{"id":15341,"date":"2025-12-06T23:05:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T23:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/library\/organic-disease-control-and-other-issues-2\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T23:05:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T23:05:39","slug":"organic-disease-control-and-other-issues-2","status":"publish","type":"library","link":"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/library\/organic-disease-control-and-other-issues-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Organic Disease Control (and Other Issues)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><body><\/p>\n<div>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Animal-Damage_vq13391.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/035_thumb_AnimalDamage.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Animal-Damage_vq13391.htm\"><span><strong>Animal damage<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: Damage to trunks and stems can result from the gnawing or antler rubbing of wildlife, especially rodents.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Anthracnose_vq433.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/001_thumb_anthracnose.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Anthracnose_vq433.htm\"><span><strong>Anthracnose<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: A fungal problem in sycamore trees, beans, and ornamentals where the foliage turns a tan color overnight. Sycamore leaves brown, remaining on the tree. Not normally fatal.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Rust-Asparagus_vq1422.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/002_thumb_asparagusRust.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Rust-Asparagus_vq1422.htm\"><span><strong>Asparagus rust<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: Fungal disease that appears as a browning or reddening of the foliage, and a release of rusty, powdery spores. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Bacteria_vq439.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/027_thumb_Bacteria.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Bacteria_vq439.htm\"><span>Bacteria<\/span><\/a>:<\/strong> Single-cell microorganisms that reproduce by simple cell division. Most bacteria break down dead organic matter and are beneficial. A few, however, cause plant diseases.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Bacterial-Blight_vq440.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/033_thumb_BacterialBlight.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Bacterial-Blight_vq440.htm\"><span><strong>Bacterial blight<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: A bacterial disease that causes dark-green water spots that turn brown and may die leaving a hole in the leaves of tomatoes, plums, and several ornamental plants.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Bacterial-Leaf-Scorch_vq441.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/003_thumb_BacterialLeafScorch.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Bacterial-Leaf-Scorch_vq441.htm\"><span><strong>Bacterial leaf scorch<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: A fatal disease of sycamores and other plants. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Black-Spot_vq444.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/004_thumb_BlackSpot.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Black-Spot_vq444.htm\"><span><strong>Black spot<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: Common name of fungal leaf spot. Black spot attacks the foliage of plants such as roses. There is usually a yellow halo around the dark spot. Entire leaves then turn yellow and ultimately die. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Canker_vq13362.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/032_thumb_ItalianCanker.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Canker_vq13362.htm\"><span><strong>Canker<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: A stress-related disease of trees and shrubs that causes decay of the bark and wood. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Cedar-Apple-Rust_vq13360.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/006_thumb_CedarAppleRust.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Cedar-Apple-Rust_vq13360.htm\"><span><strong>Cedar apple rust<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: Cedar-apple rust is just one of several similar fungal diseases that could be broadly classified as Juniper-Rosaceous rusts. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Chlorosis_vq617.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/007_thumb_Chlorosis.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Chlorosis_vq617.htm\"><span><strong>Chlorosis<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: A condition caused in various plants by trace mineral deficiency. Iron scarcity is usually blamed, but the cause can be the lack of several trace minerals or magnesium or soils out of balance. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Construction-Damage_vq449.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/037_thumb_ConstructionDamage.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Construction-Damage_vq449.htm\"><span><strong>Construction damage<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: Construction activity causes compaction of the soil which squeezes out oxygen and kills beneficial microbes and root hairs of trees and other plants.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Cotton-Root-Rot_vq450.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/036_thumb_CottonRootRot.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Cotton-Root-Rot_vq450.htm\"><span><strong>Cotton root rot<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: A fungal disease common in alkaline soils that attacks poorly adapted plants. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Curly-Top_vq454.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/042_thumb_CurlyTop.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Curly-Top_vq454.htm\"><span>Curly top<\/span><\/a><\/strong>: A viral disease that attacks vegetable crops such as tomatoes. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Damping-Off_vq1554.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/010_thumb_DampingOff.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Damping-Off_vq1554.htm\"><span>Damping off<\/span><\/a><\/strong>: A fungal disease of emerging seedlings where tiny plants fall over as if severed at the ground line. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Dollar-Spot-Fungal-Disease_vq1578.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/011_thumb_DollarSpot.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Dollar-Spot-Fungal-Disease_vq1578.htm\"><span>Dollar spot<\/span><\/a><\/strong>: A fungal disease (<em>Sclerotinia homeocarpa<\/em>) that forms small brown spots on golf green grasses and other Bermuda turf grasses. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Downey-Mildew_vq455.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/040_thumb_DowneyMildew.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Downey-Mildew_vq455.htm\"><span>Downy mildew<\/span><\/a><\/strong>: Fungal diseases that attack fruits, vegetables, flowers, and grasses. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Early-Blight_vq456.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/041_thumb_EarlyBlight.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Early-Blight_vq456.htm\"><span>Early blight<\/span><\/a><\/strong>: A fungal disease that infects ornamental plants, vegetables, fruit trees, tomatoes, potatoes and peppers and shade trees. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Entomosporium-Leaf-Spot_vq459.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/008_thumb_EndosporiumLeafSpot.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Entomosporium-Leaf-Spot_vq459.htm\"><span>Entomosporium leaf spot<\/span><\/a><\/strong>: A fungal disease of photinia, hawthorns, and other related plants. