Scab is the most common and damaging pecan disease. It is caused by the fungus, Cladosporium caryigenum. The fungus forms small, circular, olive-green to black spots on leaves, leaf petioles and nut ...

Q: What do I do about this shrub? It's just this one side, and no other shrubs have been affected, at least so far. A: I am fairly certain that the plant that's having the issue is a waxleaf ligustrum ...

Lots of folks want to know how to get their pecan tree to produce a crop each year. Unfortunately, it’s not practical or even realistic. Afterall, commercially produced pecans are mostly grown in ...

Dear Neil: What causes pecans to fall early (August and September) and be eaten up with a black fungus? We used to get 75 pounds of pecans from each of our two trees, but starting two years ago the ...

I don’t want to use invasive plants in my landscape. How can I find out if a plant is invasive? That is a great question. Homeowners should always be concerned about using invasive plants in the ...

Pecan trees and their hickory tree cousin are nutty buddies not from South Carolina. The pecan is the only nut tree native to the United States and is indigenous to North America. It is found along ...