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| Problems with blueberries from Kernersville NC April 29, 2012 My blueberry plants have no leaves or scrawny ones. I have 13 plants, 5 of them are like this. View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer |  | |
| Pruning live oak in Austin April 28, 2012 Hi, We recently purchased a house in South Austin and there is a huge Live Oak Tree about 6 feet from the back door (so so so love it!) The only real issues I have so far are: 1. Needing to trim a ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| What is hollowing out my rosebuds in Austin, TX? April 28, 2012 I recently noticed some of my rose buds had been hollowed out from the inside. I have seen no evidence of insect though. What do you think it is and how can I treat the problem? View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Problems with Texas Ash from Sun City, AZ April 20, 2012 What might be causing the leaves on my Texas Ash tree to have brown spots and curl up and die? View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer |  | |
| Lopidea on Texas Mountain Laurel from Austin April 16, 2012 How do I get rid of the Lopidea ALL OVER my Texas Laurels and boring into the seed pods? View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer |  | |
| Insects on yucca from Ft. Worth TX April 05, 2012 I have a plant labeled Yucca Soft Leaf recurvifolia that I planted about 5 years ago,& was beautiful until last summer when it became infested with thousands of fast, tiny, dark insects. I sprayed wit... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Leaf Galls on Live Oak March 20, 2012 Hi - I have a live oak tree that always seems to have thinner foliage than our other two. Upon closer examination today I found small brown balls all over the mature leaves. The balls look and feel ve... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Moths around Sophora secundiflora from Driftwood TX March 15, 2012 Sophora secundiflora Our Mountain Laurel has a lot of large moths flying around it. Should we be concerned? Will they hurt the tree? thank you View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer |  | |
| Ants in the compost pile from Georgetown TX March 09, 2012 Can you give me any suggestions for ridding my compost pile of ants? View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Box elder beetles in Austin TX February 02, 2012 We have an large infestation of box elder beetles. They are crawling all over the yard and sometimes on the outside of the house. When you walk in the yard a cloud of them rises up and fills the air. ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer |  | |
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