GARDENING KNOW HOW SCAVENGER HUNTS
If a Scavenger Hunt Item has a status of ‘Open’ we are still accepting photo submissions for that item. It is at the discretion of Gardening Know How to mark a Scavenger Hunt Item as ‘Closed’ once they have received a photo that, in their judgment, best meets the criteria for that item and meets a standard of quality suitable for web publication. Photos can be submitted with the tag #gkhpichunt via Gardening Know How’s Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. If you do not participate in social media networks, you may also e-mail the photo to questions@gardeningknowhow.com with the subject line “Scavenger Hunt”. By submitting a photo, you acknowledge that the photo is original and that you hold all rights to the work. Each scavenger hunt item in the list below links to an article that will provide many clues about the photo we are seeking.
The photographer ultimately chosen in each category will receive a $25 gift certificate to one of the following five seed retailers of their choice: Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company, Burpee, Johnny’s Selected Seeds, Jung Seed or Seed Savers Exchange! In addition, the chosen photos will also be featured, and credited, in an upcoming article on the Gardening Know How website!
Please bookmark this page as new Scavenger Hunt Items will be routinely added to this page. We will feature one of the items in the scavenger hunt list below in a weekly blog post.
| Category | Item | Open Scavenger Hunt For That Item |
| Disease | Fungus/Bacteria | Artillery fungus |
| Disease | Fungus/Bacteria | Blackleg disease |
| Disease | Fungus/Bacteria | Cotton root rot |
| Disease | Fungus/Bacteria | Downy spot |
| Disease | Fungus/Bacteria | Tip blight on plant (only new growth dies) |
| Disease | Fungus/Bacteria | Viroid disease |
| Disease | Fungus/Bacteria | Plant with White Leaf Spot |
| Fruit | Algerian Melon | Algerian Melon |
| Fruit | Apple | Apple Cork Spot |
| Fruit | Apricot | Apricots Cracking |
| Fruit | Apricot | Apricot pit burn |
| Fruit | Avocado | Sunblotch in avocado plants |
| Fruit | Avocado | Bud Mites on Avocado Trees |
| Fruit | Avocado | Propagating Avocado from Cuttings |
| Fruit | Banana Melon | Banana Melon |
| Fruit | Black Heart Pomegranate | Black heart pomegranate |
| Fruit | Blackberry | Redberry mites |
| Fruit | Blueberry | Witches broom on blueberry plants |
| Fruit | Cassabanana | Cassabanana |
| Fruit | Chelsea Watermelon | Chelsea watermelon |
| Fruit | Citrus Fruit | Citrus Fruit Brown Rot |
| Fruit | Golden Midget Watermelon | Golden midget watermelon |
| Fruit | Grapes | Grape Bud Mites |
| Fruit | Grapes | Split grapes |
| Fruit | Grapes | Grapes with grapevine yellows disease |
| Fruit | Irish Grey Watermelon | Irish Grey Watermelon |
| Fruit | Kiwi | Kiwi Vines Turning Yellow or Brown |
| Fruit | PawPaw | Pawpaw in a container |
| Fruit | Pepino Melon | Pepino Melon Pests |
| Fruit | Pomegranate | Pomegranate with Black Heart Disease |
| Fruit | Raspberries | Raspberry bushy dwarf virus |
| Fruit | Raspberries | Raspberry leaf curl disease |
| Fruit | Strawberries | White fuzz on strawberries |
| Fruit | Strawberries | Purple Wonder Strawberries |
| Fruit | Wonderberry | Wonderberry |
| Gardening | General | Using BioClay Spray for plants |
| Gardening | General | Using Styrofoam in containers to improve drainage |
| Gardening | General | Overwintering Plants |
