weeping cherry disease ?

Questiondoing fall clean up i noticed a jelly like substance on the trunks of my weping cherry trees they are about 10 years old never noticed this befor any ideas AnswerThis sounds like Gummosis. Weeping cherry is

1 year old Pinky Winky hydrangea has spots

Question hydrangea 1 and 2 Hello! Thank you so much for helping me! I live in Michigan, zone 5, and I have a Pinky Winky Hydrangea that I bought 1 year ago. It has spots on the leaves, as shown. Can I s

Varigated Holly Bush

QuestionWe have a new varigated holly bush but its leaves are turning redish yellow what is wrong with it ? AnswerDear David, I am assuming that you are talking about already established leaves on the plant turning

Ligustrum

QuestionI live on the east coast of Florida in the Tampabay area. I have A ligustrum tree that I planted in the ground about 8 years ago. This season Ive noticed what looks like tiny little leafs all over the plant

weeping Queen Ann palm

QuestionHi there, we have 2 18 year old palms here in Californias northern central valley. In April we trimmed many brown fronds and have had new spears and seed pods recently. Also recently both palms have started

plant disease

Questiontomato plant on fruiti QUESTION: New Tomato leaves are discoloring not growing to full size. Do you have any idea of what could cause this? and what do we do to overcome this problem. ANSWER: Khurra

Live Oak infestation

Question Oak Tree Hello, We just found out today that our oak tree has a terrible issue. We hired a tree trimmer that found that in the Ys of the upper branches that there is a white bug infestation that is e

Queen Palm rot

Question Palm Tree Rot 1 Palm Tree Rot 2 Please Help My queen palm has developed what seems to be rot at the base (see attached photo). Can you identify it and prescribe a cure AnswerHi Tom, It

fertilizer

QuestionHi found your tips useful everytime ,I want to know that what chemical composition contains in cow,sheep and hen dung.Last year I applied sheep fertilizer but I think application for subsequent year is harmf

Cycad/sago plant

QuestionI have an indigenous cycad that has been growing wonderfully for the past 30 years. It has also given me a few cones in the past. This year the leaves began growing with The leafs turning black and the

dumb cane issue

QuestionI have noticed some areas on a few leaves that appears to have been nibbled. I have searched both the plant and soil and find absolutely nothing. Any ideas and/or solutions? AnswerHi Barbara: C

pony tail palm tree

QuestionOur Pony tail palm tree ( about 7 yrs old) 9ft tall has done just great all these years- water 2-4 wks. but today I noticed a crack in its Bottom- not sure what happen to our Spidy but I am worri

systemic vs nonsystemic

Questioni would like to use mancozeb in addition to propiconazole by tree bark application with pentrabark on my walnut (big!) trees. in addition i use phosphoric acid q every month mancozeb is not water soluble wil

badly frostbitten cactus

QuestionHi, A week ago I was given a 5 or 6 foot upright cactus (variety unknown but somewhat common: polygonal cross section at each of several stems, with thorns along the length of the plant, at the tips of the

tiny white flying bugs on hybbiscus

QuestionLive in the northeast cold in winter leave the tree out all summer bring it in when its fall has had theses bugs all summer,have sprayed continually with insecticide but its not getting rid if them tri

Dahlia leaves ? Pest/disease

Question Dahlia leaves Hi, my dahlias that are currently 1 ft high are suffering from a problem affecting their leaves. As the leaves are growing ( tuber came out of dormancy 3 months ago so hasnt flowerd yet

diseased sago plant

QuestionDear expert: I have 4 sagos next to each other,in the ground.I have a pool and the cool deck that slants towards all sides,thus adding rain water to the root systems,of the sagos.They get morning sun,and are

crotons

QuestionI have several crotons. One has mealybugs which I am spraying weekly with Triazicide. My one croton has small spots on the leaves. The spots look white, its not a bug but some kind of fungus. Als

bark falling off fig tree

Question fig tree sick fig tree Hi Ms Johnston, my fig orchard was planted from 2011 to 2013.Lebanon 400 M above sea. Fig trees very common here. This winter to 8 deg. C. minimum. I just discovered one

nicotine solution uptake by plants roots?

QuestionHello, I would like to know if NICOTINE, if extracted in water as tobacco macerate, can become a SYSTEMIC insecticide and be taken up by plants roots, therefore becoming poisonous for sucking parasites. I k