Q: We have several fruit trees in our backyard. One of them is a plum tree. For the first time, we have lots of plums on the tree. The problem is that the plums keep falling off as soon as they get ...

After a few years of watching and waiting for a peach tree I planted to bear fruit, it finally did this year. Unfortunately, it was unable to produce during those first few years because of peach leaf ...

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 ...

Keep more pecans for yourself by trapping troublesome squirrels or preventing them from climbing your pecan tree. (Brett Duke / The Times-Picayune archive) QUESTION: We have two pecan trees that stand ...

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

Back when I was in high school, in the spring, we'd sun ourselves during lunchtime in a courtyard with a large oak tree near the school cafeteria. It was risky behavior on two fronts. First, if only ...

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 ...