Spider plant disease

QuestionI have a spider plant that looks like the leaves are now lace. The plant is quickly turning brown and dying. What has gotten onto my plant? And should I be worried about any plants nearby. AnswerSound

variegated pittosporum (pittosporum tobira Variegata)

QuestionI have 7 of these plants as shrubs. The leaves are turning splotchy yellow. I live in Central Florida zone 9. Please help. Thank You, Velma AnswerThere could be several reasons for

Ponderosa pine needles are turning brown

QuestionHi David, We have a ponderosa pine in our back yard thats about 30 years old. It has been healthy all this time. But in the past month we have noticed the needles are turning brown in the m

Arborvitae American

QuestionOur Arborvitae American--all 8 of them--are currently turning yellow. When you touch the yellow, the needles fall off. There is still green with berries but it seems strange all 8 would do this a

Victoria plum tree deficiences

QuestionMy 3 year old Victoria has produced one plum this year and is at present almost bare of leaves. It is planted in acidic soil that is 5.5ph although mulching etc may well have affected the balance since I pla

Ill Locust thornless tree

QuestionI live in Kansas City and it seems that a lot of the trees in the parks got this illness. Now mine has it too. It looks like there are lots of little webs hanging from branches, but not the tent worm kind,

ant on plants

QuestionI just bought 3 Petunias, 1 Dahlia and a Potato plant(in an diffrent area) on 9/28/08 and I had a butterfly feeder with suger water and cantalope leaning against my flag pole. Well ants found it and are all

Sycamore diseases

QuestionHi Jim, Ive got a client with a 25 year old sycamore. The bark is badly popping off (in about an 18 section)on three of the main branches. The wood underneath looks dark brown. There is virtuall

Maple blood good

Questioni have a blood good maple tress 9 years old. This summer I noticed part of the tree leaves were shriveled up and dead. my husband cut off that part of the tree. As of Sept. the same thing is happening to ano

tree trunk rot

QuestionDear Mr. Camper, I have an old cherry tree. I just cleaned out a large hollow in the trunk. The main branch above the hollow grows in a sickly manner as compared to the branches below the hollow. For exampl

Fig Tree ( rust? )

QuestionI live in the Raleigh area of NC. There are times when it seems hotter here than in FL where I moved from. My garden here was much better than any garden I had in FL. I discovered some interesting tricks in

green mold

Questioni have 2 orange trees and a lemon tree.one of the orange trees started out with a little green mold and now they all seem to have it.it seems to be spreading to my olive tree as well.i cant seem to find anyt

Lime Tree Problem

QuestionI am in southern California. I have a Baers lime tree in a big pot. It has produced fruit for four years, but this year, the new leaves are curling and are covered with what looks like peeling, clear, thin p

black eggs on maple tree

QuestionHi, My Autumn blaze maple tree has tiny black eggs (or what appear to be eggs) all over its leaves. Every leaf is covered! What could this be and what should I do? Thanks! AnswerHi

Linden tree-cont. from previous

QuestionThe tree is about 25 ft. tall, stands alone in the front yard getting full sun. We live in the Twin Cities, east central Minnesota. We have not had too bad of a drought, we have underground sprinklers and th

Pear tree damage

QuestionHi Cathy, I wondered if you could help, this year the pears on my tree are all cracked all around the fruit, cracks 5or 6 cm wide, any ideas or tips would be great

Emerald Green Arborvitae Hedge Problems

Question Damage backside of eas Live in Crown Point Indiana. Our one hedge of arborvitae (arborvitae or arborvities?), 37, on the backside (neighbors view) of the east side hedge have a solid brown dead leav

pecan tree no fruit

QuestionHi, William, I have a pecan tree in the yard. it is about 30 years old. and 40 feet tall. It looks good and provides shade. but it does not give fruits. any thing I can do? Thank you. Jack AnswerHi there. B

Poplar tree insect disease

QuestionWilliam, I am in NE Indiana. All of our white barked poplar are dying. The leaves turn dark brown and fall off. Yesterday I looked at the leaves and at the base of the leave where it attaches to the stem the

yellow jackets in a weeping willow tree

QuestionHi, I live in northern Kentucky and am having problems with yellow jackets in our weeping willow tree. The tree is approximately 8-9 years old and is at least 20 feet tall. It is very healthy, bu