Ask the PlantMaster
Pests and Disease
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I recently got a blue tango bromelaid and it has small white bugs and sticky clear sheen on its leaves.. how do I correct the problem
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Bought orchid soil and when I opened the bag it was full of flies. will freezing the soil kill the flies for good?
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What are these clumps on my trees?
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Is there a product available that will kill asian jasmine? We have tried using Roundup several times, but it seems to perk it up rather than kill it.
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I have a newly planted 65 gal 14 ft high blanchard magnolia tree which came with a very large black spider - I noticed the spider the night it was planted weaving a web at the top of the tree - it's about the size of a silver dollar. Haven't seen it agai
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I have a 20 ft Queen Palm front of house with large circular crack/split just below the fronds. Is this dangerous? Is it dieased or suffering from last winter cold damage? See image Does it need to be replaced
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How can I get rid of wild aster. It is just taking over my yard.
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I have planted along my rear property line about 8 oleanders manicured in tree forms with a single trunck about 6 feet tall and a canopy currently about 5 feet in diameter and 4 feet tall. They all have continuous dead leaf clusters on them spread randoml
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Sticky truck of Chinese Pistache
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I have white stuff that looks like fuzz on my ground orchids and can't get rid of it. What can I do?
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Finding termites in ground of vegetable and flower garden.
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How do I kill the worms on my Texas Sage plants?
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what can I use to get rid of grub worms before the detioration of my lawn for winter?
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Waht is the black/ gray sooty like substance on my fire bush leaves in Florida?
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What will kill or rid Roots of Japanese Petunias
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How do I get rid of small white worms from the soil of a potted splitleaf philodendron?
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what to do about dirt flies (indoors)
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I have white little bumps all over my crepe myrtle, what is it and how do I treat it?
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black (almost like a fungus) all over on my crepe mrytles
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We have asps in our red oak in our backyard. It is a huge shade tree. What is the best way to get rid of them. We are in our backyard a lot, with our grandchildren, and I am worried about someone getting stung. I have read that they won't do harm to t
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how do i get rid of rats in my yard
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How do you treat the Peach bore. We have been using Spectracide Tree Insect killer on the trunk and Sevin dust around the base.
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What would cause a black cane and dying leaves on a Knockout rose bush. This is spreading to a row I have along my iron fence.
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How can I get rid of an armadillo that is destroying our yard?
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Does Calloways on Cockrell Hill Rd carry the Green Light Fire Ant Control?
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How do you get rid of grasshoppers? They are stripping my plants.
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Cats and other critters get in my backyard and destroy plants. Would an ammonia product keep them away or would these products harm the plants? What products do you suggest? Thank you.
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How can I get rid of Cooley on my Magnolia trees?
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What causes rust spots on Gebera Daisies?
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What should be used now to stop weed growth,
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Ant poison and carrots...
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I sprayed my Wysteria with an insecticide (from Bayer). One day later the plant looks "droopy". I am hoping that I did not kill it! Any suggestions? Thank you!
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How to get rid of snails and slugs in my flower beds in the Houston, TX area
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What can I do to deter the geckos from my bushes and flowers around my patio?
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How do i get rid of grasshoppers?
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What can I do about splits in my chinese pastachio tree trunk?
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Why are my mature American Holly trees are dying?
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How do I kill a crape myrtle?
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When I am working in my yard I do not feel or see any insects etc on me or feel anything. But when I come inside my legs and arms really itch if I do not use a spray like OFF. What is making me itch? Thanks
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black spots on leaves of a silver maple tree
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I bought an alatahea and the leaves are somewhat curled and not porducing many flowers, and the flowers produced are not fully developed. What is the problem here in San Antonio, Texas?
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I have a question. Are Mosquito Dunks safe for other garden creatures. I would not want to poison my lizards, etc. Thank you for your help.
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what is the treatment for tree have sticky leafage
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Fruit Trees in the vicinity of Plumbago
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what insecticide to use to kill insects causing sooty mold?
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thin tiny worm-like bugs in soil?
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aphids on my hybiscus-I'm spraying with systemic insect spray Bonide, how often can I spray.
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What do you recommend for grub worms
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Do you carry MSMA crabgrass killer/
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termites in pomegranate bush
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Is there anything that can kill weeds on a newly seeded lawn?
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Locust and grasshopper are eating my vegetables how do I get rid of them?
