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Can rubber gloves spread plant diseases?
It's certainly possible to spread some fungal infections on gardening gloves and tools you may have used. Given you're wearing rubber gloves, after handling diseased plant material, its sensible to go ...
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How can I save Yew bush branches severely bent by snow and ice?
The yew bushes in front of the building I work at are flattened by snow and ice every winter, (nobody cleans it off, and if the roof gets cleared, they get extra helpings on top.) They are poorly ...
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Saving sun-scorched succulents
I'm sorry I don't know the cause of your damage, but I have a lot of experience with sedums, and can reassure you that a healthy plant can grow even if the top is damaged, dead, or broken off; and ...
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How should I treat a weigela bush with a large section of dead branches?
If this plant still has a good root system and is not dying due to being water logged or root rot then the tough love approach works:
cut everything back to the ground
when new growth starts ...
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What should I do with damaged leaves on my Money Plant?
Ah, so that's what you mean by Money Plant - this one's more commonly known as Devils Ivy or Pothos, but is, as you now say, Epipremnum aureum. It is on the list of plants toxic to rats, so again, I'd ...
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100 yr old Pecan Tree
Right now, that pecan's roots go out from the trunk at least 1.5X the width of the crown. In the location pictured, they go under the gravel to the grassy-ish area beyond. Given that the garage is ...
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How can I save Yew bush branches severely bent by snow and ice?
Although it won't hurt the yew for the branches to lay down thusly, indeed this is how many confers grow naturally anyway is to spread out after grow up first. They may not lift back up.
The hole ...
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How should we treat cracks in the stem of Aloe Veras?
I would just leave it. This happens in the wild and plants are fine. It looks like a fairly new/small plant so pruning that much leaf structure might do more harm than good. If it's lacking support or ...
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How should we treat cracks in the stem of Aloe Veras?
Succulents do not 'heal' in the traditional sense from cracks or tears. Leave it be, unless it is starting to rot, and hopefully the plant will continue to grow and a new leaf will come up. You could ...
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Construction damage to tree
By the time a tree is 40 years old they have adjusted to the neighborhood and do not like changes in the level of the soil or amount of roots. These suggestions work for most trees:
do not raise the ...
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How can I tell who's responsible for the death of new sod laid in July?
You need to investigate a little more as some important information is missing:
what kind of soil is underneath? Was fresh topsoil added and raked out before the sod was added?
was the sod rolled ...
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Disease / pest identification
The leaf with the line of holes in it shows signs of mechanical damage as Escoce suggests.
The other damage is strongly suggestive of fungus/virus/bacteria brought on by over watering. ...
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What is causing the open hole and damage to this oak tree?
The symptoms shown in your photograph indicate bleeding canker - what I'm not sure of is whether Sudden Oak Death is an issue in your area, so far as I can tell, its a major problem in California but ...
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Can a Mexican sage survive losing all its stems?
These things happen (in my case, my cats get excited and "boticidal").
They just might survive. I would leave any leaves that are still on the plants there, protect them from any further damage, ...
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Why are large sections of bark peeling off these birch trees? Is it contagious?
Good news! Totally normal and healthy! No worries!!
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Do snake plants (Sansevieria) stop growing if their tips get damaged or broken?
As time goes by, the web is turning out to be as big a source of misinformation as actual word of mouth - no, its not true as far as I'm aware. In fact, I have, in the past, clipped off the tips on ...
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How to fix lead branch being damage on Catalpa tree?
In the north ( eg. Chicago) ,catalpas are often severely pruned and tolerate it well ; so loosing a couple branches will do no lasting harm. I would only clean up the broken stump. Footnote : When I ...
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Avocado lost all but one leaf
It sounds like your plants likely got too much sun, especially if this was their first day outside for the year. When taking indoor plants (or plants that winter indoors) outside as it starts to warm ...
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What's the best way to care for this damaged plant?
From the image, I can tell you, it is still doing okay.
Secondly, I think you are doing everything you are supposed to, for now. Just like us, plants also need time to heal.
I'd recommend some ...
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Disease / pest identification
I am going to take a stab at this one. I don't think this is pest induced, but rather the longer term effects of mechanical damage. A leaf getting folded, brushed up against too many times, or the ...
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How can I save Yew bush branches severely bent by snow and ice?
These yews are going to be fine. Cut any broken branches back to a healthy main stem. Lop off ends to relieve weight. Not a great idea to use twine at this stage as that would act like a cast on ...
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Acer new leaves in mid-September
No, those leaves will all drop off. That is the beauty of being a deciduous tree! Leaves are the most vulnerable, roots a step up but buried in the ground (not a pot) protects them and then the stem/...
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How can I repair a damaged aloe vera that hasn't been watered for months?
Do you have a photo? It always helps us to look at photos. I will answer generically for now.
Aloes are sturdy, hardy plants. You have it in water, but don't leave it there for too long. Get good ...
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Indoor plant is looking sickly
Your plant appears to be a Fatsia japonica, and it has acquired a scale infestation. Scale can be impervious to insecticides, but there other ways to treat the condition. Yours looks as if there are ...
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Bark split on large maple tree
That wound is healing very well. You can tell by that smooth bark forming on either side of the opening. Leave it alone and it will complete the healing process. I would be relieved to see this ...
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What causes holes through forsythia branches?
I have worked with Forsythia ovata and the Northern Gold cultivar and observed hollow stems on the older woody growth. This is not too unusual with woody plants as the core of the stem is not ...
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Should I cut off severely bent stems (folded on darker line or spot) on my Peace Lily?
Snip the unrecovered, bent stems out as close to the base of the plant, just above the soil level, as you can get without damaging any of the other stems. Keep it fed and watered and it should produce ...
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