I have multiple raspberry bushes that were well-established. They greened up beautifully and began to fruit then turned brown brittle and died. There are no apparent holes in the stocks, such as borers would leave. Some newer plants that our volunteers are doing well however, now some of the leaves are turning grayish on the edges and starting to curl up, they are currently producing berries, but I am afraid they are going to do the same as the neighboring bush. There are grasshoppers on them and I have used seven to try and get rid of them but with all of the rain I’m not sure it is doing much good , any suggestions as to what may be the problem or what I might be able to do to save my remaining bushes?

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First year I've grown hostess in pots - these in the photos are from the "mouse" series so are small hosts. Also most of the areas of concern are on the larger one but there are a few leaves affected on the small one so we know that it applies to both varieties. Early in the season when these plants grew leaves the distinct pattern of spotting on the leaf edges showed up. It has since not been spreading to any degree I can detect although I haven't monitored it closely. They seem to be in ideal light situations, flowered beautifully and all signs are that they are otherwise healthy. They did remain outside all Winter in the same location. I might have fertilized early on with our compost drainage which has a dark very reddish brown color. Have no idea of course of the NPK, pH, micronutrients, etc of that. I probably diluted it some. So...bacterial or under or imbalanced fertilizing or something else? Thank you!

What is this condition and how might I treat it?

Hi- I'm wondering if Japanese Beetle Larvae will damage plants or just turf grass. Can I plant plants/ shrubs in an area where the lawn was damaged by the grubs or do I have to completely handle the grub problem before anything else will grow? I can't really find anything with an internet search that talks about anything other than lawn damage. Thanks!

This spring, I planted two bottlebrush buckeyes about 10 feet apart. They have thrived until last week I noticed one of them began to have dessicated reddish brown leaf tip and this week I pulled off two totally brown leaves, very dried up almost looked like fire blight. On the underneath side I notived some tiny mite-like bugs and web from perhaps the mites. Photos will show holes in the leaves. The other plant does not appear to have the same problem. Are these some kind of spider mite and if so what can I do to reverse or eliminate the damage?

We think we have blite in our garden. How do we find out for sure? Test? Soil test?

I'd like to talk to a person who could give me ideas re hardy, non-invasive shrubs .

I live in St Johns and have a glorious old big leaf maple that is experiencing die-off in the crown as well as at the ends of some lower interior branches. How can I help it recover? I have seen a similar pattern of distress in a big leaf maple in Pier Park.

What kind of mushroom is this? A parasol or false parasol