Question: I bought a Baldwin semi-dwarf apple tree not realizing I needed two trees to produce fruit. Can you suggest a source and type? Answer: Jonathan Foster, Home Horticulture Outreach Professional Baldwin apples are triploid and have sterile pollen, so they can’t pollinate other trees–but they can be pollinated in return. I would reach out to […]
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Question: We have a self pollenating peach tree that was damaged with our last snow storm. It was spilt in half. I put back together with bolts. It seems to be doing okay but I’m not sure what else to do to make sure it better. Answer: Jonathan Foster, Home Horticulture Outreach Professional Fruit trees […]
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Question: I’m trying to figure out what is going on with the leaves of my tomatillos. They were started from seeds inside a friend’s home and leaves started looking damaged about two weeks before they were given to me to transplant. Is it a fungus, or blight? It doesn’t seem to be bugs. Regular tomatoes […]
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Question: I have a one and a half acre meadow behind my house that is infested with Crown Vetch. I have been trying to control the vetch by mowing in late spring (before flowering) and late fall. In the summer we have been pulling and or weed whacking when we see them plants starting to […]
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Question: Something is eating the apple trees. They have bloomed, but the leaves are being attacked. Can you help determine what is eating them/how to get them to stop? Answer: Jonathan Foster, Home Horticulture Outreach Professional There are numerous pests that can chew on apple leaves, and without other identifying clues it’s tough to say. […]
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Question: I find the Virginia Creeper to be a very invasive plant. It climbs up my lilacs 20 ft high, basically anything that isn’t evergreen. I went to trim my forsythia and half of what I cut off were Creeper vines. I also battled Norway Maples and the small leafed rose that are defined as […]
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Question: I’ve been working with NRCS in establishing a native wildflower meadow on my property. The field is around 0.15 acres. I am in year two and Northeastern Sedge has taken over the field. Any suggestions? I thought about burning the field this fall and reseeding during frost heaving conditions. Answer: Jonathan Foster, Home Horticulture […]
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Question: I have some soft of invasive bamboo species that was introduced to my land by a utility tree truck a few years back. I am tackling it now and ripping up the root balls but I can’t find what species it is on your website. I was able to find a few photos of […]
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Question: We are struggling with Beech Tree disease. I’m not too worried about the little trees because we were going to high stump them in July anyway, but there is a very large one over the house that looks to be impacted as well and I’m wondering how quickly we need to get the arborist […]
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Question: What would be a good ground cover companion for lilac? Our lilacs are on the west side of the house so there is only partial sun. Right now the area is beset by Dame’s rocket, goutweed, and sunchokes. I’m trying to weed them out and will need to replace them. What might be best? […]
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