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Plant Protection

Discover how to safeguard your plants from pests and diseases while keeping them healthy and thriving.

Magazine Gardening Plant Protection

Recognizing & Combating Plant Diseases

Recognizing & Combating Plant Diseases

Find out why your plants are sick here. We give you an overview of possible causes and the most common plant diseases.
The Ice Saints: Farmer’s Rule or Myth?

The Ice Saints: Farmer’s Rule or Myth?

In this article, we get to the bottom of the ice saints. We explain the farmer's rule and give you tips on frost protection for plants.
How to Get Rid of Voles in the Garden: How It Works

How to Get Rid of Voles in the Garden: How It Works

In this article, you will learn what voles eat, how to get rid of voles in the garden and what really helps.
How to Prevent and Get Rid of Aphids: Natural Home Remedies

How to Prevent and Get Rid of Aphids: Natural Home Remedies

In this article, you will learn how to get rid of and prevent aphids in plants naturally. We share home remedies that help you recover your plants.
Plant Strengtheners: Preventive Plant Protection Without Chemicals

Plant Strengtheners: Preventive Plant Protection Without Chemicals

Here you can get an overview of various plant strengtheners such as plant juices, rock powders and the like.
Cabbage White Butterfly in the Garden: How to Prevent and Control

Cabbage White Butterfly in the Garden: How to Prevent and Control

This article gives you an overview of cabbage white butterflies and how to prevent and control them in the garden.
Garden Snails: How to Get Rid of Them

Garden Snails: How to Get Rid of Them

In this article, you will find out what types of snails there are and how to control and repel snail pests.
Determine Leaf Diseases: Damages on Diseased Leaves

Determine Leaf Diseases: Damages on Diseased Leaves

Want to find out which plant disease you are dealing with? Here you will find an overview with pictures!
Creating a Natural Garden: Ecological & Sustainable Gardening

Creating a Natural Garden: Ecological & Sustainable Gardening

Ecological gardening has never been more important than in times of the climate crisis. Here are some tips on sustainable gardening and creating a natural garden.
Recognizing and Combating Shoot Diseases: Fire Blight & Co.

Recognizing and Combating Shoot Diseases: Fire Blight & Co.

Here you will find an overview of the damage caused by the most common shoot diseases such as fire blight, monilia and fruit tree canker.
How to Make Horsetail Tea for Plants: Benefits, Uses & Recipe

How to Make Horsetail Tea for Plants: Benefits, Uses & Recipe

Horsetail tea is naturally effective against pests in the bed! We give you tips on how to make and use horsetail tea.
Recognizing, Preventing, Combating Powdery and Downy Mildew

Recognizing, Preventing, Combating Powdery and Downy Mildew

Find out how you can distinguish, prevent and combat true and downy mildew!
How to Prevent and Combat Plant Pests: An Overview

How to Prevent and Combat Plant Pests: An Overview

Find out which are the most important plant pests in the garden and how you can combat or prevent them.
Brown Rot on Tomatoes: Recognizing and Getting Rid of It

Brown Rot on Tomatoes: Recognizing and Getting Rid of It

One of the most common tomato diseases is late blight. These measures will get your tomatoes through the season in good health!
Uses for Rock Dust/Rock Flour in the Garden: Basalt Rock & Co.

Uses for Rock Dust/Rock Flour in the Garden: Basalt Rock & Co.

Here you can find out what there is to know about rock flour or rock dust, what it is and how it works and is used in the garden.
Recognizing and Combating Root Diseases

Recognizing and Combating Root Diseases

We give you an overview of common plant diseases on the roots with their symptoms.
Beneficial Insects: Insects & Other Animals in the Garden

Beneficial Insects: Insects & Other Animals in the Garden

In this article, you can find out which beneficial insects you should definitely know as a gardener, which "pests" they help against and how you can best promote them.
Making Nettle Slurry as Liquid Manure: Tips & Instructions

Making Nettle Slurry as Liquid Manure: Tips & Instructions

Find out how to make nettle slurry here! We also give tips on shelf life and use in the garden with the right mixing ratio depending on the purpose.