How to Revive Sick and Dying Plants

If you are running into sick and dying plants you can revive them and get them growing and producing again with these 4 simple steps.
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[robertsterling]

Something I've noticed almost as an essential part of the revival that I did not see you mention until the end is cutting of the new growth that's on the plant- which is a big part of where the energy goes to. Rob The backyard Garderner grew watermelons this year and he noticed that one of his watermelon plants did not revive to a healthy state and it also happen to be the one that was still producing a watermelon.

[JohnDoe_]

I want to see that plant again in a couple weeks..

[girltoronto]

I did a foliage purge this year on my zuchinni and what's amazing is that there are new stems coming off of it. instead of having one "vine", there is now four! and it looks like more keep growing. I've never seen this before.

[themolynator]

You had a bad powdery mildew outbreak, usually you can nuke that with a potassium bicarbonate antifungal and then neem after. Minimal pruning to increase airflow, snd allow dry periods in between watering to disrupt fungal proliferation.

[anniequilts]

my tomatoes are looking horrible - but now knowing there is hope, I will be out in the morning and see what I can do to revive them - good video !

[gabriellakadar]

That was really excellent. I've been removing mildewed leaves and spraying but next up is dissolved blood meal. Thanks.

[AYWalton]

I have just defoliated the powdery mildew leaves from my one thriving zuchinni plant and have sprayed with the solution that you recommended. Question---will the solution need to be re-applied from time to time, or is one time sufficient?

[rmjames]

Thanks Luke! We all have this at times! I'm glad to see your zucchini go 'walking' out of the bed too! One of my fellow community gardeners had 2 zucchini plants that lasted 12 months with our frost free winters-you can imagine how far away from the bed their stems got before powdery mildew finally claimed them! Thanks again!

[joczapiewski]

Yes, and powdery mildew can spread to other plants so get rid of it fast!Also when watering try not to get leaves wet or that can spread/cause mildew

[gensonic]

Wish this came out yesterday before I tried transplanting some forged wild strawberry plants into a pot. They looked horrible today, but maybe it's not too late.

[lockwoan]

Useful tips. Pruned my squash/zucchini plant the other day (I'm not sure what said squash is as it came from seeds that grew from plants that grew last year, and while I'm sure Mom was a yellow squash, Daddy could have been a zucchini as that was growing right next to it) as I got a number of flowers on them, and I want the bees to pay a visit to them. Now to wait and see what happens.

[joerice]

I've had good success using a couple cups of whole milk in a 2 gallon sprayer for powery mildew..I believe the milk coats the leaves and the mildew kinda is stunted for a while.

[darthvader]

The Chamomile plant is recommended by organic gardeners in the 1960s to be planted near drooping or dying plants to revive them back to life and full health again

[YT-vfpl]

Can you do a video on the squash vine borer? Thanks!

[courtneyscupboard]

Another reason i love this channel so many helpful videos and advice.

[katalew]

Thanks Luke. Going out to my garden to apply this!

[cynthiahiebert]

How do you fertilize in high heat and humidity? We don’t usually have humidity!

[patriceb]

Luke- I am ready to be ruthless but I tried the king sodamux and the leaves got all brittle and look worse. There would be nothing left if I pruned all the bad leaves. Is it time to just give up on this cucumber? Thanks

[neil]

Would it not be better to spray healthy leaves before defoliation? I think it would help defend against spores that come off when defoliating.

[aaroncurragh]

Hi I have a yellow raspberry plant and it looks really bad if I tell back it may not make it I was told to replant it should I do this?