| Gardening | General | Chalky Soil |
| Gardening | General | Using Superphosphate in the Garden |
| Gardening | General | Using Epsom Salt for Pest Control |
| Gardening | General | Using magnets to help plants grow |
| Insects | Apple Leaf Curling Midge | Apple Leaf Curling Midge |
| Insects | Bud Mites | Bud Mites On Camellias |
| Insects | Bud Mites | Bud Mites On Olive Trees |
| Insects | Cabbage Maggot | Cabbage maggot |
| Insects | Chinch Bugs | Chinch Bugs |
| Insects | Citrus Thrips | Citrus thrips |
| Insects | Crepe Myrtle Bark Scale | Crepe Myrtle Bark Scale |
| Insects | Currant Fruit Fly | Currant Fruit Fly / Gooseberry maggot |
| Insects | Iris Borer | Iris Borer |
| Insects | Lemon Tree Pests | Lemon tree pests |
| Insects | Pepino Melon Pests | Pepino Melon Pests |
| Insects | Potato Eelworms | Potato eelworms |
| Insects | Potato Tuberworms | Potato tuberworms |
| Insects | Redberry Mites | Redberry mites |
| Insects | Rose Slugs | Rose slugs |
| Insects | Tropical Sod Webworms | Lawn with Tropical Sod Webworms |
| Insects | Twig Cutter Weevils | Rhynchites apple weevils (twig cutter weevils) |
| Insects | Viburnum Borers | Viburnum Borers |
| Insects | Wheat Curl Mite | Wheat Curl Mite |
| Plant | African Violets | Powdery Mildew on African Violets |
| Plant | African Violets | African Violets With Botrytis Blight |
| Plant | Agapanthus | Agapanthus dying |
| Plant | Agave | Agave with Anthracnose |
| Plant | Agave | Agave with Caulotops Barberi Pests |
| Plant | Agave | Agave with Crown Rot |
| Plant | Ajuga | ajuga in a container |
| Plant | Arizona Grape Ivy | Arizona grape ivy |
| Plant | Asafetida | Asafetida |
| Plant | Azalea | Phytophthora root rot in azaleas |
| Plant | Barrel Cactus | Barrel Cactus with Pythium Root Rot |
| Plant | Bird of Paradise | Bird of paradise in snow or cold |
| Plant | Bonsai | Bonsai in an aquarium |
| Plant | Burning Bush | Burning Bush Leaves Turning Brown |
| Plant | Butterfly Bush | Butterfly Bush Dying |
| Plant | Cactus | Cactus with Anthracnose |
| Plant | Cactus | Cactus with Fungal Lesions |
| Plant | Cactus | Cactus with Stem and Branch Rot (aspergillus alliaceus) |
| Plant | Cactus | Cactus with Root Knot Nematodes |
| Plant | Cactus | Cactus with Scab Disease |
| Plant | Cactus | Cactus with Sunscald |
| Plant | Camellia | Bud Mites On Camellias |
| Plant | Cilantro | Powdery Mildew on Cilantro |
| Plant | Chinese Dunce Cap | Chinese Dunce Cap (succulent) |
| Plant | Cranberry | Sick Cranberry Plant |
| Plant | Creeping Phlox | Black Rot on Creeping Phlox |
| Plant | Crocosmia Plant | Crocosmia Plant dying |
| Plant | Dolphin Succulent | Dolphin Succulent (Senecio Dolphin Plant) |
| Plant | Dracaena | Stem Rot or Black Stems on Dracaena |
| Plant | Dwarf Sunspot Sunflower | Dwarf Sunspot Sunflower |
| Plant | Eucalyptus | Eucalyptus houseplant |
| Plant | Eugenia Hedge | Eugenia Hedge Pruning |
| Plant | Fuchsia | Fuchsia Rust |
| Plant | Gardenia | Brown spot on gardenia |
| Plant | Grape Ivy | Grape Ivy with Yellow Leaves |
| Plant | Grass | Paint a lawn green |
| Plant | Grass | Bella Turf Grass |
| Plant | Grass | Liming a Lawn |
| Plant | Grass | Red fescue grass |
| Plant | Helianthus annuus ‘Sunspot” | Helianthus annuus ‘Sunspot’ (dwarf sunflower variety) |
| Plant | Hellebores | Black Death of Hellebores |
| Plant | Heuchera | Bare Root Heuchera |
| Plant | Hibiscus | Transplanting hibiscus |
| Plant | Iris | Iris Borer |
