Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. In trees, heart rot is caused by a fungal disease that causes the center of ...

Q: The leaves on my fig tree appear burned after this rain. I foliar sprayed it with neem oil and soap and fish protein isolate. These trees were planted last fall and mulched with 1 foot of woodchips ...

BARK rot of apple trees, caused by Phytophthora cactorum (Leb. and Cohn) Schroeter, has been reported from most of the world's major apple-growing areas. Outbreaks of this soil-borne disease are often ...

Q: Our Japanese cherry tree trunk is decaying at the base, starting 10 inches above the soil line. My wife thinks it’s termite or ant damage. The damage begins where I removed a limb years ago and has ...

Gardeners who have apple or pear trees are being urged to inspect them this January for a potentially lethal disease. Alan Buckingham, author of Allotment Month By Month, suggests in his book's ...

QUESTION: Our grapefruit tree has been bearing a good crop and producing green foliage. We noticed some peeling of the bark near the soil line. It’s only on one side of the tree. What should we do?