Submitted Photo — The city has received state funding from the North Carolina Forest Service's Ash Protection Program and the state Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to inject 20 local ...

Nearly all shade trees and many shrubs are subject to borer attack, the tunneling of immature beetle or moth larvae through the cambium, sapwood or heartwood of the host plant. Adult insects lay eggs ...

If insecticide sprays are applied too late, the pests enter and eat inside the fruit where they are protected from sprays. If applied too early, the spray will dissipate and be ineffective when the ...

Question: What is dormant spray? I was told to use it on my fruit trees, but I don’t know what it is. Thanks. Answer: Dormant sprays are sprays used on fruit trees during the winter, the dormant ...

Q: I followed some advice on applying a pesticide to kill borers in my fruit trees and now I learned I am killing the bees. A: All pesticides are lethal to bees. Even soap and water kill them. Soap ...

Horticultural expert Melinda Myers shares her sure-fire tips on how to get rid of mealybugs and other scale insects on your ...

Tree borers are a group of insects that lay their eggs on or inside of trees and cause affected parts of trees to slowly weaken as their chewing severs vital transport tissues.

Dormant – in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation. I know this is referring to plants at rest in winter but, all I can see is that ninja fighter making a spectacular mid-air kick and ...