Evergreen Top Cutting and Grafting Tips for Gardeners
A garden note discusses topping evergreen trees like Arborvitae to control height, shaping with clippers and hedge shears, and forming a neat leader. It covers pruning of yews, spruces, and general evergreen care, plus grafting ideas and thinning dead growth for stronger plant structure.
Apple Maggot Warns growers on wormy apples and hedge care
In West Salem a reader asks why apples like Macintosh and Cortland stay wormy despite spraying. The reply identifies the apple maggot and offers control steps including collecting fallen fruit, soil treatment, and spraying with lead arsenate or safer alternatives, plus hedge pruning guidance for newly planted hedges.
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