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How do I treat cottony cushion scale. On my pittosporum and spreading fast? Plano
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I have a roseasharon that something is eating the bark off its limbs i sprayed it with soapy water but what ever it is you can't see it during the day next am more bark eaten off
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i have a garden and a fence around it something is eating my broccoli and now have moved to my califlower plants
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Chiggers
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How do I get rid of clover that's entertwined in my bed of euronymous?
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Our crape myrtle tree is having mold, can we treat it?
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What will kill portulaca--P.oleracea, I have been trying to kill it for 14 years. HELP
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How would you keep the Birds out of my peach tree
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Locust are invading my yard & plants. I heard that Tempo sc ultra is a really good product to use, but I am unable to find it in Arlington, Texas. Any ideas?
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I have a bad case of Citrus Miners on Comquat; lemon and lime tree. Some have fruit . What can I use...seems to me you use one spray for larve and one for moth?
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I live in Greenville TX. I have several trees infected by bores. I just lost one
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how to treat bores in my shumardy oak tree. The bark is turning loose on the bottom and I have already lost one tree.
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invading weeds with new shoots of invading shrubs
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Eliminating fungus and mold from outdoor plants in boxes.
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What is causing this problem? How do I treat for this?
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Something is eating my basil ( I leave in IL.) what can do to the soil to stop this.
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There is a clump of bright yellow stuff that looks something like cornmeal growing in my ornamental grass. What could it be?
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yellow leaves, green leaves with black splotches, and dead stalks on my roses
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How do you get rid of moths
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How do I treat yellowed leaves and black spots on lower leaves on Red Cora Vinca?
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is there anything i can put on plants to keep my dogs from eating them?
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we have been notified of the posibility of Rose Rosette disease in our neighborhood. I am the landscape chairman for our neighborhood and would like to know if you carry Avid 0.15EC- Spider Mite Control which I have found on the Internet to be a preventi
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Any idea what kind of bugs could be eating my dianthus leaves and blooms?
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Are there any plants that can act as mosquito repellers?
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How to get rid of Leaf footed bug (stink bug) nymphs on container tomato plant?
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How can I kill dandelions intertwined in my euronymous ground cover?
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I have a problem with rabbits. Which flowers do they not like to eat?
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I have st.augustine grass and would like to know when and how I need to pretreat for grub worms?
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how do you kill broadleaf(black medic) growing in liriope?
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How do you kill established tall fescue growing in Spirea and junipers?
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do to the heat/humitidy I now have a white powdery mold or fungus on my okra/string bean plant/cucumbers is there a simple homemade fungicide that you can share with me?
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Trees Question
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How to kill rose chafer beetles
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How to get rid of fat worm infection on daylillies?
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How do I get rid of dicondra in my Korean grass
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how do you kill FALL ARMYWORM, Spodoptera frugiperda
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How do I get rid of invasive vines in a flowered? I try to dig the out but can't seem to get it all. One of the vines is clematis.
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Should we be concerned about the recent moth population?
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Geckos are eating my Hosta plants. What can I do to stop them?
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I used Sluggo around all the plants with holes, but the devastation continues. I found cutworms "mowed" the amyrilis flat and after investigating, there are many different colored/sizes/types worms, hiding in the dirt, some crawling on the leaves. How oft
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Rose Rosette Disease. is it true we have to pull the roses out and not replant roses for two yrs because of this diseae
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kill a large poison ivy vine?
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crape murtle trees infected with spider mites how do I remove them
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I have 2 very large trees in my front yard. This year they have attracted MANY butterflies. The trees new leaves are curling & balling on itself. Then closer investigation of them, we found these teeny off white colored mites. These trees are at least 16
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Something on my bird of paradise
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I think I have snails eating my potato plants, what is the best way to get rid of them? I also have knout out rose that will not bloom. No buds at all, and the leaves have a light white disting on htem, is it fungus?How to get rid of them.
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what is wrong with my lucky bamboo
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I have white spots on my Wax leaf ligustrum and leaves are falling off. It looks healthy otherwise. What should I do?
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list of plants that attract butterflys
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do thrips attack/damage strawberry plant or the fruit?
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How do I kill my weeds?
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Recently planted October Glory Red Maple has dead branch with grub-like worm under bark. Solution or plan of action suggested?
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I have a foamy puffy looking substance that's on the base of the shrubs in the mulch, what is it and how do I get rid of it? Help & thank you.
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We live in Keller on an acre with several old oak trees. We've noticed the leaves are being munched on by something? Caterpillar's maybe? They are eating all of the leaves starting with the bottom of the tree. Help!
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Hostas plants have holes. What to use and how?
