Valley Breeze

Ask an Arborist: Tree holes, wounds, and why winter pruning is sometimes good

When homeowners notice a hollow or wound in a tree, the instinct is often to fix it: to fill the cavity with something that ...
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Something is Making Holes in My Tree

Occasionally, homeowners will notice small holes in the trunks of landscape trees. This may not mean impending death to the tree, but it’s not good. The presence of holes usually means that an insect ...
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Holes in Tree Trunks

Occasionally homeowners will notice small holes in the trunks of landscape trees. This may not mean impending death to the tree, but it’s not good. The presence of holes usually means that an insect ...
The Florida Times-Union

Garden Help: Yellow-bellied sapsucker may be damaging your tree

There have been many calls this month to the Duval County Extension Office describing a very unusual pattern of shallow pencil sized holes mysteriously appearing on the trunks of trees all over the ...
Purdue University

Gaping wounds likely a woodpecker’s work

Q. I saw these holes in my tree and am wondering what they are from. This tree is the only one I have seen them on. – M.S., Chesterton A. The holes are likely from woodpecker injury, but the tree may ...
Sioux City Journal

Bacterial leaf spot causes holes in plum tree leaves

Question: I have a plum tree with little holes in the leaves. This happened last summer and again this spring. Can you tell me again what the cause could be and how to treat it? Answer: Plums, ...