GARDEN INSECT AND DISEASE CONTROL 
VEGETABLE | INFESTED BY 
PARTS OF PLANT AFFECTED 
WHEN TO SPRAY OR DUST 
ASPARAGUS 
Beetle 
Rust 
Denudes stem 
Foliage and stem 
Early spring 
Early spring 
BEANS 
Bean Beetle 
Anthracnose 
Leaves and pods 
Pods, leaves and stem 
Spring, soon as observed 
BEETS 
Leaf Spot 
Beet Leaf Hopper 
Leaves 
Foliage 
May 
CABBAGE 
Cabbage Worm 
Maggot 
Black Rot 
Outer Leaves 
Young plants 
Stem and leaves 
May and during summer 
April and May 
April and May 
CARROT 
Web Worm 
Soft Rot 
Foliage 
Root 
June 
CAULIFLOWER 
Worm 
Maggot 
Black Rot 
Outer leaves 
Young plants 
Stem and leaves 
CELERY 
Blight 
Leaf Tier 
Leaves and stalk 
Foliage 
July 15 to Aug. 1 
CORN, SWEET 
Seed Rot—Blight 
Ear Worm 
Stalk Borer 
Chinch Bug 
Ear and leaves 
Ear 
Stalk 
Leaves and stalk 
When ears appear 
When silk appears 
Early spring 
July 1 
CUCUMBER 
Beetle 
Anthracnose 
Aphids 
Young foliage 
Leaves 
Leaves 
When plants appear 
When plants show leaves 
When plants show leaves 
LETTUCE 
Aphids 
Mildew 
Gray Mould 
Leaves 
Leaves 
Leaves 
May 1 
May 1 
May 1 
MUSKMELON 
Same as Cucumber 
ONION 
Thrips 
Maggot 
Foliage 
Crown and bulbs, causing rot 
April, again in mid-summer 
April 
PARSNIP 
Same as Carrot 
PEAS 
Root Rot 
Blight 
Aphids 
Turns plant yellow 
Leaf, stem and pod 
Stunts growth 
0 
When observed 
POTATOES 
Scab 
Blight 
Potato Beetle 
On tuber only 
Leaves 
Foliage 
When plants appear 
July, August 
RADISH 
Cabbage Worm 
Harlequin Bug 
Maggot 
Aphids 
Leaves 
Leaves 
Radish 
Leaves and stem 
When plants appear 
When plants appear 
When plants appear 
When plants appear 
SPINACH 
Flea Beetle 
Aphids 
Leaf Miner 
Leaves 
Leaves and stem 
Leaves 
When plants appear 
When plants appear 
When plants appear 
SQUASH 
Striped Cucumber Beetle 
Squash Bug 
Squash Vine Borer 
Stem, blossom and fruit 
Leaves 
Stem 
When plants appear 
When plants appear 
When plants appear 
TOMATO 
Fruit Worm 
Flea Beetle 
Horn Worm 
Leaf Spot 
Leaves and stem 
Leaves and stem 
Leaves and stem 
Leaves 
When plants appear 
When plants appear 
When plants appear 
When plants appear 
TURNIP 
Same as Cabbage 
WATERMELON 
Wire Worm 
Pale Striped Flea Beetle 
Seeds 
Stalks 
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