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what can I spray for Canna worms and worms on petunias?
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I have a vegetable and herb garden planted. Holes are being eaten in my arugula and mint leaves. I can see no bugs on the plants. What is doing this?
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I have white spots on the bark/limbs of my crepe myrtles in Ftw. It is not powdery mildew. What could it be?
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I have a sucking insects infested mexican plum tree. I used neem oil, but that's not working. Do you have any recommendation of the insecticides?
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Mushrooms in grass
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What weed killer could I use on clovers in my flower beds without killing the other plants?
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how do you get rid of brome in flowerbeds and keep it out when they are next to a pasture?
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What should I do about grub worms in my tree and flower beds? I assume if in the beds they are in the lawn. Frisco tx 75035
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Our windmill palm appears to have yellow slime mold on it. It is on the back 'corner' of the tree and we never noticed before. The top of the tree looks great. Can it be saved and what is the treatment? I was going to send a picture but was unable to
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I have onion grass growing in my vegetable garden and I have tried pulling it out and it all just comes back
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My camellias have a brown color on the tip up to half of the leaf. What is wrong with it?
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i have a problem something is eating my crape myrtle leaves one tree now has no leaves and almost all my trees have a little leaves that are being eaten what could it be and what do i put on them to save them i have 20 of them that i planted last year the
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What is the organic solution to thrips?
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When is the best time to apply insecticide/poison to kill grub worms? And what do we use?
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what are ways to kill big large grown wild weeds in my lawn on front back of my house
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how do u get rid of the acorns, that have fallen off the oak trees??
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What is the best weed killer for crabgrass
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Is liquid week killer more effective than granule or vice versa?
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What is the best solution for scale on sky pencil jap. holly
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How can I kill green bamboo? It's spreading and taking over the neighborhood!!
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Our house is infested with gnats.
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It seems like this year we are having the largest number of mosquitoes ever. What is the best way to get rid of them without injury to people or the environment?
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i have a chalky type residue on the leaves of my camellias, what should i do
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how can I prevent tomato worms organicly???
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How to "kill" a thorny fruity tree
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what can I put in a flower bed to keep my cats out that wont hurt my cats
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How to get rid of poison-ivy?
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Avenger/organic/weed killer to the roots/do you have it
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How do I eliminate dallisgrass? Where can I find foramsulfuron (revolver)?
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How can I "doctor" a wound on my ancient mulberry tree?
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How do you determine if you have cinch bugs in the lawn?
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I had what appear to be cinch bugs in the partial shade of my front trees? How to I verify what they are and how to treat them this year.
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How can I keep dark red clover and chickweed looking weed from coming back in my flowerbed. I continue to try to dig these up by roots however they keep coming back.
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Excessive acorns.
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Scale bug attack
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Lime tree leaf drop
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Something is eating my pansies, leaves and flowers. What can I do about it?
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I think my azaleas have powdery mildew. How can I be sure, and what should I do about it?
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My 1 year old Silverado Sage has lost a lot of it's leaves and looks bad. what could be the cause of this?
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My Spiral Juniper has burned/dead areas on it, however i do see new growth. what could cause this?
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How do I get rid of the suckers that are sprouting from my Brandford Pear Tree?
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How can I get rid of moles in our yard?
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Is my Japanese Maple dead - all the leaves are dry and brown and now the bark is turning a dark grey at at the top of the tree (not the trunk).
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We have henbit taking over our garden and areas outside yard what is the safest way to get rid of it that won't harm pets or birds?
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brown, burnt, cracked loquat leaves
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Juniper Tree leaves are browning.
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how to remove glass from the flower bed?
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I got of spiders and wasps in our yard. Now I have crickets. How can I get rid of them safely -- or make them go somewhere else?
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We have a cottonwood that has what looks like sawdust around the base. I thought woodpecker at first, but it looks like we poured sawdust around it. Any thoughts? We really don't want to lose this tree!
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Magnolia tree
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My 20 year old Silver Maple tree has white mushroom looking things growing out of the trunk, about 4 feet up. What does this mean?
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lost my yard to "web worms"
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I have bees in a pine tree. My tree man tried to kill them, then filled the knot holes with expanding foam.
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What is best to use to keep squirrels and other critters from eating vegetables in garden?
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I live in Arlington Texas and I have a problem with Twig Girdlers on elm trees. Is there any way to get rid of them? I have picked up the girdled twigs as best I can and I know they come out about the second week of August. Are they already in the tree be
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I have mushrooms growing in my yard. How do I get rid of them? I live in Denton, TX and have watered quite a bit due to the hot dry weather
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I have climbing roses. They have good air circulation and plenty of sunshine. They have been very healthy until this summer. The leaves are yellow with green veins. What cold be the problem?
