Hi again Barbara! I'll bet my crop of King apples that you have the solution right on! Your empirical evidence is more than good enough for me....
Hi Barbara, Thank you so much for your diagnosis. So far it seems only you and I have encountered this problem with a King. I thought maybe it...
Hi Everybody, Has anyone encountered this problem before? Some of our King apples have a green, somewhat translucent area on their blossom...
Hey guys, I have nine little potted horse chestnuts set out in plain view at the feet of our grape vines where I thought they'd get lots of sun....
Thanks so much Wendy and Ron! Guess we'll have to wait until next year to see what occurs :-D
ID please. The photos here are from a tree in a very old, somewhat neglected, garden on Salt Spring Island. The first photo was taken on July 9th,...
Hello Fellow 'ice flower' fans I also thought it was something growing. I too poked a stick into it, not wanting to grab something which I...
Hi Vicarious, Togata has it right. Just googled frost flowers and wikipedia has photos pretty much like that and a good explanation. We've seen...
Hi Terry, Thanks very much for your opinion. We feel it must be the right one as, yes, the splits are healing, and no more damage seems to have...
Hi Everybody! We have a problem with our apple trees. This spring we found the bark had split and was peeling off leaving bare wood. In other...
Thanks for the URL, Ron. That's it. The 'green island' is pretty visible and so are the 'tar spots' which Sasquatch has referred to in his reply....
Hi Harry and Ron, Hope you're right, Harry, as that doesn't sound too deadly--and Ron, I guess this is quite common, it's just that I've never...