| Plant | Iris | Iris Root Rot |
| Plant | Jamaican Bell Flowers | Jamaican Bell Flowers |
| Plant | Jasmine | White spots on a jasmine plant |
| Plant | Lantana | Diseased Lantana Plant |
| Plant | Mandevilla | Propagating Mandevilla from Tubers |
| Plant | Microclover | Microclover lawn |
| Plant | Miscellaneous | Tip Rooting |
| Plant | Miscellaneous | Plants in a construction zone |
| Plant | Miscellaneous | Crown of a plant |
| Plant | Mushroom Herb | Mushroom Herb Plant |
| Plant | Oleander | Bacterial Gall on Oleander |
| Plant | Orchid | Orchid with Crown Rot |
| Plant | Palm Leaf Oxalis | Palm Leaf Oxalis Plants |
| Plant | Parsley | Leaf Spot on Parsley Plants |
| Plant | Parsley | Wilting Parsley Plant |
| Plant | Peace Lily | Peace Lily in an aquarium |
| Plant | Pitcher Plant | Pitcher Plant With Red Leaves |
| Plant | Prayer Plant | Brown leaves on a prayer plant |
| Plant | Prickly Pear Cactus | Prickly Pear with Sammons’ Opuntia Virus |
| Plant | Prickly Pear Cactus | Prickly Pear with Leaf Spot (Phyllosticta Fungus) |
| Plant | Robin Red Holly | Robin Red Holly |
| Plant | Rosemary | Rosemary with Pink Flowers |
| Plant | Roses | Rose crown gall |
| Plant | Roses | Rose slugs |
| Plant | Roses | Wax Dipped Roses |
| Plant | Saffron | Saffron plant with no bloom |
| Plant | Spiral Grass | Spiral Grass Plants |
| Plant | Swiss Cheese Plant | Moss poles for houseplants |
| Plant | Succulent | Succulent with Mites |
| Plant | Telegraph Plant | Telegraph plant |
| Plant | Trumpet Vine | Trumpet Vine Losing Leaves |
| Plant | twinflower Dyschoriste oblongifolia | twinflower Dyschoriste oblongifolia |
| Plant | Urn Gentian | Urn Gentian |
| Plant | Verbena | Verbena Companion Plants |
| Plant | Viburnum Shrubs | Viburnum Borers |
| Plant | Viburnum Shrubs | Viburnum with Brown Leaves |
| Tree | Apple Tree | Apple Leaf Curling Midge |
| Tree | Apple Tree | Rhynchites apple weevils (twig cutter weevils) |
| Tree | Aristocratic Pear Tree | Aristocratic Pear Tree |
| Tree | Ash Tree | Ash Tree Leaking Sap |
| Tree | Buartnut Tree | Buartnut Tree |
| Tree | Camelot Crabapple Tree | Camelot Crabapple Tree |
| Tree | Cherry Tree | Cherry Tree Guild |
| Tree | Citrus Tree | Citrus Tree with an ISD Tag |
| Tree | Crepe Myrtle | Crepe Myrtle Bark Scale |
| Tree | Crepe Myrtle | Acoma Crape Myrtle Tree |
| Tree | Crepe Myrtle | Crepe Myrtle Tip Blight |
| Tree | Dogwood | Pagoda Dogwood (Golden Shadows Dogwood Tree) |
| Tree | Eve’s Necklace Tree Sophora | Eve’s Necklace Tree Sophora affinis |
| Tree | Fig Tree | Pink blight in figs |
| Tree | Fruit Salad Tree | Fruit Salad Tree |
| Tree | Fruit Tree | Fruit Tree Grease or Gel Bands for Insects |
| Tree | Lemon Tree | Lemon tree pests |
| Tree | Lemon Tree | Suckers On Lemon Trees |
| Tree | Lime Tree | Lime tree graft |
| Tree | Lime Tree | Pruning lime trees |
| Tree | Olive Tree | Bud Mites On Olive Trees |
| Tree | Palm Tree | Palm Tree Fusarium Wilt |
| Tree | Palm Tree | Palm Tree Dropping Fronds |
| Tree | Palm Tree | Sick Sago Palm |
| Tree | Palm Tree | Palm Tree with Pink Rot Fungus |
| Tree | Peach Tree | X Disease In Peaches |
| Tree | Pecan Tree | Pecan with Bunch Disease |
| Tree | Pine | Twisted White Pine Trees |
| Tree | Quince Tree | Quince Tree Pests |
| Tree | Sago Palm Tree | Manganese Deficiency In Sago palms |
| Tree | Sago Palm Tree | Dying Sago Palm |
| Tree | Sago Palm Tree | Sago Palm Tree with a rot disease |