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I have a problem with thrips on my hibiscus. I have 12 large bushes. I have read about alternating betwen Orthene and spinosad, but orthene is not made anymore. Do you have a suggestion to use alternating with spinosad to replace the old Orthene.
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An oak tree's leaves in backyard have turned brown with darker brown around the edges .I'm watering it. Could this be a fungus or a disease?
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What's wrong with my pine tree and what should I do?
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What is take all patch and how do you treat your lawn for it?
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I have crabgrass growing in my backyard. Do I apply a crabgrass killer now or can I apply a pre-emgerent now?
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How should I treat grayish dots appearing on grass blades of St Augustine? This is occurring in several patches.
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What should I use in my beds near the house, instead of mulch, to discourage carpenter ants? They keep coming back!
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How do we - in a nice way - keep rabbits out of our yard?
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a rabbit eating my plants
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What can I do to kill shoots growing up around a tree stump. The tree was recently cut down and the stump left.
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Regarding the collection of cacti I previously submitted a question about:
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GET RID OF GRASS HOPPERS IN FLOWER BED. HOME REMEDY PERFERRED
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waht are the little red bugs that killed my jacob's ladder?
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Will my brown patch fungus die off in the winter and allow my Bermuda grass to recover in the following spring/summer?
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A particular weed has taken over some of my flower beds this summer. It is sticky to the touch and has a horizontal growth pattern. I have photos if that would help identify it. I'd like to know what it is and how to get rid of it and prevent it from r
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I have bugs in my indoor plants in my office, can I use 'BONIDE Systematic Houseplant Insect Control", if so, do you have some in your store at 4200 Airport Fwy?
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We have an Oak tree with yellowish pea size balls on the underside of the leaves. What is this and how do we treat for this desease?
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what destroys my begonias every summer?
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Can TARR be spread to other lawns if a commercial landscape company is mowing?
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how to get rid of rabbits in my yard
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My Lawn has brown patch. It keeps growing inspite of putting a fungus treatment on it. what can I do to stop it?
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My St Augustine grass has a large yellow spot that seems to be growing in size. What is this? How do I treat it?
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What could be digging around my plants making holes and causing roots to show?
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I have a vine that grows throughout my yard & flowerbeds and would like to eliminate it. The vine is thin & tough; it grows vertically & horizontally; its goal seems to be to find the closest plant and wind itself around it.
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what pests do gardenias have
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I have white insects on my crepe myrtles. If you try to remove them a red residue is left.
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I have a squirrel who has eaten every bulb I have including coming onto the porch and eating my tulip bulbs out of the pot.
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What's the best way to get rid of Morning Glory? They're springing up everywhere.
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Why do some of my begonias turn to mush (for lack of a better term) and the others in the same pot are fine?
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What could be digging holes about 3 inches deep-2" wide -at night-around my newly planted vincas and caladiums?
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Will Bayer Complete for Lawns take care of bermuda grass mites?
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My mandilla vine looked beautiful one day and horrible the next. It was wilted and when I looked closer, it looked like it has a fungus or is it the heat? I have it in partial shade, receiving am full sun.
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I have a medium sized black bug that is eating my ivy leaving the skeleton of the leaves. What do I do??
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How do I get rid of white cotton patches near joints and on unopend buds of my hibiscus?
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What has happened to my Sunjoy Gold Pillar Barberry?
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I read that yellow leaves might be an acid problem and to use vinegar in the water but do not remember the amount to how much water
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Crepe Mrytle syndrome
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Why when my Bird of Paradise blooms every one of the flowers have black and diseased blooms?
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Will the Bonide Weed Beater Plus that you recommend to kill the St.Augustine also work against broadleaf weeds like what I refer to as Dallas Grass or Crab Grass?
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We have an epidemic of rabbits because we back up to core of engineers land. The have eaten most of the bulbs I have planted. How can I protect the remaining bulbs?
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how do i trim a globewillow that has been treated for bores
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Is there a natural method to keep worms and bugs out of peaches without using so many pesticides?
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It is July, and my lawn has a bad case of CinchBug. How do I get rid of them fast?
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Stump Fungas
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The leaves are eaten off stems of the althea.
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oneof my rosr bushes after several yearsof producingniceroses has started producing thousands of small thorns on the mainstem. the buds now do not open. what is the problem?
