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Common Hackberry #754489

Asked June 07, 2021, 11:59 AM EDT

I planted my Hackberry in May of 2020. It is very healthy but I am concerned that it is growing at an angle. I had staked it lightly with twine last summer but evidently not secure enough. I am wondering if I can stake it again with stronger rope and stake it 6 inches below the first set of branches. The tree is 12'

Ramsey County Minnesota

What is this? Cherry tree #754485

Asked June 07, 2021, 11:56 AM EDT

Is this dangerous to the tree? Does it need to be treated?



Montgomery County Maryland

Witchazel Hammamelis question #754484

Asked June 07, 2021, 11:54 AM EDT

What is this in the pictures? Is it something to worry about or needs to be treated? Will it harm the plant?



Montgomery County Maryland

tulip poplar #754481

Asked June 07, 2021, 11:48 AM EDT

This tulip poplar has a blackened, oozing fracture in the bark. We suddenly noticed this on May 23, 2021, but the fracture could have been there before, without the black exudate. We walk along this area many times a day. Are you able to identify the problem, and is there something we should do to eliminate the problem? Photos are included. Thanks, Sharon Cylus



Baltimore County Maryland

Fact sheet FNF-18 #754478

Asked June 07, 2021, 11:47 AM EDT

Where can I find the following? Sue Snider, Ph.D., Food and Nutrition Specialist, Food and Nutrition Facts, FNF-18 .University of Delaware Cooperative Extension, March 1997. I am pretty sure it was on your site about a year or so ago, but now I can't locate it. Thanks! Leo Bodensteiner, Professor Western Washington University - Environmental Sciences

Whatcom County Washington

Land Division #754476

Asked June 07, 2021, 11:40 AM EDT

Is there anything in the law that allows local/County government to charge a fee for processing the Land Division applications?

Menominee County Michigan

Diagnosis of garden plants : roses, burning bush and linden tree #754472

Asked June 07, 2021, 11:26 AM EDT

I think something is attacking these plants. Roses, die off at the site of where a bloom should be, or bud is deformed, bent over and dwarfed if it does bloom. I have many roses, not all are “ infected” Burning bush, 1st two years they were doing ok, tho not growing much. 3rd and now 4th year they are eaten, practically died end of last year. Purchased at Flower Bin Linden tree, this is our third year, did just great 1st year. Last year it started out great, then all new growth stopped. Looked as tho the leaves were burnt. Purchased at Tree Farm. Look forward to your help. I understand there is a cost thank you for your help



Boulder County Colorado

New landscaping in Perry Hall #754468

Asked June 07, 2021, 11:24 AM EDT

I wonder if you will help me plan landscaping around a home in Perry Hall, MD. It is almost blank, 3/4 acre lawn. I have several saplings and plants but I would like to know a pleasing layout with the addition of some privacy trees. Boxwoods surround the house that will be removed but what will I replace them with - that the deer won't eat? I would like to reduce the mowing area and plant a colorful walkway to the mailbox. If this is a project that you will take on, let me know. Oh, and at least one rain barrel!

Baltimore County Maryland

Some type of lilac tree or shrub #754462

Asked June 07, 2021, 11:06 AM EDT

I was given to small trees a couple years ago and I recently put them in the ground and cannot figure out what type of tree they are this year they finally flowered but I'm still struggling to figure out what type of tree and or maybe lilac shrub can you help me figure out what it is? It wouldn't let me upload pictures if you could email I would be happy to attach them to an email

Wright County Minnesota

Garlic maggots what to do? #754457

Asked June 07, 2021, 10:42 AM EDT

We have an infestation of unknown pest. I find maggots chewing in the new leaves, infiltrating the garlic scapes too. They leave a dusty grainy path in the leaf tissue, though not like the path of leaf miners. Doesn't jibe with what I read online about bulb mites, onion maggots, leafminers or nematodes. Perhaps most like leaf miner. I am getting sticky traps from Arbico. I wonder if I should pull out all of my garlic or how to address soil remediation going forward?



Chittenden County Vermont

Cicada protection for baby fruit trees #754453

Asked June 07, 2021, 10:37 AM EDT

My wife snd I got excited, for nostalgia reasons, about paw paw trees, and bought one each of Asima triloba Shenendoah and A. triloba Susquehanna from Logee's Nursery in Connecticut. We started them indoors, then planted them outdoors last week. The increasing cicada sounds reminded me that this might not be such good timing. What should I do now? Take them back indoors? Spray them with an insecticide? Surround them with a fine mesh barrier?

