Cucumber beetles can destroy your garden fast. Learn how to get rid of them—and stop them from coming back—with these simple ...

Q: Last year, my cucumber plants kept wilting, no matter how moist the soil was. How can I help them fare better this year? A: You probably ran into bacterial wilt, a common disease that affects ...

Learn to identify common culprits damaging your plants. Discover what insects could be eating your plants and how to stop it.

Both striped and spotted cucumber beetles chew on their namesake plants, ... Although tilling the soil in fall or spring can kill overwintering beetles, ...

The blue hubbard squash, a cultivar of the Cucurbita maxima species, is particularly attractive to striped and spotted cucumber beetles.Therefore, it’s an excellent trap crop for these pesky yellow ...

When Laurel Williams thinks of soursop, she thinks of ice cream. Not just any ice cream, but the one made from the soursop she grows on her farm in Grenada, a small island nation in the Caribbean Sea.

KEEPING your garden free from pests can be tricky if you’re not sure what you’re looking for. That’s why Morris Hankinson, ...

In addition to killing many cucurbits by feasting on every part of them, cucumber beetles spread bacterial wilt, which can also ruin your crop of cantaloupes and cukes.

Cucumber Beetles . Cucumber beetles chew holes in leaves, flowers, and the skins of fruits of many plants including cucumbers, melons, pumpkins and squash. There are two species: the striped cucumber ...