"What's Wrong With My Plant? (And How Do I Fix It?)", a fresh-off-the-press manual, is almost as good as having your own consulting plant doc at hand. Authors David Deardorff (plant pathologist and botanist) and Kathryn Wadsworth (gardener, photographer) live in Port Townsend, so you know they're plenty familiar with the problems we face here in the Northwest.
I'm the audience for this book - usually if a plant is suffering, I'll try moving it to a more hospitable location, but if it doesn't perk up, it's outta there. I want my plants to be healthy; looking at a sick plant is so discouraging. But I plan to consult this book for its many diagnostic drawings and photos, and better yet organic remedies, in the hope I may learn to work harder to cure a plant before composting it.
Ever wonder what weevils look like? Or what's causing pear leaves to blister? The book is a visual catalog of all things bumpy, warty, diseased and suffering. The authors cover houseplants, edibles, ornamentals, lawn, flowers and fruit...I love that their remedies are organic, the tone practical, their advice straightforward...And if you've never gotten a really nice close up look at an aerial crown gall before, here's your chance....
Great book! I think I first thumbed through it at the Miller Library and thought, "Oh, man every gardener should have this on their bookshelves!"
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