| Tree | Smoke Tree | A smoke tree in a container |
| Tree | Walnut Tree | Fusarium Canker on Walnut |
| Tree | Walnut Tree | Walnut Bunch Disease |
| Tree | Weeping Cherry | Pink Snow Showers (Weeping Cherry) |
| Tree | Weeping Cherry Tree | Weeping cherry tree that stopped weeping |
| Tree | Western Cherry Tree | Western Cherry Fruit Fly |
| Vegetable | Asparagus | Rust in Asparagus Plants |
| Vegetable | Asparagus | Fusarium Crown Rot of Asparagus |
| Vegetable | Asparagus | Asparagus Crown and Root Rot |
| Vegetable | Banana Peppers | Banana Peppers Turning Brown |
| Vegetable | Baquieu Lettuce | Baquieu Lettuce |
| Vegetable | Beet | Mosaic Virus on Beets |
| Vegetable | Black Brandywine Tomatoes | True Black Brandywine tomato |
| Vegetable | Blackheart Celery | Blackheart celery |
| Vegetable | Butternut Squash | Butternut Squash with a split shell |
| Vegetable | Cabbage | Cabbage maggot |
| Vegetable | Cabbage | Tying cabbage leaves |
| Vegetable | Carrot | Powdery Mildew on Carrots |
| Vegetable | Cauliflower | Blanching cauliflower |
| Vegetable | Cauliflower | Wilting Cauliflower |
| Vegetable | Cauliflower | Fuzzy cauliflower |
| Vegetable | Celery | Celery with Late Blight disease |
| Vegetable | Celery | Blackheart Disorder |
| Vegetable | Celery | Hollow Celery |
| Vegetable | Celery | Celery Stalk Rot |
| Vegetable | Cole Crops | Internal Tipburn of Cole Crops |
| Vegetable | Eggplant | Blossom rot on eggplants |
| Vegetable | Eggplant | Verticillium Wilt on eggplants |
| Vegetable | Eggplant | Early Blight on eggplants (alternaria symptoms) |
| Vegetable | Eggplant | Eggplants growing in upside down container |
| Vegetable | Elephant Garlic | Elephant garlic (harvested or growing) |
| Vegetable | German Pink Tomatoes | German Pink tomato |
| Vegetable | Gibsonii Castor Beans | Gibsonii Castor Bean |
| Vegetable | Lettuce | Lettuce with Downy Mildew |
| Vegetable | Lettuce | Lettuce with Nematodes |
| Vegetable | Lettuce | Lettuce with Soft Rot |
| Vegetable | Lima Beans | Lima Bean Pod Blight |
| Vegetable | Miscellaneous | Blackleg Disease in vegetables |
| Vegetable | Okra | Okra Blossom Blight |
| Vegetable | Okra | Okra with Fusarium Wilt |
| Vegetable | Onions | Growing onions vertically |
| Vegetable | Onions | Winter Onions |
| Vegetable | Onions | Growing Onions Vertically in a Bottle |
| Vegetable | Peas | Powdery Mildew on Peas |
| Vegetable | Peas | Pea Streak Virus |
| Vegetable | Peppers | Pepper Mosaic Virus |
| Vegetable | Peppers | Rezha Macedonian Pepper |
| Vegetable | Potatoes | Potato eelworms |
| Vegetable | Potatoes | Potato Curly Top Virus |
| Vegetable | Potatoes | Potato with Aster Yellows Disease |
| Vegetable | Potatoes | Potato Pink Rot |
| Vegetable | Potatoes | Split or cracked potato |
| Vegetable | Potatoes | Potato tuberworms |
| Vegetable | Squash | Squash blossom end rot |
| Vegetable | Summer Squash | Hollow summer squash |
| Vegetable | Swiss Chard | Wilting Swiss Chard |
| Vegetable | Terracotta Tomatoes | Terracotta Tomato |
| Vegetable | Toga Eggplant | Toga eggplant |
| Vegetable | Tomatoes | Big Bud disease in Tomatoes |
| Vegetable | Tomatoes | Bunchy Top Virus on tomatoes |
| Vegetable | Tomatoes | Little leaf syndrome on tomatoes |
| Vegetable | Tomatoes | Tomatoes affected by nematodes |
| Vegetable | Tomatoes | Applying Calcium Nitrate for Tomato Blossom End Rot |
| Vegetable | Turnips | Cracked turnips |
| Vegetable | Zucchini | Hollow zucchini |
