Plum leaf curl is a malady indicated by tightly curled and deformed leaves which are usually near the ends of new plum shoots in the spring. Unlike leaf curl in peaches and nectarines, which is caused ...

We attributed the plum leaf curling to aphid infestation: Sucking insects that can cause leaf distortion. I think we were generally correct, but there was a bit of a problem. Close examination usually ...

Plum leaf curl is indicated by tightly curled, deformed leaves, which are usually near the ends of plum branches. Unlike leaf curl in peaches and nectarines, which is caused by a fungus, leaf curl in ...

Answer: Looking at the sample you brought in, the leaf curl on your peach tree branches is pretty extreme, and when I turned over and uncurled the leaves I found a ton of chubby green aphids hiding ...

Some of the leaves on my serviceberry and hawthorn have an ugly black residue on them. When I looked more closely at the trees, I noticed some things that looked like little cotton balls here and ...

Question: I think my peach tree has aphids, but how can I be sure? A: Green peach aphids are the most common aphids on peach trees. They are small and can be difficult to detect, but their damage is ...