False Oleander Scale on Magnolia

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Live Oak 1 Year After Planting Part 2/2

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Live Oak 1 Year After Planting Part 1/2

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Avoiding Damage to Tree Roots During Sidewalk Resurfacing

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Fresh Powder on Bleeding Cankers on Water Oak

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Tree Protection at a Construction Site

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Landscape Design Flaws can harm the trees post-construction

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Whitefly Pupal Casings on Cherry Laurel

Often confused for scale or even artillery fungus, these whitefly pupal casings have a lot of variety. Some have white margins; others have waxy filaments.

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Bagworm on Red Maple

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Sooty Mold on Cherry Laurel

There is some mild whitefly presence on the cherry laurel, but I think the honeydew is really coming from a shadetree above.

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Scale on Yaupon Holly October Houston

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Pop Quiz: Anyone with an ID on this lovely tropical?

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Sooty mold affecting several surrounding plants 2/2

In addition to the lacebug damage, I found aphids, fat and happy, on the American elm that was dripping on all the expensive landscape plants below.

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Sooty mold affecting several surrounding plants 1/2

Here's a plant health inspection I conducted in Piney Point Village, Texas. I took the elm leaf back to the lab to examine under one of my microscopes. Later, you'll see that I found aphids--live and fat--feeding right over the top of the lacebug damage from earlier in the season. You'll also see the black spot of elm up close. 



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Plant Turnaround Before and After Houston 2010

It's amazing what a little TLC can accomplish. Hand-prune the jasmine away from the base, put a stop to the weedeater damage at the base, loosen up the guys--eventually remove--a little soil amendment. and a disappointing transplant can turn into a sensation!

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Oak Wilt Inspection from Aerial Lift

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Cable and Lightning Protection System Inspection

Hardware in trees needs to be inspected periodically. There are a few things to keep in mind. Hardware and installation techniques should conform to the ANSI A300 Support Systems Standard. Hint: if you purchased your hardware at the hardware store, it probably isn't up to standard. Cabling systems work. Lightning protection systems work. Props work, Through-bolts work. In the right situations, that is.

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Magnolia inspection: scale, pH and soil nutrition

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Bright Red live oak root sprouts sprouting from an (otherwise) dead live oak transplant. Close examination of the leftmost stalk will reveal fire ants tending their flock of aphids.

 
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Fire ants tending a flock of aphids on live oak

 
This close up doesn't really show the fire ants--just the aphids--but they're there. The kind of freaked out when I plucked off the branch and tried like hell to bite me, and wouldn't pose for the picture. And yes, I said live oak.

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