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What can we do for azaleas and hawthornes that appear to be infected with cotton root rot and how can we prevent the spread? What can we plant that is resistant?
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My verbena are infested with tiny white flying insects. I've sprayed Triazicide to no avail. I've sprayed quite often but there are still hundreds of these flying pests. Are they doing any damage? How do I get rid of them? Thanks.
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passion flower not blooming
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My Loropetulums were doing good, but then the leaves were eaten or stripped off of them and the branches were dying. I water them every other day or so. Could this be an insect, fungus, etc. damaging them?
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I planted 45 dwarf Buford holly and about 5 have developed black leaves. I sprayed with Imunox. Is there any way to save them?
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I have small white bugs that hop away. They produce a white silk-like coating where they are found. What are they? Whta is best to get rid of them? Are they bad? Thank you!
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I have a red delicious tree, and the leaves are curling inward. What causes this, and what do I need to do to prevent this? Does this mean I am over-watering or under-watering?
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Unwanted Monkey grass growing in my Bermuda lawn
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using 21-5-10 fertilizer with grub worm control
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How or what can I do to get rid of nut grass in my flower beds? I have tried pulling it up, but it just keeps coming back.
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Grackles are ruining my covered patio. Since there is no where for them to perch they sit on my patio chairs and everyday the chairs and cement are covered with bird poop? I have tried the stuffed owls, what else can you suggest. It;s disgusting.am pl
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My Hardy Hibiscus leaves are curled up tight. they look very unhealthy. What could cause this and how do I treat the problem? The plants are at least 10 years old. First problem ever.
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My Cascading Cora Vinca's leaves are turning yellow and there are tiny white spots on what used to be beautiful purpleish flowers. Can You Help?
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I have very big yellow mushrooms sprouting up in my container of basil. They grow very quickly, have gills,and seem to be multiplying rapidly. Are they poisonous and are they going to harm my basil?
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How do you get rid of nut grass in flower beds?
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My Hibiscus was doing great, blooms, etc. now the leaves from the lowest point of the stem up are turning brown,dying and falling off
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we have a 6 yr old bradford pear tree that looks sick because we just started summer and the leaves are turning yellow and brown. What can we do to make it better?
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We have a HUGE cedar tree in our back yard, approx. 11 yrs. old, that has been dropping way more needles than usual. I had originally noticed a brown limb here and there. Now it is really browning inside the tree, which is not as visible at first glance
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Hi so i have a coleus plant and I have been having trouble with it lately.
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We have a thick white substances under all our flowers and bushes that come all the way to the ground. What is it and how do I get rid of it.
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I have a green looking worm eating my petunias, what can I spray them with and should I just cut them back?
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I have a brown turkey fig planted at Cedar Creek Lake. It is 2 1/2 yrs old. Foliage looks healthy, and in mid-spring had approx 20 figs. Since then the fruit has turned yellow and dropped off. WHY??????????
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My squash plants have wilted overnight. This happened last year and I thought it might be borers. I sprayed once a week with bt and I thought this was the trick
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I have two lamb's ear plants. One has bloomed and the other has not. The one that has bloomed has BEES sucking all the nectar off the blooms that were once purple are now brown. The other has just recently become home to bees and wasps. They are very
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Grasshoppers are killing everything I own...please tell me what can send THEM to heaven???? I live in Texas
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Do I have to inject or put some kind of medicine into the roots of my dead tree?
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My potted plants have white flies. We have tried spraying with Malathion and Pyrethrum but have been unable to control the insects. Any suggestions?
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LLama ate the bark off my red oak. Most up and down and around. What can I do to try and keep it from dying?
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How can I tell if it's actually fungus that's causing the brown spots in my yard?
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The leaves on my Firebushes are turning brown I do not see any bugs or mites, what could be causing brown leaves?
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how do I treat bagworms on my evergreen trees?
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My squash leaves suddenly have a white fuzzy coating covering 3/4 of the leaf. What could this be and can I use a fungicide or spinosad?
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I planted crooked neck squash but its fruits are small and rot before maturity. Location is sunny, organic soil (manure) & enough water. What's wrong and what do I do?
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Hibiscus has yellowed blooms which fall off without opening. Is this a disease?
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Thrips & gardenias / altheas - I seem to be battling this...they aren't blooming. What's the best thing to do? Can I save the blooms for this year?
