{"id":13993,"date":"2020-07-02T08:58:08","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T12:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/?p=13993"},"modified":"2026-05-05T15:34:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T19:34:54","slug":"whats-wrong-with-my-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2020\/07\/02\/whats-wrong-with-my-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 7: What&#8217;s Wrong With My Plant?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"responsive-video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Victory Garden for ME: What&#039;s Wrong With My Plant?\" width=\"1268\" height=\"713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jeGrSPTZDo8?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>In this edition of Victory Garden for ME, learn about cultural practices to prevent diseases in your garden, how to diagnose a disease problem, common vegetable diseases, how and when to submit samples to our Plant Diagnostic Lab, and much more!<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Resources:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/ask\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UMaine Extension\u2019s Ask an Expert\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/ipm\/insect-lab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UMaine Insect Lab<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/ipm\/plant-disease\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UMaine Plant Disease Diagnostic Lab<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/ipm\/ipddl\/publications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Insect, Tick, and Plant Disease Fact Sheet Publications<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canr.msu.edu\/resources\/abiotic_plant_disorders_symptoms_signs_and_solutions_e2996\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abiotic Plant Disorders: Symptoms, Signs, and Solutions, MSU<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nevegetable.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New England Vegetable Management Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>More information is available on <a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/\">UMaine Cooperative Extension\u2019s website<\/a> and in the video description. \u00a0Please be sure to check out our next video on what to do with your harvest.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this edition of Victory Garden for ME, learn about cultural practices to prevent diseases in your garden, how to diagnose a disease problem, common vegetable diseases, how and when to submit samples to our Plant Diagnostic Lab, and much more! 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