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Five Free Tips for your Trees
Scientists Work to Define Threat from Palm Weevil South American Palm Weevil By Kevin Hecteman; reprinted from Ag Alert Southern California, which in recent times ejected the red palm weevil, has a new problem to ponder. It’s the South American palm weevil, which has...
Five Free Tips for your Trees
Thinking of putting in new trees? Here are some tips to get your started: Select the proper variety for the site. You should consider ultimate height and width. Be sure to allow proper distance from all structures. Be mindful of the existing soil and grade....
Invasion of Ambrosia Beetles
Invasion of Ambrosia Beetles The following article was written by Michael Eatough Jones & Tim Payne, Department of Entemology, UC Riverside, and John Kabashima, UC Cooperative Extension, Orange & LA Counties. The ambrosia beetle and fusarium complex represent...
Mulching Helps Your Garden Grow!
Right now is an excellent time to apply a layer of mulch over the soil in your garden. Mulch, which is often just chopped bark or other plant detrius (dead material), is defined as any soil covering. It is a multi-purpose protective layer for your soil. First, it...
Citrus Tree Care
Citrus trees are subtropical plants that can survive temperatures of twenty-eight degrees for short period and can be one of the best trees to grow in the arid southwest. Since many of the commercial growers extend from Southern California to Phoenix, and the...
Fire Blight
In spring, when trees begin active growth, symptoms of fire blight may appear. Fire blight affects only plants of the roseacea family. When a flowering shoot of an apple, cotoneaster, crab apple, hawthorn, pear, pyracantha, rose or photinia dies suddenly and likes as...
Tree & Shrub Fertilization
Trees and shrubs (especially shade trees) benefit from an annual or at least biennial fertilizer applications. If your trees have been very slow growing or if the foliage is very sparse they may need fertilization. A good way to determine when your plants need...
Pine Bark Beetles (Borers)
Pine Bark Beetles are small reddish-brown beetles about 1/4 to 1/3 of an inch long. They are able to fly; they reside in trees and can be found at many altitudes around the world. Though they prefer live trees, they can and will feed on freshly cut stands when readily...
Tree Removal Fact Sheet
When possible and with proper pruning and care we prefer to preserve trees, but sometimes tree removal is necessary. We take many things into consideration before we advise the removal of a tree. Below you’ll find several reasons for why it may be necessary to remove...