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Fairy-Ring_vq1482.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/023_thumb_FairyRings.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Fairy-Ring_vq1482.htm\"><span>Fairy Rings, Toadstools, Mushrooms<\/span><\/a><\/strong>: Mushrooms in lawns are common especially during rainy weather and not a concern at all.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Fasciation_vq12743.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/012_thumb_Fasciation.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Fasciation_vq12743.htm\"><span>Fasciation<\/span><\/a><\/strong>: \u200bFasciation, or cresting, is a rare of abnormal growth in vascular plants where the growing tips becomes elongated perpendicularly to the direction of growth, producing flattened, ribbon-like, crested or contorted tissue. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Blight-Fire_vq458.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/009_thumb_FireBlight.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Blight-Fire_vq458.htm\"><span>Fireblight<\/span><\/a><\/strong>: A bacterial disease of plants in the rose family in which blossoms, new shoots, twigs and limbs die back as though they have been burned.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Fungi_vq461.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/034_thumb_Fungi.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Fungi_vq461.htm\"><span>Fungi<\/span><\/a><\/strong>: Fungi are microscopic primitive plants that lack chlorophyll, and produce tiny spores that are spread by wind, water, insects, and gardeners.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Entomosporium-Leaf-Spot_vq459.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/008_thumb_EndosporiumLeafSpot.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Entomosporium-Leaf-Spot_vq459.htm\"><span>Fungal Leaf Spot<\/span><\/a><\/strong>: See Entomosporium Leaf Spot.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Galls_vq453.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/013_thumb_Galls.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Galls_vq453.htm\"><span>Galls<\/span><\/a><\/strong>: Swollen masses of abnormal plant tissue caused by fungi, bacteria or insects. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Gray-leaf-spot_vq312.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/028_thumb_GrayLeafSpot.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Gray-leaf-spot_vq312.htm\"><span><strong>Gray leaf spot<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: A disease of St. Augustine grass that forms gray vertical spots on the grass blades. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Herbicide-Damage_vq464.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/038_thumb_HerbicideDamage.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Herbicide-Damage_vq464.htm\"><span><strong>Herbicide damage<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: Most, if not all, of the toxic chemical herbicides can cause plant problems. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Hypoxylon-Canker_vq1989.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/014_thumb_HypoxylonCanker.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Hypoxylon-Canker_vq1989.htm\"><span>Hypoxylon Canker<\/span><\/a><\/strong>: Hypoxylon canker is common throughout the South on oaks and other hardwoods where it normally occurs on stressed hosts. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Iron-Deficiency_vq465.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/025_thumb_IronDeficiency.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Iron-Deficiency_vq465.htm\"><span>Iron deficiency<\/span><\/a><\/strong>: A nutrient deficiency that causes leaves to turn yellow with the veins remaining green. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Italian-Cypress-Canker_vq13385.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/031_thumb_ItalianCypressCanker.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Italian-Cypress-Canker_vq13385.htm\"><span>Italian Cypress Canker<\/span><\/a><\/strong>: Some in the business incorrectly diagnose the dead brown spots in the plants as spider mites. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Lichen_vq3348.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/015_thumb_Lichen.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Lichen_vq3348.htm\"><span>Lichen<\/span><\/a><\/strong>: Growth seen on rocks and the trunks of trees commonly growing in flat greenish, gray, brown, yellow or black patches. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Lightning-Damage_vq543.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/039_thumb_LightningDamage.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Lightning-Damage_vq543.htm\"><span>Lightning damage<\/span><\/a><\/strong>: If your tree gets hit, keep your fingers crossed. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Oak-Leaf-Blister_vq13368.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/022_thumb_OakLeafBlister.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Oak-Leaf-Blister_vq13368.htm\"><span><strong>Oak leaf blister<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: A rare disease that needs no control.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Oak-Wilt_vq487.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/016_thumb_OakWilt.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Oak-Wilt_vq487.htm\"><span>Oak Wilt<\/span><\/a><\/strong>: A disease of the vascular system of oak trees which is transmitted through the air by insects and through the root system of neighboring trees by natural grafting.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/023_thumb_PowderyMildew.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Powdery-Mildew_vq1897.htm\"><span>Powdery mildew<\/span><\/a><\/strong>: This fungal disease is a white or gray, powdery, growth on the lower leaf surface and flower buds of zinnias, crape myrtles, and many vegetables, phlox, lilac, melons, cucumbers, and many other plants.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Rose-Rosette-Disease_vq3834.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/017_thumb_RoseRosette.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Rose-Rosette-Disease_vq3834.htm\"><span>Rose Rosette<\/span><\/a><\/strong>: Saying there is no cure for the virus rose rosette is lazy and wrong. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Rust-Fungal-Disease_vq438.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/018_thumb_Rust.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Rust-Fungal-Disease_vq438.htm\"><span>Rust<\/span><\/a><\/strong>: Fungal disease that forms an orange stain on the surface of foliage. Pustules form on the underside of leaves.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Scab_vq13375.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/029_thumb_Scab.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Scab_vq13375.htm\"><span><strong>Scab<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: Fungal diseases that cause fruit, leaves, and tubers to develop areas of hardened and sometimes cracked tissue. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Slime-Flux-Wet-Wood-Newsletter_vq4034.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/020_thumb_Slimeflux.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Slime-Flux-Wet-Wood-Newsletter_vq4034.htm\"><span><strong>Slime flux<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: Slime flux is the foul-smelling sap that oozes out of wounds in the bark and wood, particularly on such trees as elm, maple, and birch. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Slime-Mold_vq2854.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sandonspaldingstaging.com\/DirtDr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/019_thumb_SlimeMold.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirtdoctor.com\/garden\/Slime-Mold_vq2854.htm\"><span>Slime mold<\/span><\/a><\/strong>: Slime mold sounds worse than it is. 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