Fig souring (or sour rot) renders fruit inedible. It’s caused by yeast and bacteria, usually spread by insects. You’ll know it by the fermented smell, clear ooze from the fig’s eye and eventually, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A couple weeks ago we discussed various types of fig trees which perform well in ...

The invasive emerald ash borer beetle is confirmed to be in five new Texas counties, the Texas A&M Forest Service says.

Emerald ash borer prefers to attack stressed trees, attracted by the chemicals produced, but will readily attack healthy ones as populations build. The creation of a trap tree involves girdling a ...

Fig borers are annoying and can be frustrating while trying to manage. The long-horned beetles lay eggs beneath the fig bark at the base of the trunk during summer.

The chief scientist of Botanic Gardens of Sydney has urged NSW residents to be on high alert after parts of Perth were ...

NOT WORTH A FIG: For many gardeners, this has not been the best year for figs. Frequent rains have encouraged fruit split and souring on the tree. Many overcast days have deprived the figs trees ...

It appears this peach tree is being attacked by peach tree borers. They are a major threat to homeowner peach trees, and they're not easily prevented with products available at the consumer level.

The above illustration shows the moths of the borer. Fig. 1 is the female ; Fig. 2, the male. ARTIFICIAL stone is made by mixing sand with a concentrated solution of silicate of soda.

Locals are shocked as century-old Moreton Bay fig trees, popular as wedding backdrops, are killed — but the council says it’s the only way forward. The Polyphagus shot-hole borer beetle is ...