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If Your Eggplant Flowers Fall Off Without Setting Fruit in Late-Summer Heat, Poor Pollination Is Usually Behind It

Watching your eggplant bloom beautifully and then drop every flower without producing a single fruit is genuinely frustrating,…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 12

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If Your Pepper Plants Drop Their Flowers in Late-Summer Heat, Night Temperatures Are Usually Behind It

You walk out to check your pepper plants on a sweltering August morning, and the ground beneath them…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 12

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If Your Zucchini Leaves Develop Silvery White Patches in Late-Summer Heat, Powdery Mildew Is Usually Behind It

Spotting white or silvery patches on your zucchini leaves can send a gardener into a panic, especially when…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 12

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If Your Cucumber Vines Stop Producing in Late-Summer Heat, One Feeding Mistake Is Usually Behind It

Walking out to a garden full of sprawling, dark-green cucumber vines and finding almost no new cucumbers can…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 12

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Squash Wilts in the Afternoon but Recovers by Morning: How to Read the Clues and Find the Real Cause

Watching your squash or zucchini droop on a hot afternoon can make any gardener nervous, especially when the…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 12

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If Your Cucumber Leaves Turn Yellow and Crispy in Late-Summer Heat, Underwatering Is Usually Behind It

Watching your cucumber leaves go yellow, brown-edged, or crispy during a late-summer heat stretch is genuinely stressful, especially…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 12

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What It Really Means When Green Anoles Take Over Your North Carolina Yard This Summer

Suddenly spotting green anoles everywhere you look in your yard can feel like something shifted overnight. For North…

By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 12

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If Your Tomato Fruit Develops Sunken Black Patches on the Bottom in Late-Summer Heat, Blossom-End Rot Is Usually Behind It

Spotting a dark, sunken patch on the bottom of your tomato can stop a gardener cold, especially after…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 12

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The Most Underrated North Carolina Native Shrub That Blocks Ticks Along Your Wooded Backyard Edge

If your backyard bumps up against woods or a brushy fence line, ticks are likely closer than you…

By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 12

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If Your Tomatoes Split and Crack Open in Late-Summer Heat, Uneven Watering After Rain Is Usually Behind It

Walking out to your garden and finding a ripe tomato split wide open is one of the more…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 11

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If Your Tomato Leaves Roll Inward and Feel Leathery in Late-Summer Heat, Physiological Leaf Roll Is Usually Behind It

Walking out to your tomato plants on a blazing August afternoon to find the lower leaves curled into…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 11

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7 Native North Carolina Ground Covers That Crowd Out Weeds Along Walkways Better Than Liriope

Liriope has edged walkways in North Carolina yards for decades, but it does not actually feed local wildlife…

By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 11

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If Your Tomato Leaves Turn Yellow From the Bottom Up in Late-Summer Heat, a Nitrogen Problem Is Usually Behind It

Walking out to your tomato plants and spotting a cluster of yellowing lower leaves can send a gardener…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 11

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If Your Pepper Fruit Develops Soft Sunken Patches in Late-Summer Heat, Sunscald Is Usually Behind It

Spotting a pale, bleached, or blistered patch on a pepper you have been watching all season is genuinely…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 11

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If Your Zucchini Plants Stop Setting Fruit in Late-Summer Heat, Poor Pollination Is Usually Behind It

Walking out to your zucchini patch and finding nothing but flowers when you expected a harvest is genuinely…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 11

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What It Really Means When You Start Seeing More Hawks Circling Your North Carolina Yard This Summer

Spotting a hawk gliding over your North Carolina yard is one of those moments that stops you mid-task.…

By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 11

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If Your Cucumber Plants Suddenly Wilt and Collapse Overnight in Late-Summer Heat, Bacterial Wilt Is a Real Possibility – But Not Always the Cause

Walking out to your garden and finding a healthy-looking cucumber vine completely flopped over is one of the…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 11

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If Your Pepper Leaves Curl and Cup Upward in Late-Summer Heat, Heat Stress Is Usually Behind It

Curling pepper leaves in August can send even experienced gardeners into a panic, but the cause is not…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 11

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The Most Underrated North Carolina Native Tree That Feeds Wildlife All Season While Discouraging Ticks Near Your Yard

Most North Carolina homeowners walk right past American persimmon without giving it a second thought, and that is…

