I’m concerned with my purple leaf plum tree. Originally, I was only concerned with the dark crusty limbs, and then I noticed some stuff like dark coffee grounds at the trunk. How bad is this? And how ...

Answer: The greater peach tree borer (Synanthedon exitiosa) is known for causing oozing trunk wounds found at ground level or just below the soil line on stone fruit trees. The sap is often clear, but ...

Peach tree borer is the most common serious insect pest in fruit trees such as yours. This insect is a problem on members of the genus Prunus that set a "stone type" fruit. This includes peaches, ...

DAY, WE COULD BE WATCHING FOR A FEW RAIN SHOWERS. RAY: WELCOME TO TODAY’S "GROW IT GREEN." WE ARE AT APPLE HI FARM IN CONCORD AND I’M JOINED BY RACHEL MACCINI AT UNH COOPERATIVE EXTENSION. WE ARE ...

Q: Something is eating small round holes in my first crop of Earlitreat peaches. I was really looking forward to eating those peaches. What could it be? Also, is now the time to put out peach twig ...

Either peach tree borers could have caused massive damage to the lower trunks of the trees, some type of herbicide might have been applied on one side of the trees, some kind of contaminant could have ...

Q: I have a peach tree that is about 4 years old and it has been producing some really good peaches. Last year, it developed peach leaf curl in the spring. That summer, it didn’t produce much fruit, ...