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Are the insects roly polies bad for the garden
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something is eating the leaves from my trees (oak and crape myrtle) . There is a trail like confetti below the trees where the chewed up leaves fall. I have not seen anything on the leaves and am at a loss of what is eating away the leaves and leaving ju
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HOW CAN I STOP ANTS FROM GETTING INTO MY TOMATOE GARDEN, I HAVE PUT INSECTICIDE AND BABY POWDER AND NEITHER IS WORKING
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Red Maple Tree damage
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I had a healthy looking red oak tree two weeks ago. I came back from vacation and it now looks like it's dying. The leaves are turning brown, and there are brown raised spots on the leaves. Does the tree have a fungus?
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how do you kill webworms on pecan trees
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How do you kill millipedes? They got into my house after it rained last Sunday.
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Should "Flare" hardy hibiscus flowers turn black around the edges almost as soon as they open?
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What's eating my holly?
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GREEN WORMS ARE EATING MY AZALEAS LEAVES, WHAT DO YOU USE?
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My russian lauel has some leaves that are turning yellow with brown and black spots, What is causing this?What is the treatment
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How do I remove ants from my pots that are planted with herbs ?
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Do you have a 'snake deterrent' that you know works?
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Is there any way to keep a vitex by your pool without having the bees that come with it?
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What is a good organic disease control for tomato plants easily found around the Fort Worth area?
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The leaves on my cora vinca are yellowing the it looks like the growth is beginning to look stunted. They are in a flowerbed facing the east with a drip system. Could they have the disease that affects vinca?
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What can I do to rid my garden of squash bugs. My zucchini plants are dying and the bugs are in the stems.
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I have complete shade where I have planted hostas - my problem are the pill bugs (I calll them roly-polys). They absolutely can eat a whole plant overnight. I have tried pecan mulch; beer in a lid; etc. Please help! Sonnie Estes
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what is the brown powder fungus around my plants
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what can you spray for maggot
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how do i kill red fungus disease
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My potted lemon tree has small white puffy bugs -- help.
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mondo grass - north exposure watered 3x week 15 min. each time full sun rotting at base of plants
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Re Camelia - does still produce an abundance of flowers
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I have tiny yellow bugs on my Oleander plant
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My petunias are being eaten by something!
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Can I get rid of weeds without resorting to chemicals?
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Tiny green bugs/flies killing my Jalapeno Plants
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My lemon tree has small white puffy bugs for the second year in a row. How can I eliminate them?
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My Ligustrium are turning yellow with brown spots and falling off. The roots are coming out of the ground.
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Untreated mulch?
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I have yellow marks on all my rose plant leaves, any ideas?
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My marigolds developed black spots on the blooms. What is this and what caused it?
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I have an October Red Maple that has anthracnose I think- what can I do?
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Rose Chafer Infestation
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My Mt. Laurel has black spots on the trunk. Is that a fungus and if so what is the treatment?
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I am starting to get yellow coloring on my squash plant, and yellowing of the leaves and brown spots on my tomato plants.
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My rose buds are drooping and not opening all the way, they are already browning when they start to open.
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What is eating only tops of my dicondra leaving only stem
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Why are the leaves falling of my Texas Fire bush (Hamelia Patens)?
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My Nandinas are supposedly dying of mold/fungus. I want to replace them with knock out roses.
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Is there a lavender plant that repels cats
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Looking for colorful plants that I deer will not eat. Flowers, blooming shrubs, etc.
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Will snails destroy lawn?
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One of my Peace rosebushes has big buds, but they're brown & mushy.
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Do you sell any thing to kill Bamboo?
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What can we use to kill holly sprouts that are all connected with runners and not harm the grass?
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I have a hillside covered in Vinca minor, wild strawberries are starting to invade the area. Any way to kill the wild strawberries without harming the vinca?
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What would cause day lilies leaves turn yellow and die off.
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What are the tiny little flies that are eating wholes in my leaf vegetables?
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I have rosebuds that are half eaten and black on three rosebushes.
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What can I use to kill bugs and is safe for vegetables? The bugs are yellow with black spots and eating and killing my squash plants.
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What can I buy to kill weeds and not the asian jasmine
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I have bed bugs in my apartment will food grade diatomaceous earth get rid of them?
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I planted 6 azelas and all flowers died
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Squirrel deterrents
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what can i use to control Thrips on my rose bushes?
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Our Pecan trees have Pecan Phylloxera Galls. What should we spray with.
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How do I get rid of a carpenter ant infestation in a tree?
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The buds on my rose bush do not open fully and wilt and the tips are brown.
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If you have a garden and the neighbor has cats how do you keep the cats out of your vegtable garden?
