Pine Tree Injured

QuestionI have a 25 year old pine tree that sustained damage to the surface roots exposed when my neighbor dumped his construction material on the ground to the left side of the tree. When the debris was remov

locus tree control

Questionyou say us roundup there are many roundup herbicides witch one will work the best on the locus trees AnswerRoundup is a trade name. Monsanto chemical co. had the patent on it until a few years ago when th

insect on willows

QuestionI have a customer in the Charleswood area in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. she has a willow tree on her property and has an insect in which she describes as (black, smaller than a lady bug, round shape, when

Transplanting red maple

QuestionI have a healthy 7-foot red maple that I would like to transplant. Is the fall a good time to do this? AnswerYes the fall is the best time. A real inportant area is digging a good root ball with the t

Leland Cypress Needle Blight disease.

QuestionOur Leland Cypress Trees are getting yellow on the tips and from the bottom up. Upon our research, we believe it to be Cercospora Needle Blight. It was suggested to get Kocide to apply. We

Tree roots and structural damage

QuestionI have a palm tree (it think its a fan palm) and birch tee planted too close to each other and very close to a fence bordering our neighbor. Which tree would cause damage to the brick fence and w

Catawba tree disesases

QuestionI have two large catawba trees in my yard. This is the first year I have owned the property and when they put on leaves the leaves seemed to be much fewer than I had seen on other catawba trees. Now Sept.15

identifying tree leaves

Question My daughter has a science project where she needs to identify trees by their leaves. We need pictures of leaves that are native to trees in Wisconsin. Could you please suggest a web site that would show clo

Damaged tree trunk.

QuestionI live in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. We transplanted a large Mimosa plant from its pot into the garden a few months ago because it was somewhat too big for its pot and kept on blowing over by the wind. &nbs

Deciduous Trees grown indoors

QuestionHi. I live in Zone 7a, Falls Church VA. I recently bought a Japanese Maple Bloodgood and planted her in a pot to grow in my living room. The thing is the guys at the Nursery are telling me that it wont know

insects on crape mrytle trees

Question Hello, I live in Ocala, Florida and just noticed some kind of insect that looks like a mutated stink bug on my crape mrytle tree. Can you please help me? Do you know what these could be and what do I

Fertilizing Dogwood Trees

QuestionDear Jim, I have a Cornus florida and a Cornus kousa that were planted last summer. What time of year should they be fertilized and how often? I live in New Jersey. AnswerOver fertilization is

Walnut tree - black leaves

QuestionWeve got a very tall walnut tree in the backyard and it now has black leaves on a few branches. It doesnt seem to carry up the tree too far, mostly on the bottom branches. We are going to have th

Oak trees from acorns

QuestionWhat is the proper way to plant oak trees from acorns? should I freeze the seed before starting it or is it okay to plant right away. Ill be sterting the trees indoors to insure they grow, living in northern

Crepe Myrtle Trees

QuestionI live in SW Virginia. One of my five crepe myrtles did not bloom at all this year. The others did well. What can I do to make it bloom? It appears healthy in all other ways, no insects, mold, and the leaves

browning pine trees

QuestionWe recently planted 12 long needle pine trees along our fence (May). They were doing fine but recently one has turned completely brown and many of the others are turning yellow then brown starting from the i

Transplanting liquid amber

Questioni need to move a liquid amber that is about four years old and ten slim feet tall. Ive dug around it and got it moving the dirt ball around the bottom. But Im sure there is some sort of tap root. Should I tr

bananas

QuestionHouston:Will bananas ripen on the tree or should I remove them while still green? AnswerI would leave them on the tree as long as possible depending on the temperature. According to the Texas A&M Plan

Lemon Tree

Question9 y ago I got seeds from procing lemon tree from a friend of mine. He said in 5-6 years they woould produce. So far I got no flowers let alone lemons. Plants (6 of them) look healthy, no bugs inf

beaver damage

QuestionA large beaver had a meal on my willow tree. It only has one small section that has bark still on it. I have put up a wire mesh around the tree to prevent any more damage until the beaver can be