Whether it’s black knot fungus or chokecherry gall midge on chokecherries, plum pocket disease on wild plums, or cedar rust on juniper, juneberries, and hawthorn … plant diseases are a huge concern and many of them are spreading like wildfire to traditional foods and medicines of Indigenous peoples. I see so many people out there harvesting berries, roots, and greens, and I want to bring awareness so that we can work on a management strategy together to save these plant relatives for future gene

🌸🪲 Tired of plum weevils ruining your harvest? 🫤🍑Here are 3 ways to keep plum curculio away from your plum trees 👇1️⃣ Clean up fallen fruit – These pests lay eggs in fruit, and larvae drop to the soil to pupate. 🍂 Picking up and destroying fallen or damaged fruit stops their life cycle.2️⃣ Spray kaolin clay (Surround) – This white clay coats your tree and confuses the weevils, keeping them from laying eggs. 🌿 Start at petal fall and reapply every 7-10 days.3️⃣ Use trunk bands or sticky tr

Have you ever seen mummified plums hanging from a tree? 😱🍑Those aren’t shriveled snacks… they’re a warning sign ⚠️. That’s brown rot — a fungal disease that leaves behind dried, diseased fruit that can spread spores and ruin your whole harvest.💀 Don’t leave them hanging🗑 Toss them in the trash — not the compost💨 Prune for airflow to help prevent future outbreaks🌳 Consider planting disease-resistant varietiesThese funky little plums may look harmless, but they’re spore factories just waitin