By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 11

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That Powdery White Coating on Your Zucchini Leaves Is Most Likely Powdery Mildew, Not Downy Mildew

Walk out to your zucchini patch on a late-summer morning and you might find the leaves dusted with…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 11

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If Your Cucumber Fruit Turns Bitter and Tastes Off in Late-Summer Heat, Uneven Watering Stress Is Usually Behind It

Biting into a cucumber you grew yourself and tasting something sharp and unpleasant is a real letdown, especially…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 11

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If Your Cucumber Leaves Turn Silvery and Speckled in Late-Summer Heat, Spider Mites Are Usually Behind It

Walking out to your cucumber patch and finding the leaves looking dusty, bleached, or covered in tiny pale…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 11

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What It Really Means When Carpenter Bees Start Drilling Into Your North Carolina Porch This Summer

Spotting a large bee hovering near your porch rail or finding a perfectly round hole in a beam…

By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 11

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If Your Cucumber Flowers Drop Off Without Setting Fruit in Late-Summer Heat, Warm Nights Are Often the First Thing to Check

Watching cucumber blossoms fall off the vine without turning into a single cucumber is genuinely frustrating, especially when…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 11

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What It Really Means When Spotted Lanternflies Start Showing Up In Your North Carolina Yard This Summer

Something colorful and unfamiliar has been landing on fences, tree trunks, and garden plants across parts of North…

By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 11

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If Your Cucumber Vines Suddenly Turn Crispy and Brown at the Edges in Late-Summer Heat, One Watering Habit Is Usually Behind It

Crispy, brown-edged cucumber leaves in late summer are one of the most alarming sights for a home gardener…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 11

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If Your Squash Plants Wilt and Sawdust Piles Up at the Stem in Late-Summer Heat, Squash Vine Borers Are Usually Behind It

Walking out to your garden and finding a zucchini or pumpkin vine suddenly flopped over is one of…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 11

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What It Really Means When Box Turtles Start Showing Up Near Your North Carolina Garden Beds

Spotting a box turtle near your garden beds can feel like a sign from nature, and in a…

By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 11

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Tomatoes With Leathery Blossom-End Rot in Late-Summer Heat: Inconsistent Soil Moisture Is Often the First Factor to Investigate

Finding a dark, sunken patch on the bottom of your tomatoes in August can feel like a gut…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 11

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If Your Potted Tomatoes Stay Small and Weak in Late-Summer Heat, One Container Watering Habit Is Usually Behind It

Late summer is brutal on container tomatoes in the South, and a plant that looks small, weak, or…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 10

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What It Really Means When Green Anoles Take Over Your North Carolina Yard This Summer

Yard fences, shrubs, and garden walls across North Carolina have been crawling with small green lizards this summer,…

By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 10

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If Your Okra Pods Turn Woody and Tough Before You Pick Them in Late-Summer Heat, Slow Harvesting Is Usually Behind It

Okra can go from perfectly tender to pithy and unchewable faster than almost any other summer vegetable, and…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 10

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If Your Bell Peppers Get Sunken Brown Patches in Late-Summer Heat, Blossom-End Rot Is Usually the Cause

Pulling back a pepper leaf to find a dark, sunken patch on the fruit is one of the…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 10

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If Your Eggplant Flowers Drop Without Setting Fruit in Late-Summer Heat, Incomplete Pollination Is One Common Contributor

Watching eggplant flowers fall one after another in August without leaving a single fruit behind is one of…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 10

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If Your Pepper Plants Flower Nonstop but Set No Fruit in Late-Summer Heat, Warm Nights Are Usually the Reason

August in the South can be genuinely puzzling for pepper gardeners: the plants look green and full, flowers…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 10

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If Your Pepper Leaves Turn Leathery and Curl in Late-Summer Heat, Shallow or Inconsistent Watering May Be One Reason Why

Spotting your pepper plants with tight, leathery curled leaves during a late-summer heat wave can send any gardener…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 10

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If Your Zucchini Grows Huge Leaves but the Fruit Rots at the Tip in Late-Summer Heat, Check Pollination First

Something feels wrong when your zucchini plant looks lush and healthy but the fruit keeps dying at the…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 10

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If Your Squash Leaves Suddenly Wilt at Midday in Late-Summer Heat, Check the Base of the Stem First

