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Do Not Allow Grass to Grow Up to the Trunk of a Tree
There are several reasons why you should keep the grass back from the trunks of your trees. String-trimmer damage to tree trunks is not reversible. Period. The vascular system that is damaged does not repair itself or re-grow after it has been damaged. Trees may show varying amounts of stress from string-trimmer damage, and the wound is a perfect place for disease organisms to enter the tree. If grass has grown into the mulch ring around your tree, DO NOT USE HERBICIDE TO KILL IT! Herbicide drift to the trunk is common, and the damage is not reversible. Use a HOE [...]
Yucca Plant Bugs
Are your Yucca plants looking tired? Are the leaves lighter in color than usual? If so, they might be infested with Yucca Plant Bugs. These relatives of Stink Bugs and Leaf-footed Bugs have piercing-sucking mouth parts. They feed on the plant by extracting juices from the leaves. The leaf will appear "stippled" with tiny light colored dots. You may see black specks on the leaves, which are the feces of the bug. Yucca Plant Bugs overwinter as fertilized eggs that have been placed inside the leaf. The eggs hatch in the spring, and "nymphs", which look very much like the adult bug, will cover the [...]
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