Smut: as dirty as it sounds. This potentially ultra-devastating disease causes the swelling and formation of fungal-like galls (EWW) that contain billions of spores that rupture (UGH) and then spread or hide in soil until next season (WTF). Corn smut is common and quite a nasty one. Remove galls right when you see them and destroy. Never thought you’d be a plant doctor, did you?
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