Watching your squash plants collapse in the afternoon heat is one of the more alarming sights in a…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 10

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What It Really Means When Wasps Take Over Your North Carolina Yard Every Summer

By late summer, many North Carolina homeowners start noticing wasps everywhere, around the porch railing, hovering over the…

By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 10

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If Your Cucumber Plants Suddenly Stop Fruiting in Late-Summer Heat, Warm Nights Are the First Thing to Check

Your cucumber vines were loaded with fruit a few weeks ago, and now the whole plant seems to…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 10

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If Your Cucumber Plants Wilt by Afternoon in Late-Summer Heat, One Watering Habit Is Usually Behind It

Watching your cucumber vines go limp on a scorching August afternoon is enough to make any gardener panic.…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 10

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What It Really Means When Katydids Take Over Your North Carolina Yard Every Summer Night

If you step outside on a warm summer evening in North Carolina and hear a wall of sound…

By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 10

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If Your Tomato Plants Slow Way Down in Late-Summer Heat, One Feeding Habit Is Usually Behind It

August is a tough month for tomato plants across the South. What looked like a thriving garden a…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 10

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What It Really Means When Stink Bugs Start Crowding Onto Your North Carolina Porch This Summer

Stepping onto your porch one July morning to find a dozen shield-shaped bugs clustered on the siding can…

By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 10

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Lush Melon Vines, Small Fruit in the Summer Heat: Why Nitrogen Is a Leading Suspect but Not Always the Culprit

Watching your melon vines race across the garden while the fruit barely grows is one of the more…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 10

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If Your Tomato Leaves Curl and Yellow in Late-Summer Heat, One Watering Habit Is Usually Behind It

Walking out to your tomato plants and finding curled, yellowing leaves can stop you cold, especially when summer…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 10

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The Most Underrated North Carolina Native Vine That Screens Your Wooded Edge Where Ticks Enter

Crossvine is a fast-growing native vine that most North Carolina homeowners walk right past at the nursery, and…

By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 10

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If Your Cucumber Vines Look Lush but the Leaves Curl Under Every Afternoon in Late-Summer Heat, Check This First

Cucumber vines can look perfectly healthy in the morning, then show curled, folded leaves by early afternoon, sending…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 10

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If Your Beans Flower Heavily but Set Almost No Pods in Late-Summer Heat, Warm Nights Are the First Thing to Check

You walk out to your bean patch expecting a harvest and find a carpet of fallen blossoms instead…

By Ethan Brooks · Aug 10

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Yellow Mottling and Curling on Cucumber Leaves Could Be CMV – But Heat Stress and Other Look-Alikes Deserve a Closer Look First

If Your Eggplant Flowers Fall Off Without Setting Fruit in Late-Summer Heat, Poor Pollination Is Usually Behind It

If Your Pepper Plants Drop Their Flowers in Late-Summer Heat, Night Temperatures Are Usually Behind It

If Your Zucchini Leaves Develop Silvery White Patches in Late-Summer Heat, Powdery Mildew Is Usually Behind It

If Your Cucumber Vines Stop Producing in Late-Summer Heat, One Feeding Mistake Is Usually Behind It

Squash Wilts in the Afternoon but Recovers by Morning: How to Read the Clues and Find the Real Cause

If Your Cucumber Leaves Turn Yellow and Crispy in Late-Summer Heat, Underwatering Is Usually Behind It

What It Really Means When Green Anoles Take Over Your North Carolina Yard This Summer

If Your Tomato Fruit Develops Sunken Black Patches on the Bottom in Late-Summer Heat, Blossom-End Rot Is Usually Behind It

The Most Underrated North Carolina Native Shrub That Blocks Ticks Along Your Wooded Backyard Edge

If Your Tomatoes Split and Crack Open in Late-Summer Heat, Uneven Watering After Rain Is Usually Behind It

If Your Tomato Leaves Roll Inward and Feel Leathery in Late-Summer Heat, Physiological Leaf Roll Is Usually Behind It

7 Native North Carolina Ground Covers That Crowd Out Weeds Along Walkways Better Than Liriope

If Your Tomato Leaves Turn Yellow From the Bottom Up in Late-Summer Heat, a Nitrogen Problem Is Usually Behind It

If Your Pepper Fruit Develops Soft Sunken Patches in Late-Summer Heat, Sunscald Is Usually Behind It

