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carpet beetle problems in home - Ask an Expert
carpet beetle problems in home. Asked December 16, 2014, 9:11 PM EST.
Big Tooth Maple Tree leaves are turning brown - Ask an Expert
I have two Big Tooth Maple trees that were planted last fall. One of them seems perfectly healthy on one side of my backyard with green leaves. The other one, which is about 12' tall, has suddenly changed from green leaves to brown leaves. The branches do not seem to be brittle.
APPLE TREE PROBLEM - Ask an Expert
Apple trees are losing all leaves. Problem started in 2014 and is widespread. Trees range from 1 year to 15 years old.
White spots on trunk of Maple tree. - Ask an Expert
Red maple leaves are 2-6 inches wide; 3lobed; sharply V-shaped sinuses; small sharp teeth along margin. Mature leaves have a whitish appearing underside. Norway maples look similar to a Sugar Maples (Acer saccharum), but the leaves are usually wider than they are long, and have more lobes than the Sugar Maple. Norway maples have a ...
Ligularia problems - Ask an Expert
The plants need more sunlight and use a systemic fungicide to manage the leaf diseases.. Ligularia are full sun to light or moving shade plants.
oak leaf mulch - Ask an Expert
What I do with the multitude of oak (and maple) leaves I get is pile them up and add grass clippings as I get them to the pile and just let it sit for a couple of years (I may or may not turn the pile). after that is pretty good compost. That's what I spread on m y vegetable garden in the fall, and that is subsequently dug in in the spring.
Chestnut Tree Problems in Southern Oregon - Ask an Expert
Unfortunately, a search for the "root cause" is very likely to be the answer to your problem. When young or recently planted trees show rapid decline (especially when the going gets a little tough, such as the very hot days we have experienced this summer), the problem is almost always due to poor planting procedures.
Bloodgood Japanese Maple - Ask an Expert
The trees were here when we bought our home 6 years ago. As you can see the truck of the one having problems looks like it is compromised. It has been that way since we have been here. Not sure if a branch broke off at one time or what. Soil drainage is good, there is quite a bit of rock in our soil. Large and small branches are dead.
Maple tree bark rot? - Ask an Expert
I have a silver maple tree which has had the bark on one side of the trunk fall off this summer. The bark pieces feel damp, but the tree trunk seems dry (notice the cracks in the trunk visible in pictures) The tree otherwise seems healthy as there is plenty of new growth.