About The Vegetable Troubleshooter

Garden-Helper.com is pleased to bring you this interactive troubleshooter to help find and fix problems you may be having in your vegetable garden. This is by no means an exhaustive tool capable of finding every possible problem you may face, but it does cover many of the basic and most common issues gardeners face when trying to grow vegetables including common pests and diseases.

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Looking at the affected plants please answer the questions presented and the Garden-Helper vegetable troubleshooter will try to help identify the problem pest or disease.

Please select which of the following plant parts is affected:

Have the leaves been eaten?Yes    No
Have they been eaten right down to the base?Yes    No
Do new leaves open out deformed?Yes    No
Is the plant growing in a greenhouse, coldframe or under cover?Yes    No
Have holes been eaten in the leaves?Yes    No
Are the holes tiny and round?Yes    No
Are the holes large or are the leaves sometimes stripped entirely?Yes    No
Is there also a trail?Yes    No
Are flowers and / or buds also eaten?Yes    No
Are there colored markings on the leaves?Yes    No
Are the leaves mottled?Yes    No
Is the mottling yellow in color?Yes    No
Is there also a webbing?Yes    No
Are the spots on the leaves rough to the touch?Yes    No
Is the mottling silvery with black dots?Yes    No
Are there patches on the leaves?Yes    No
Are the patches white?Yes    No
Are the white patches also fluffy?Yes    No
Are the white patches powdery?Yes    No
Are the patches black?Yes    No
Do they also have a pink fungus?Yes    No
Is there also a sticky honeydew?Yes    No
Is the plant growing in a greenhouse, coldframe or under cover?Yes    No
Are the leaves pale green and yellow between veins?Yes    No
Are the patches brown?Yes    No
Are the patches gray and fluffy?Yes    No
Are they brown streaks or orange-brown patches?Yes    No
Is there also a white fungus?Yes    No
Is there white mold around the base of the stem?Yes    No
Are the stems and leaves swollen?Yes    No
Is the plant wilting?Yes    No
Is the stem base partially eaten?Yes    No
Are there dark grubs in the soil around the area of the affected plant?Yes    No
Are there brown grubs in the soil around the area of the affected plant?Yes    No
Has there been a prolonged spell of dry weather with no extra watering?Yes    No
Are there patches on the leaves and stems?Yes    No
Are there brown streaks in the flesh of the stem?Yes    No
Are the roots turning black?Yes    No
Are there also black patches on leaves and stems?Yes    No
Are the roots turning brown with brown streaks in the flesh of the stem?Yes    No
Is there a purple fungus growing on the roots?Yes    No
Are the roots distorted and swollen?Yes    No
Are the roots being eaten?Yes    No
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