larvae trails visible.	Leaf Miners	Eight CDRS, All Seasons CRS,  Tomato & Veg 3-in-1,
Plant stunted, yellow leaves, lesions on roots	Nematodes	Chitin, Marigolds, Nitrogen
Young plants wilt in heat, may yellow/die	Root Maggots	TOTAL-outdoor
Ragged holes in middle of leaves	Slugs	Slug Magic
Plants disappear all or in part	Deer	Repels-All CRG, Deer/Rabbit R
Plants disappear all or in part	Rabbits	Hot Pepper Wax R, MoleMax, Repels All CRG
Plants disappear all or in part	Woodchuck	MoleMax, Gopher Gassers

 

 

 

Corn

 

 

vegetable

 

Symptom	Probable Cause	Bonide Best Solution
Orange or brown pustules on leaves	Rust (fungus)	Fungonil CR, Mancozeb
Large galls develop on stalk/ears/roots; later, grayish galls blacken/ release spores	Corn Smut	Liq. Copper
Yellowing of foliage and gradual defoliation; plants may become stunted	Fusarium Ear Rot
Leaves wrinkled or curled; discolored, stunted, tend to fall off	Aphids	All Seasons, Eight CDRS, Garden Dust
Leaves, stems and buds eaten	Armyworms	Eight CDRS, Total-Outdoor, CPBB(spinosad), Tomato & Veg 3in1