If Your Zucchini Plants Stop Setting Fruit in Late-Summer Heat, Poor Pollination Is Usually Behind It

What It Really Means When You Start Seeing More Hawks Circling Your North Carolina Yard This Summer

If Your Cucumber Plants Suddenly Wilt and Collapse Overnight in Late-Summer Heat, Bacterial Wilt Is a Real Possibility – But Not Always the Cause

If Your Pepper Leaves Curl and Cup Upward in Late-Summer Heat, Heat Stress Is Usually Behind It

The Most Underrated North Carolina Native Tree That Feeds Wildlife All Season While Discouraging Ticks Near Your Yard

That Powdery White Coating on Your Zucchini Leaves Is Most Likely Powdery Mildew, Not Downy Mildew

If Your Cucumber Fruit Turns Bitter and Tastes Off in Late-Summer Heat, Uneven Watering Stress Is Usually Behind It

If Your Cucumber Leaves Turn Silvery and Speckled in Late-Summer Heat, Spider Mites Are Usually Behind It

What It Really Means When Carpenter Bees Start Drilling Into Your North Carolina Porch This Summer

If Your Cucumber Flowers Drop Off Without Setting Fruit in Late-Summer Heat, Warm Nights Are Often the First Thing to Check

What It Really Means When Spotted Lanternflies Start Showing Up In Your North Carolina Yard This Summer

If Your Cucumber Vines Suddenly Turn Crispy and Brown at the Edges in Late-Summer Heat, One Watering Habit Is Usually Behind It

If Your Squash Plants Wilt and Sawdust Piles Up at the Stem in Late-Summer Heat, Squash Vine Borers Are Usually Behind It

What It Really Means When Box Turtles Start Showing Up Near Your North Carolina Garden Beds

Tomatoes With Leathery Blossom-End Rot in Late-Summer Heat: Inconsistent Soil Moisture Is Often the First Factor to Investigate

If Your Potted Tomatoes Stay Small and Weak in Late-Summer Heat, One Container Watering Habit Is Usually Behind It

What It Really Means When Green Anoles Take Over Your North Carolina Yard This Summer

If Your Okra Pods Turn Woody and Tough Before You Pick Them in Late-Summer Heat, Slow Harvesting Is Usually Behind It

If Your Bell Peppers Get Sunken Brown Patches in Late-Summer Heat, Blossom-End Rot Is Usually the Cause

If Your Eggplant Flowers Drop Without Setting Fruit in Late-Summer Heat, Incomplete Pollination Is One Common Contributor

If Your Pepper Plants Flower Nonstop but Set No Fruit in Late-Summer Heat, Warm Nights Are Usually the Reason

If Your Pepper Leaves Turn Leathery and Curl in Late-Summer Heat, Shallow or Inconsistent Watering May Be One Reason Why

If Your Zucchini Grows Huge Leaves but the Fruit Rots at the Tip in Late-Summer Heat, Check Pollination First

If Your Squash Leaves Suddenly Wilt at Midday in Late-Summer Heat, Check the Base of the Stem First

What It Really Means When Wasps Take Over Your North Carolina Yard Every Summer

If Your Cucumber Plants Suddenly Stop Fruiting in Late-Summer Heat, Warm Nights Are the First Thing to Check

If Your Cucumber Plants Wilt by Afternoon in Late-Summer Heat, One Watering Habit Is Usually Behind It

What It Really Means When Katydids Take Over Your North Carolina Yard Every Summer Night

If Your Tomato Plants Slow Way Down in Late-Summer Heat, One Feeding Habit Is Usually Behind It

What It Really Means When Stink Bugs Start Crowding Onto Your North Carolina Porch This Summer

Lush Melon Vines, Small Fruit in the Summer Heat: Why Nitrogen Is a Leading Suspect but Not Always the Culprit

If Your Tomato Leaves Curl and Yellow in Late-Summer Heat, One Watering Habit Is Usually Behind It

The Most Underrated North Carolina Native Vine That Screens Your Wooded Edge Where Ticks Enter

If Your Cucumber Vines Look Lush but the Leaves Curl Under Every Afternoon in Late-Summer Heat, Check This First

If Your Beans Flower Heavily but Set Almost No Pods in Late-Summer Heat, Warm Nights Are the First Thing to Check