A common fungal disease of cherry and plum trees is widespread in Greater Columbus, likely worsened by the abnormally wet conditions experienced locally both this spring and last spring. Black knot, ...

If you have cherry or plum trees, now's a good time to check for a disease called black knot fungus. The fungus can go unnoticed with summer foliage but is apparent when trees are winter-bare. Also ...

The recent foggy days with temperatures in the 20s and 30s were not what we expect to experience during this month. But the morning walks still had a lot to offer. The stillness of this calm foggy ...

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 ...

Q: What kind of bug would eat a new shoot of a plant grown from seed right at soil level and leave the shoot behind? I’ve had two where it looks like they just clipped it off at the soil but didn’t ...

Is your plum tree looking odd? Does it have a thick, black, irregular looking growth on the stem? This growth has probably been there for quite a while, but went unnoticed due to the presence of ...

Our often-wet springs bring with them the perfect conditions for many plant diseases. While moist weather can create conditions for diseases on many plants, sick trees in the landscape tend to draw ...

Black knot, a fungal disease, is affecting cherry and plum trees in the Greater Columbus area, likely due to recent wet weather. The disease causes hard, black knots on branches, disrupting growth and ...