| Recent Answers from Jim Hyland |
 |
2008-08-12 giant poison ivy: You can kill the vine with a herbicide called Roundup. IF you can reach the leaves spray them with Roundup and the plant will transport the herbicide to the roots killing the vine. OR if you can not reach...
|
2008-08-12 sap from trees: Aphids can be treated any time of the year that the tree has foliage. The spring would be the best as soon as the leaves are full. The key to control is using a systemic insecticide as a spray or a soil...
|
2008-08-11 sap from trees: Sounds like either an insect called an aphid or a scale insect. Both insects will suck the plant juices fro the tree and secrete a substance called honeydew which is high in sugar content and sticky. This...
|
2008-08-11 Pin Oak tree trunk discoloration: I would think this is a condition called slim flux. Slime flux is the name given to the oozing or flowing liquid that is often seen during the heat of the summer on the trunk, large limbs, or basal roots...
|
2008-08-10 Arborvitae Question: This is an insect called a bagworm. They are really not killing the plants but eating the foliage, the trees should leaf out again. The common bagworm, Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis (Haworth), is an...
|
| More Answers for "Plant Diseases" |