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At this time of the year, one of my trees sheds a brown residue. Does that come from the red or live oak trees?
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How to get rid of grub worms
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Ants on squash plants
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Husband sprayed plants with concentrated Malathion
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Is it ok to spray Ortho Diazinon Insect Spray on my fruit trees?
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A vine just appeared in my garden and is taking over. It has killed a rose bush and is working on another.
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Dichondra and yard violets a problem in St. Augustine grass
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I have some form of fungus on my yard that came from the neighbor’s yard. It kills the runners and makes the areas look dead. What can I do about this?
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How do we get rid of dichondra and 'yard' violets in our St. Agustine without hurting our grass, trees and shrubs?
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My crape Myrtle tree (pink velour) is taking a long time to sprout leaves. Some of the brances are almost bare. Is it a fungus or any underground pest?
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What is the best thing for grub worms?
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What weed do I have?
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Some of my Crepe Myrtle trees' trunks and limbs are covered with black (I guess it's a black mold).
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Yellowish color fungus in my flowerbeds - what is it and how can I get rid of it?
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What to do about neem resistant pests on orange trees - eating leaves and curling leaves?
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How to get rid of weeds in my asian jasmine....
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I have a large ligustrom that is dying.
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My indian hawthorns have a lot of brown leaves from winter. What should I do and what caused it?
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What is the best way to deal with mint that has gotten out of control?
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What is the best way to deal with mint that has gotten out of control?
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How do we get rid of dichondra and 'yard' violets in our St. Agustine without hurting our grass, trees and shrubs?
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How do I stop the squirrels from eating my rose buds?
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What can I do about moss that creates a circle around branches in my trees.
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What could be stripping the leaves/branches from my Dwarf Nandinas? Only the stalks remain.
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My Wax Leaf Ligustrium has leaf blight. Leaves are yellow,brown or black spots and fall off.
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My tomato plants has white on several leaves as if some sort of problem starting. What could this be?
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What is best fertilizer for CANAs and how to apply, and when.
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Why does my gardenia bush keep getting yellow leaves on it?
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The leaves on my cannas get twisted around & around and cannot flower. What is causing this?
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My Crape Myrtles developed a sooty mold conditioin that's black/gray in color and affects the leaves and branches.
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There are yellow gobs at the base of the pine tree and reddish stuff that when watered looks like it is smoking.
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I have knats in my potted plants in my home.
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My hibiscus are covered with black sticky insects that cluster at the new growth.
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How can I get rid of grub worms in flower bed?
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Do you have any suggestions other than chemically treating for ants?
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The dogs are getting sap in their fur. Is the sap coming from our Cypress Tree?
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My Azaleas get lacebugs and they need fertilizing. Are there granules that fertilize and prevent lacebugs?
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I am really concerned about termites in my mulch. What can I do?
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Flowering Shrub Identification AND Slug & Snail Control Question
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How do you kill poison oak? It continues to come back.
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How do you keep rabbits away from your flowers?
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Rabbit Scram?
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My fruited mulberry has not produced fruit for the last 2 years and portions of it have not leafed out.
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I received an email saying my question had been answered but the website given in the email won't open. My question was about poison ivy. I have a large shady backyard with ground cover and a lot of poison ivy.
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My dwarf daylilies are in an area that stays wet. They get aphids constantly--is there a plant that would do better there?
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Take-All Patch is back after the ice and cold. Do I still treat with Peat to increase acidity?
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My dwarf burford hollie leaves have turned yellow, brown, and some have died. My golden euonymus have brown spots and mildew.
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My lot gets infested with poison ivy each year.
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Landscaper told me that Indian Hawthornes in this area have contracted a disease. Is this accurate?
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What can I do to get a woodpecker to leave before he kills the tree?
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What flowers can I plant now that the rabbits will not eat?
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I just put down Atrazine can I also put down a pre-emergent now or should I wait?
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Is it too late to put a weed killer on St. Augustine Grass?
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Is there a product that repels squirrels from eating the cloth covers on your lawn furniture?
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How can I prevent weeds in my dwarf Yaupon Holly bed?
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sections of my russian laurels keep dying, what can I do to prevent this?
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What products do you recommend to eliminate insects and moles?
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How to keep rabbits out of your (eating) plants
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What can we do to prevent stickers?
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I have a Bartlett Pear Tree in my back yard and I have been noticing holes on the trunk that look like a woodpecker has gone in a straight line and pecked the tree. What is this? Is the tree diseased? How do you treat the tree if it has disease?
