| Most of us are ready to invest a huge amount | | | | fungus love to grow in high humid condition |
| of money for landscaping and gardening to | | | | mostly, in the night. |
| give a face lift for our home. But we failed | | | | |
| to prune when the plants needed it, and then | | | | Pythium blight can easily be seen in the |
| your highly invested landscape looks terrible | | | | early morning. You can easily appreciate the |
| than ever. So this is a high time to know | | | | fungus on the top of the lawn as white cotton |
| about the gardening tips for better | | | | candy. You can easily notice this fungus |
| maintenance of your lawn. Do follow the | | | | mainly along driveways and walks, where the |
| following gardening tips for better life of | | | | soil is moist. Pythium blight can easily be |
| your garden: - | | | | controlled by watering in the day at the |
| | | | earliest possible time. |
| Gardening tips for pruning | | | | |
| | | | Fire Blight |
| As we discussed in the introduction, pruning | | | | |
| plays an important role in the garden | | | | Fire Blight, yet another culprit prefers to |
| maintenance. If you commit any mistake while | | | | grow well during summer than any other |
| pruning, dont lose your heart because its | | | | season. This fungus prefers to attack |
| like a bad haircut, it is going to grow | | | | Pyracantha, cotoneasters, crabapple trees, |
| again. | | | | and Apple trees. The presence of Fire Blight |
| | | | can easily be visualized once the any one of |
| Avoid watering in the evening | | | | the branches of the plant turns red and dies. |
| | | | This Fire Blight can be prevented little by |
| During summer, you may experience high | | | | pruning the affected branch and removing it |
| humidity, which might result in lot of | | | | from the main plant as far as possible. |
| problems in your garden. To get your plants | | | | |
| nice and dry, tuck them in for night. In | | | | It is also important that the cut branches |
| addition to this watering in the evening may | | | | should be burnt since Fire Blight is |
| be avoided to prevent damage to the plants. | | | | contagious and also wash or dip the projected |
| | | | shears by using alcohol in order to prevent |
| Get rid of Powdery mildew | | | | the spread of the deadly fungus to other |
| | | | parts of the branch. |
| Powdery mildew is the common fungus mostly | | | | |
| affects your ornamental plants. This will | | | | Shotgun fungus |
| create white film on the leaves of the plants | | | | |
| in your garden. Even other ornamental plants | | | | A little gem like fungus, which prefers to |
| such as Sand cherry and Dogwoods are also | | | | grow in mulch and tends to swell, has been |
| getting affected with this fungus. Efficient | | | | termed as Short gun Fungus. This fungus can |
| gardening is necessary to curtail the growth | | | | fly up to 8 feet in the air and will spatter |
| of this fungus. You can easily prevent this | | | | your house with tiny brown specks and once |
| by spraying general fungicide in the garden | | | | they stick to your house or windows, they |
| centre. | | | | stick like glue. Most of us suspect the |
| | | | spiders and aliens for this tiny brown speck. |
| Prevention of Pythium Blight | | | | You cant prevent this fungus, but can do |
| | | | something by keeping the mulch loose so air |
| If youre in the north and also having | | | | can circulate inside to keep this fungus out. |
| perennial Rye grass, then you ought to be | | | | Although mulch is great, dont allow them to |
| very careful not to leave your grass wet at | | | | get packed, try to remove it at least once in |
| night. A dreadful fungus called Pythium | | | | a year and also rake it flat as if it will |
| Blight may take its upper hand, if you leave | | | | look like youve just mulched. |
| your lawn wet in the night because this | | | | |