Q: My son found these bugs in his bedroom. Can you identify for me? A: I’m sad to say he has bedbugs. If you see one, there are many more hiding. Though there are products sold that are labeled for bedbug control
Q: I was burning leaves under a cast iron grate in the driveway, it was really windy, and I looked away for a second. Need I say more? Have I done permanent damage to my zoysia? A: Good news…I doubt the gra
Q: There is a fungus growing on our old oak tree. It stands only about 20 feet from our two story ranch and is about two and one half times the height of the house. A: The tree was likely there before the house w
Aphids – On Indoor Citrus Tree
Q: Are these spider mites? Or baby assassin bugs? Or baby cave crickets? There appears to be at least two different kinds of critters here. I spray my citrus trees with insecticidal soap every other week. A: The
‘Okame' Cherry – Pink Flowers in Early Spring
Q: What are the pink flowering trees that start blooming in late February? The flowers are small. A: I'll bet you're seeing ‘Okame' cherry. The small flowers are Pepto-Bismol pink and they
Q: You mentioned on your radio program that it was easy to obtain free wood chips. Whom would I contact? A: Most arborist companies (www.georgiaarborist.org) will deliver them free. If you ask nicely, they will b
Q: I have a gardenia that is forty years old. The past two or so years it has been putting out small leaves and losing branches and only producing a few flowers. Do you have any advice for me? A: Try to rejuvena
Q: I have built some raised garden beds that will need to be back filled before I can put garden soil in. The max depth of the bed is 20 inches. The minimum depth is about 10 inches. How deep do I need to back fi
Camellia – Three Colors on Same Bush
Q: I would like to buy a camellia that looks like this one I found online. A: My camellia guru Mark Crawford, owner of Loch Laurel Camellia Nursery in Valdosta says: "This could only be done by grafting to
Sweet Potato – Wireworm Damage
Q: Could you tell me what is eating on my sweet potatoes every year? A: The creatures in question are millipedes but I think they are just enjoying the damage done originally by wireworms. Wireworm control is dif
Plum, Peach, Nectarine – Black Knot Disease
Q: We have a fruit cocktail tree, bearing plum, peach and nectarine fruit, planted five years ago. It blossomed and had some fruit but the fruit developed a gum-looking disease and eventually fell off. A good num
Meyer Lemon – Hand Pollination
Q: I had a dozen lemons the first summer I had this tree. Last year in winter it had a few blooms every few days but they fell off quickly and were small. It also lost a lot of leaves. Last summer it grew a litt
Q: I have been all over the Internet and cannot find a good resource about organic gardening in Georgia and what to plant when. We want to start an organic vegetable garden now. What can we plant in the summer an
Fig – Removing Vigorous Small Twigs
Q: We pruned our fig severely two years ago and left only three big trunks. It came back somewhat the next year with lots of sprouts from the roots. We removed some of them and now we need to prune it better. But
Q: Your web site says that peach trees should be pruned to about 6 ft. tall. I have never done that and my peach trees are 12′ to 15′ tall. Can I cut my peach trees back to 6′ at one time? A: Th
Q: I have a large (and spreading) clump of bamboo iris, Iris confusa. Can I remove leaves in winter? A: Unlike most irises, it's better not to remove leaves in winter. The slender, flower-bearing stems emer
Q: I prepared to remove a stump in my parent’s backyard and realized that it has termites. I want to remove and grind the stump; however, I’m not sure if we need to treat the termites first. Her house is termite
Q: I have a shrub with problems in my front yard. I cannot tell if this dead pattern is due to the soil or a bug. A: This shows why it's important not to shear azaleas. Over the years the close pruning has
Rose – Sprouts From Grafted Understock
Q: I have a rose bush that I had in a planter for about a year but it died. Now that the weather has gotten nice I have noticed four or five small bushes growing in the planter. Two appear to be attached to the o
Japanese Honeysuckle – Juvenile Leaves are Lobed
Q: This comes up amidst my honeysuckle, but these leaves are not the same at all! New to my yard this year. The vines were reddish earlier, but I think now the color is not so apparent. A: This is Japanese honeys
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