Neil Sperry offers gardening tips to help solve pesky plant problems.
Neil Sperry offers gardening tips to help solve pesky plant problems.
Oak wilt is one of the most destructive tree diseases in the U.S. and has been killing oak trees in Central Texas in epidemic proportions.
Neil Sperry shares his advice about plant problems and what you might need to fix them. Read more to see if he can help you with a plant problem that has been irking you.
Neil Sperry answers readers' plant-related questions.
AgriLife Extension helps add alfalfa to list of crops treated by Topguard Terra This year, when alfalfa growers start seeing the menacing cott…
AgriLife Extension warns exclusion prevention is best control method The Texas Plains cotton-growing region is not known for raising Pima vari…
Dear Neil: I found this plant growing in a pasture near Athens. That’s where my parents live, and I transplanted it into my mom’s backyard. It…
Dear Neil: This weed has invaded my bermuda and St. Augustine turf. Is there a weedkiller I can use that will control it without harming the lawn?
The Texas A&M Forest Service is urging Texans to help prevent the spread of oak wilt by minimizing the transportation of firewood this winter.
The Texas A&M Forest Service is urging Texans to help prevent the spread of oak wilt by minimizing the transportation of firewood this winter.
The Texas A&M Forest Service is urging Texans to help prevent the spread of oak wilt by minimizing the transportation of firewood this winter. Oak wilt is one of the most destructive tree diseases in the U.S. and has been blamed for epidemic proportions of tree kills in Central Texas. Because the disease primarily spread […]
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Atop a low ridge in the heart of Oregon's Blue Mountains, Michael McWilliams pushes through brittle branches and scrambles over toppled logs and decay. Bare trunks tower overhead, but the U.S. Forest Service pathologist focuses low. He's searching for something that lurks underfoot, hidden despite its immense size.
Industry watchers say the outbreak is more proof that the popular Cavendish banana's days are numbered.
Cedar-apple rust is one of several plant diseases that are all caused by different species of a fungus called gymnosporangium.
The other day, my sister-in-law and I sat down to swap mom stories. We talked about the cute and funny things our kiddos had done lately and we shared the guilty moments when we yelled too much. Then I asked her a question I’ve been meaning to discuss with someone for a while.
Dear Neil: I have two yaupon hollies that are a couple of years old. One is deep green and the other is yellowish-green. Does color mean anyth…
Dear Neil: What type of oak has very large leaves and extremely large acorns? The leaves have large, round edges. I found it growing along a s…
Dear Neil: All the rain and a lack of mulch have resulted in a bumper crop of spurge in my landscape. Is there something I can use to kill it …
Ringworm, or dermatophytosis, is one of the more common skin conditions affecting pets of all shapes and sizes. Despite its name, ringworm is …
RAPHINE — The kudzu of the tree world could one day be controlled by a fungus.
Dear Neil: I believe this is a zinnia. It has been reseeding itself freely in my garden, but when I sow seeds in another identical bed, they g…
Dear Neil: For the past two years I've been unable to grow vincas. I have replanted twice each year. I've used fresh potting soil and the plan…
Dear Neil: I spent a ton of money having my St. Augustine resodded two years ago. This winter it developed a bunch of brown circles. I used a …
DUMAS – A “perfect storm” brewed up a batch of fumonisin in corn many High Plains producers won’t soon forget, but experts do not think the toxin will be a major recurrence in in years to come due to expected normal weather conditions. About 80 producers recently gathered in Dumas to hear what the Texas […]
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