Vegetable Growing Problems

Vegetable Growing Problems

Powdery Mildew on Lettuce: Symptoms and Treatment

Powdery Mildew on Lettuce Start with your thumb. Rub one of the dusty patches on an outer leaf, then flip the leaf and check the underside. If the white film smears off like flour and you find more of it on the back, powdery mildew is the most likely answer. Powdery mildew on lettuce is...

Vegetable Growing Problems

Aphids on Lettuce: How to Identify and Control Them

Aphids on Lettuce Slide a fingertip along the underside of a lettuce leaf. If it comes back tacky, aphids are the first thing to check for. Sticky, curling leaves plus tiny soft insects on the undersides or deep in the heart usually mean aphids. Look closely to be sure, cut off the worst leaves, clear...

Vegetable Growing Problems

What’s Eating My Lettuce? Common Pests & How to Stop Them

What’s Eating My Lettuce? Slugs get blamed for a lot of holes in lettuce leaves. Sometimes they’ve earned it. Other times a tiny beetle did the work, or a caterpillar is sitting deep in the head where you can’t see it. The damage tells you which one you’re dealing with, so read it before you...