Plum leaf curl is a malady indicated by tightly curled and deformed leaves which are usually near the ends of new plum shoots in the spring. Unlike leaf curl in peaches and nectarines, which is caused ...

A: These are aphids. They’re very common on daylilies early in the growing season. They normally are relatively harmless, but when they are present in numbers like this, they probably will drag your ...

Question: I think my peach tree has aphids, but how can I be sure? A: Green peach aphids are the most common aphids on peach trees. They are small and can be difficult to detect, but their damage is ...

Answer: Looking at the sample you brought in, the leaf curl on your peach tree branches is pretty extreme, and when I turned over and uncurled the leaves I found a ton of chubby green aphids hiding ...

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Giant bark aphids, the elephants of the Aphidoidea world, have taken up residence in local oak trees, sucking up sap like college students on a spring-break bender. The aphid population has exploded ...