April 21, 2022: Answer 10

By Neil Sperry • April 20, 2022

Dear Neil: You mentioned tomato plants and the fact that when they wilt badly, blossom-end rot is likely to occur. A man told me a year or two ago that …

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April 21, 2022: Answer 9

By Neil Sperry • April 20, 2022

Dear Neil: I have several crape myrtles that have been in our backyard for 10 years, yet they have never bloomed well at all. What does it take to make …

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April 21, 2022: Answer 8

By Neil Sperry • April 20, 2022

Dear Neil: My three pomegranate trees make beautiful blooms and tons of fruit. However, the fruit never turns red. It stays yellow and has a very poor flavor. If I …

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April 21, 2022: Answer 7

By Neil Sperry • April 20, 2022

Dear Neil: I’ve heard all my life that mushrooms growing in your lawn are an indication that the grass is healthy. Is that true? A.K., Huntsville. Perhaps. Mushrooms are saprophytes …

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April 21, 2022: Answer 6

By Neil Sperry • April 20, 2022

Dear Neil: We have a lot of shade from 40-foot oaks we planted ourselves many years ago. We have Asian jasmine groundcover beneath them in part of the area. We …

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April 21, 2022: Answer 5

By Neil Sperry • April 20, 2022

Dear Neil: Will plants like fig ivy and English ivy growing up tree trunks harm the trees? S.F., The Woodlands. Both of those are clinging vines. They gain nothing from …

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April 21, 2022: Answer 4

By Neil Sperry • April 20, 2022

Dear Neil: What are the variegated red and tan gumball-looking things that are falling from our red oak? They’re about an inch in diameter. C.S., Dallas. Those are insect galls. …

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April 21, 2022: Answer 3

By Neil Sperry • April 20, 2022

Dear Neil: I have a very healthy rose-of-Sharon. It has lots of buds, but it rarely blooms. It is about 4 feet tall, and it’s covered in buds. But in …

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