People new to Atlanta frequently remark on our beautiful trees, but with heavy rains like the ones in the past week, those trees can start looking like a liability. Is this the storm that will take ...

Q: The leaves on my fig tree appear burned after this rain. I foliar sprayed it with neem oil and soap and fish protein isolate. These trees were planted last fall and mulched with 1 foot of woodchips ...

A: When listener Kathy first sent me this picture, I was fairly certain this was slime mold. Some are spotting creeping along mulch, plants, and even concrete. However, when Kathy consulted a ...

The fungal disease “oak root rot” (Armillaria mellea) has evolved with California oaks and other native plants. It is parasitic on oaks and other plant species, but if these plants are growing in our ...