Q: I appear to have a massive infestation of white, cottony cochineal scale on my prickly pear cactus. I can usually get most of it off by hosing, but much of it is hard to reach. Beyond hosing, what ...

SALISBURY — Humans aren’t the only species receiving preventative shots during the pandemic. This week, city officials are using a statewide grant to inject 20 local ash trees with an insecticide ...

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 ...

Rocky Mountain National Park crews plan to work through the Memorial Day weekend to apply a Carbaryl-based insecticide to protect up to 6,700 high-value trees from bark beetles. Park spokeswoman Kyle ...

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 ...

MacCubbin gives gardening advice for Central Florida on care of peach trees, phalaenopsis orchids, tropical fruit trees, ...