August Gardening Tips and Tasks
… soil and make your garden more resilient to the impacts of climate change. Trees & Shrubs August is frequently a dry … a healthy root system. Make a plan to add a new tree to your garden this fall, if feasible. Shade trees help … be found feeding on many host plants, especially tree of heaven ( Ailanthus altissma ). If you observe spotted …
Key to Common Problems of Dogwoods
… Bruce Watt, University of Maine, Bugwood.org Symptoms: white coating on leaves; may be on upper and lower surfaces. … and feed on the foliage. Adult sawflies, which resemble tiny wasps, emerge during late spring and early summer. The … trees that are stressed or injured. The adult is a day-flying clearwing moth. Adults emerge from dogwood trees …
Blackgum, Sourgum, or Tupelo Tree
… March 6, 2023 About blackgum Nyssa sylvatica Deciduous Tree Dogwood Family Maryland Distribution: A canopy tree commonly found in forests of wet to average moisture. … by natives bees and honeybees (as in tupelo honey). The fruits are consumed by songbirds, woodpeckers, wild turkeys, …
Brown Rot on Ornamental Cherry Trees
A Return of a Scale
… into the landscape. If uncontrolled, they can kill the tree. Hosts San Jose scale is most destructive on apple and … be a serious pest of sweet cherry, peach, prune, and other tree fruits. It also attacks nut trees, berry bushes, and many …
A Return of a Scale
… into the landscape. If uncontrolled, they can kill the tree. Hosts San Jose scale is most destructive on apple and … be a serious pest of sweet cherry, peach, prune, and other tree fruits. It also attacks nut trees, berry bushes, and many …
Using Plant Growth Regulators to Improve Apple Return Bloom
… or vegetative tissue during this period can deplete the tree’s energy which can compromise return bloom for next … by minimizing competition between flowers on the same tree. PGRs are synthetic or naturally occurring chemicals … and Fuji, and it has been reported that it causes pygmy fruits in these cultivars. Ethephon should not be applied …
Be on the Lookout for Green Stink Bug
… dimpling and subsequent catfacing injury (Fig. 2). Mature fruits will have depressed lines and multiple corky areas … bugs and many types of stink bugs. Scout grapes and small fruits since adult stink bugs will often lay their eggs early … For more information about control see the Penn State Tree Fruit Production Guide (page 155). This article appears …
San Jose Scale
… ), prune-type plums ( Prunus domestica ), and other tree fruits. Nut trees and several fruiting shrubs (edible … of all sizes. They can also be found on the skin of fruits and occasionally on foliage. Populations on trunks and …
The Beach Plum
… however it tends to resemble a bush more often than a tree; it suckers freely from the roots and can produce dense … been injured by insects, causing it to rot. These decayed fruits dry, shrivel, and become mummies. The disease 3 lives … 315. U. of Mass. Coop. Ext. Ser. Reich, L. 1991. Uncommon Fruits Worth of Attention. Addison-Wesley. Reading, MA. … The …