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Can I put out a pre-emergent weedkiller this month? I have a problem with Chickweed every year. What kind should I use and when?
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What is the best way to care for gardenias? How do you keep pests away?
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What is your best solution for controlling fleas?
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We found a long insect that is round and about 3 inches long it looks like it was eating the leaves from our tomato plant it has veins on the back about ten legs it looks almost like a tomato leaf except it is alive. What is it?
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My hydranga bushes that do not bloom. Is there something that I need to feed them?
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The veins in the leaves on my tomato plants are purple and the edges curled. The leaves look wilted and pale yellow green. I do not see insects. What could be the problem?
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My garden is being taken over by spider mites.
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What could be eating my angel trumpet leaves? The leaves are covered with holes.
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How do I eliminate leaf cutter ants?
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Our Lythrums has been stripped all the foliage off of the plants before they even had a chance to bloom. Do you have any ideas on what is happening, and how I can salvage the plants?
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How to get rid of snails and slugs?
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What is the best way to eliminate moles from the lawn? I know if the grubs are removed from the soil the food source will be gone and they may move on. Is it too late in the year to treat for grubs?
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On my pecan tree I believe it has galls(deformed tumors all over the leaves). What can I do to correct this problem?
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My Rose of Sharon has hundreds of buds that turn brown and fall off. What is the problem? The leaves look very healthy.
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What do I do about white flys? I have a pet so I need A safe remedy.
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Something's eating out Nectarine leaves and fruit. The fruit appears to have linear shaped gouges, and the leaves have some small holes. Do you sell something to treat this?
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My buford holly budded out but now the berries are falling off without growing and some are turning black. Is this a disease?
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I have a large, well established bed of ajuga that turned black, withered and died. What could have caused this and what is the solution?
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My Meyer lemon tree has plenty of blooms but they fall off before fruiting.
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My Magnolia's leaves are turning yellow with some brown spots. What do I need to do?
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My rose bush that has yellow/dark spots on the leaves.
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Will using salt around plant prevent snails form eating the plant?
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How to take care of calamondin plant? Any advice?
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My Chrysanthemums have tiny little black bugs that are moving slowly if at all all over the stems, and on the bottoms of the leaves. What is this, and how can I save them?
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Our Camellia's leaves are discoloring and have "salt & pepper" flecks on the underside of the leaves. Help?
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Last year my pear tree developed a blight which blackened the ends of some branches and the fruit never developed. The tree is not quite fully bloomed out this year, can I prune behind the blackened branches without affecting the development and growth of the pears?
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Leaves on my grapefruit and lemon trees are curling and I suspect tunnel mites. The fruit also develops scale on the rind. What pesticide can I use to rid them of the mites and should the affected branches be pruned?
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Last spring slugs nearly killed my bell peppers. We do not want to use slug bait because it kills other beneficial life forms. We want to buy some decollate snails that will eat the slug larvae, etc. We cannot find a source. Can you order them for us?
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I have a hybiscus which has what appears to have some small black bugs which are all on the leaves, and the flower bulbs. The first plant's leaves are turning yellow and starting to die off. I wish to try to get this under control if possible because these plants are very special to me.
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I have grubs in the lawn. Am looking for Milky Spore.
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HELP, My large ficus tree needs to be repotted the roots are exposed to the air. The problem- there is a large colony of bees in the soil.
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What mild treatment would help rid a potato vine of ants?
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What is the best way to get rid of mosquitos in my yard?
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What can I buy to kill the lace bugs on my lantana?
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We are getting brown patches in the yard. We don't see bugs, but our lawn man believes it is cinch bugs.
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I need help with grasshoppers eating the heads off all my flowers!
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My St. Augustine Lawn has developed in the last 5 days strips of burn grass that are forming squares.
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My Knock-out Roses are being stripped of its leaves by some kind of pest.
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I just picked 3 giant green and black caterpillers off my Fennel do you have an idea what kind they are, possiblly Tobacco Worms?
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I have white fuzzy bugs on my geraniums. What do I do?
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The buds on my peonies never open, and they turn brown.
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What do I do about mold on my crape myrtles? Do I cut them back?
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The edges of leaves on my hydrangas are turning brown. What can I do for them and what has caused this? I have never had this problem before. Thanks.
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What do I use to get rid of powdery mildew in my garden?
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Would snails destroy this much ajuga?
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My Gardenia bushes remain spindly, what few leaves there are, are pale. They flower beautifully, but I just feel they are struggling.
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How can I keep the rabbits from eating my begonias?