Louisiana's extraordinary summer heat has at least one upside: It can help control soilborne pests in the vegetable garden.

Solarization also eliminates some soil diseases, including Verticillium wilt, Phytophthora root rot, Fusarium wilt, damping-off, crown gall, tomato canker, and potato scab, allowing healthy plants and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Soil solarization uses clear plastic sheeting and sunlight to heat soil, killing pests, weed seeds, and pathogens. It works best ...

David Kuchta, Ph.D. has 10 years of experience in gardening and has read widely in environmental history and the energy transition. An environmental activist since the 1970s, he is also a historian, ...

Soil solarization, a process that uses solar radiation to rid the soil of pests, is most common in regions with high solar radiation and high temperatures during the summer season. An alternative to ...

Soil solarization is most effective in the hottest summer months that are just ahead of us. Soil solarization uses the heat from the sun’s rays to essentially bake the soil to a temperature of up to ...

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Dear readers: Last week, I talked about my failure to raise healthy heirloom tomatoes in 2016. They were disease-riddled. Next year, I vow to do better. One of the ways to lower disease resident in ...

To avoid using chemicals to control weeds and pests in gardens, lawns and fields, many hobby gardeners and large farms turn to the sun as a natural way to kill unwanted growth or visitors. The process ...