Fire blight dangerous for fruit-bearing plants
(Distributed 02/22/08) Fire blight disease can be extremely damaging to some varieties of apples, pears and mayhaws. Other plants susceptible to fire blight include crabapple, hawthorn, cotoneaster, quince, pyracantha, loquat and blackberry. |
Phylloxera attack pecans in April
(Distributed 02/22/08) Pecan trees are sometimes infested by dot-size insects called pecan phylloxera in April. The feeding of these minuscule insects can produce round galls one-fourth to 1 inch in diameter on twigs and leaves in late April, May and early June. |
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Prune spring bloomers sooner than later
(Distributed 02/22/08) Most spring and early summer flowering shrubs break the usual rule for pruning. Unlike trees, which normally should be pruned in winter, spring bloomers should be pruned after they finish flowering. |
Poison ivy year-round problem
(Distributed 02/22/08) Poison ivy is a year-round problem in Louisiana. It gets us in the spring and summer when it’s out in full glory but also in the winter when we spend so much outside once the days cool off. |
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