Garden Series - What's Wrong with My Plant?!? How Master Gardeners Diagnose the Problem from Pests, Diseases, and Cultural Disorders
Lifelong Learning | Available (Membership Required)
This is the second in a series of Master Gardener lectures from Penn State Cooperative Extension.
No garden, whatever its size, is free of plant problems such as pests, diseases and cultural (abiotic) disorders. In this workshop, you will learn methods to keep your plants healthy and prevent problems by making your plants more able to withstand potentially harmful organisms. Learn about appropriate plant choices, favorable growing conditions, and good gardening practices. But when the inevitable problem does develop, you will want to be able to identify and control what specifically has damaged your plant. This presentation will discuss some of the common plant problems in the home garden and the integrated approach to controlling pests and diseases by using organic cultural, physical, mechanical, and biological tactics, as well as the sensible use of pesticides.
Silloo Kapadia
The Penn State Master Gardener Program was established to assist Cooperative Extension in providing horticultural knowledge and skills to local communities and the gardening public.
Silloo Kapadia is an Allegheny County Penn State Master Gardener (2012) and Past-Chair of Garden Hotline (April 2016 - October 2019). In 2018, she earned the Penn State Extension Master Gardener Advanced Certification in Woody Plant Identification.
Silloo obtained her first Master Gardener Certification in 2007 at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens (where she remains a docent) and the Certificate of Sustainable Horticulture in 2013. She is a member and Past-Chair of the Western PA Unit of the Herb Society of America with an interest in Culinary Herbs. Her other Speaker’s Bureau talks include “Culinary Herbs in the Home Garden – For Use and Delight”, “Herbs and Spices in Indian Cuisine”, and “What’s Wrong with My Plant”.
Silloo is a retired physician and Professor of Pathology (UPMC and later at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center). She acquired her medical degree at Chennai (Madras), India, and did her Pathology residency at UPMC.