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Tomato blooms fall off without fruiting when plant ill-suited to Texas Neil Sperry, Down to Earth May 28, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Italian cypress trees are normally dependable in the southern half of Texas, but this February's cold has killed plants over big parts of the state. Curiously, it wasn't obvious immediately. It started showing up several weeks after the thaw, and it's still getting worse. This reader is going to need to think about replacing these.Courtesy photo Q: I believe these are three Italian cypress trees. They were doing great until the big freeze, but gradually they hav...

Brown patch fungus is common in Texas lawns this spring; it's usually a fall problem Neil Sperry, Down to Earth May 21, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail This year the brown patch fungus (now called ?“large patch?” by Texas A&M) has become active in the cool spring weather. It's usually far more common in fall.Courtesy photo Q: We had landscaping done recently at our South Texas home, and shortly thereafter these strange patches showed up in the lawn. Do you have any idea what they might be and what we need to do about them? A: In this year of strange happenings, even with all the cold, it looks...

No good treatment for bacterial leaf spot on plants Neil Sperry, Down to Earth April 30, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail This Mexican plum is infected with bacterial leaf spot, a disease that causes leaf spots that later turn brown and drop out.Courtesy photo Q: This happened to my Mexican plum last summer. What caused it, and what can I do to prevent it this year? A: At first glance I thought this had been caused by caterpillars, but then I decided to Google “Texas A&M plant pathology bacterial leaf spot Mexican plum.” Sure enough, as with domesticated varieties, this disease causes leaf spot...

Skip to main content Currently Reading Neil Sperry says it's too soon to know whether palm trees survived the freeze in San Antonio Neil Sperry, Down to Earth March 5, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of2 Ice weighs down an palm tree in Austin. Whether palms survived won’t be evident until late spring.Ilana Panich-Linsman /New York TimesShow MoreShow Less 2of2 When it comes to covering your plants, Neil Sperry recommends white frost cloth. The darker color lets that frost cloth soak up too much of the sun's warming rays each morning. Plants thaw out too rapidly and damage is done to their frozen...