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… Updated: April 2, 2024 Key points Planting trees, mostly native ones, and taking good care of them are key actions … provide shading, cooling, cleaner air and water, habitat for wildlife, and stormwater management -- many essential … when it comes to holding carbon out of the atmosphere. All plants use carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) to generate their own food …

… pollinator-friendly buffers to their farms and transition lawns to meadows, including in swales between chicken houses. …

… first two years of establishment. Well-established plants should still be watered thoroughly during dry periods. Water … plants, or the damage may have occurred long before you noticed it. Poor growing conditions, weather extremes, … that secrete a sticky substance called honeydew as they feed. Honeydew supports sooty mold growth, a black fungal …

… including extreme cold, drought stress, wood-boring insects, canker and root diseases, and wildlife feeding. Problems caused by insects/mites or diseases Stone fruit trees are vulnerable to … Maryland’s home fruit gardeners. Problems not caused by insects/mites or diseases Branches and Trunk Gum oozes from …

… standing crops. There have not been reports of significant pest pressures.—Sarah Hirsh, Somerset Co. Southern Maryland … isolated; some areas have far less, especially the farther west you go. Fortunately the majority of the corn crop was … need some moisture soon. Unfortunately, we have had some pest issues above threshold that are requiring treatment. …

… fruit juices, oozing sap, honeydew excreted by sap-feeding insects, and nutritional liquids produced by their young. Insects, other invertebrate prey (such as spiders or worms), … not leave the area. Vibrations near a nest, such as from a lawn mower or electric hedge clippers, can trigger a …