Franklin County Ohio

Two different leaves two different tomatoes #754441

Asked June 07, 2021, 10:12 AM EDT

How which leaf is for which tomato? One should be large cherry tomatoes and one for roma. I am inundated with both n need to thin and move! Help!!



Harford County Maryland

Tomato plant question #754437

Asked June 07, 2021, 9:56 AM EDT

I have one tomato plant where the new leaves are curled up. it looks like a fern frawn curl. is this plant diseased that I need to pull it out. I can send pictures as well. Thanks



Larimer County Colorado

Frost damage or hosta virus? #754435

Asked June 07, 2021, 9:48 AM EDT

Within the past week my hostas have seem to start to die rapidly quick. I started to notice one or two or a week ago, and by yesterday, most every hosta is looking sick. We did have that late frost, and I am down in a low part of the neighborhood, but not sure if it is that for some sort of a hosta virus



Dakota County Minnesota

Bromus tectorum seed viability #754434

Asked June 07, 2021, 9:39 AM EDT

We have cheat grass with seed heads. Are seed heads viable (capable of germination) at any stage (even when "young and green"), or do they only become viable after drying out? Is there a way to tell by looking at the plant? We want to time our mowing but don't want to scatter seed and make things worse.

Fremont County Colorado

Poison ivy identification #754431

Asked June 07, 2021, 9:27 AM EDT

Does this vine look like poison ivy? It must be somewhere in my garden and this looks closest to what I think it might be.



Howard County Maryland

New presence in my Beaver Island lawn #754430

Asked June 07, 2021, 9:27 AM EDT

Can you please identify this a recommend a method of elimination? Haven't had this weed in 14 years of living here. Home wasn't occupied this winter and with little to no snow deer yarded up here and browsed most of our shrubs leaving behind a great amount of deer feces. Soil is predominantly sand, only used dandelion / crabgrass herbicide occasionally. Any advice is appreciated. Thomas Kludt, Class of 73.



Charlevoix County Michigan

mystery plant in my garden #754425

Asked June 07, 2021, 9:18 AM EDT

I can't identify a plant that has appeared in my garden -- looks similar to milkweed, but the flowers are entirely different. Any idea what it could be?



Frederick County Maryland

Moth ID #754420

Asked June 07, 2021, 9:08 AM EDT

Cannot seem to identify this moth.



Muskegon County Michigan

Cutting out large evergreen tree surface roots #754412

Asked June 07, 2021, 8:08 AM EDT

Good morning. Large evergreen tree surface roots get "sliced" everytime lawn services cut turf. Ok to cut out above ground roots? Thank you.



Oakland County Michigan

Strawberry underdevelopment #754408

Asked June 07, 2021, 7:19 AM EDT

Some of my strawberry fruits have a green tip that does not fully develop. I suspect a nutrient deficiency because of some interveinal yellowish coloring. I need to have the soil tested, but last time it was tested several years back the pH was high such as a 7. I wondered if you could tell by the photo what type situation I might have.



Baltimore County Maryland

Mystery plant #754407

Asked June 07, 2021, 7:14 AM EDT

Hello, I have seen a few of these plants around my neighborhood, some in my flower beds. The leaves are green and purple. Can you please tell me what you think it might be? Looks like one is about to flower. Thank you so much.



Ottawa County Michigan

Could you help me identify this flying insect from Central Kentucky #754403

Asked June 07, 2021, 1:43 AM EDT

Could you help me identify this flying insect from Central Kentucky?  It seems to be drawn to light,



Fulton County Georgia

Please help me identify this bug #754400

Asked June 07, 2021, 12:06 AM EDT

I’m really just hoping that this isn’t a cockroach, because all I know is that it is creeping me out.



Hennepin County Minnesota

Mystery Substance on plants and surfaces #754397

Asked June 06, 2021, 11:23 PM EDT

Not sure what these white spots are. It is a granular like substance on leaves table and cushions in one area of my backyard. Slightly under a crabapple. Also I recently discovered one of the plants this substance is on is an invasive species... Japanese knotweed which is disappointing because I loved it as a privacy screen (until it moved in the lawn and down the yard).



Hennepin County Minnesota