Plant First Aid

Does your green plant look anemic?   Do your peas look more “pooped” then “proud”?  Got a burning desire to channel Florence Nightingale or just want the closest plant “911″?

Welcome to MFG’s Plant First Aid Station.  Wash your hands and come on in.

911- Who to call

• Ask Archie.  (Advise from a Master Gardener Gnome).  Archie is back!
• MG Phone Clinic – (206) 543-0943.  Your personal phone triage.
  Monday – Friday 10:00 am – 4:00 pm.
• MG Plant Clinics. Find a clinic near you and get a consultation with a specialist.

For the Do It Yourself (DIY) Gardener

• DIY (Do It Yourself) Diagnosis - Photographic keys to diagnose and solve plant problems (U of MD site
• What’s Wrong With My Tree? – Photographic keys of common tree problems (U of Minn)
• Plant Disease Management(Read OSU’s Plant Disease Book Free)
• Hortsense (WSU).  Outsmart plant diseases and pesky critters.
• 20 Great Questions all plant doctors should ask their patient (Ohio Univ.)


Hear hoof beats? – Think horses; not zebras.
Rule out the common things first.  Here are a list of common aliments.

• Disease Fact Sheets for Trees/Shrubs. (Cornell Univ.)
• Disease Fact Sheets for Vegetables. (Cornell Univ.)
• Disease Fact Sheets for Fruits.  (Cornell Univ.)
• Disease Fact Sheets caused by Environmental Conditions.  (Cornell Univ)
• Disease Fact Sheets for Foliage and Greenhouse.  (Cornell Univ.)