Q: I have a 3-year-old Burgundy plum tree. The leaves became yellow in March so I applied KeRex iron to the soil when I first noticed the problem. Now the new leaves do not show any yellow in them, ...

Black knot, a fungal disease, is affecting cherry and plum trees in the Greater Columbus area, likely due to recent wet weather. The disease causes hard, black knots on branches, disrupting growth and ...

Q: We have several fruit trees in our backyard. One of them is a plum tree. For the first time, we have lots of plums on the tree. The problem is that the plums keep falling off as soon as they get ...

I’m sure most of you have, at one time or another, eaten a plum. You probably obtained it from a store, from a cultivated plum tree in your yard or from some other person who had a tree. It may come ...

A common fungal disease of cherry and plum trees is widespread in Greater Columbus, likely worsened by the abnormally wet conditions experienced locally both this spring and last spring. Black knot, ...