Spotting Nectria Canker Before It Kills Your Middletown Maple
One maple branch bare while the rest of your tree leafs out? Nectria canker could be the culprit — here’s how to find it and stop it in May.
White Pine Weevil Is Bending Middletown’s Pine Tips This May
Drooping tips on your Middletown white pines this May signal white pine weevil damage. Here’s how to identify it, prune correctly, and prevent it next season.
Apple Scab Is Spreading Through Middletown’s Crabapples This May
A wet April has set up near-perfect apple scab conditions across Monmouth County. Here’s what the spots on your crabapple mean — and what to do now.
Black Locust Is Blooming in Middletown — and Spreading Through Your Yard
Black locust is perfuming Middletown’s roadsides and yards right now with white flower clusters. Here’s why that beautiful bloom signals a serious management problem.
Scale Insects Are Draining Middletown’s Ornamental Trees This May
That sticky drip on your patio isn’t sap — it’s honeydew from scale insects quietly feeding on Middletown’s Japanese maples, arborvitae, and flowering cherries. May is the only window to stop them.
Verticillium Wilt: Why Middletown Maples Die Branch by Branch
Verticillium wilt is a soil-borne fungal disease that kills red maples from the inside out — and May is when Monmouth County homeowners first notice the damage.
Oak Galls in Middletown: What Those Bumps on Your Oak Leaves Mean
Oak galls alarm Middletown homeowners every May, but most are harmless. Here’s how to tell a benign leaf gall from a twig gall that could hurt your oak.
Fire Blight Is Burning Through Middletown’s Bradford Pears This May
If your ornamental pear or crabapple looks scorched in early May, fire blight is the likely culprit. Here’s what Middletown homeowners need to know right now.
Sycamore Anthracnose: Why Your Middletown Tree Looks Dead Each May
That sorry-looking sycamore likely isn’t dying—it’s battling anthracnose, a spring fungal disease that cycles through Monmouth County every cool, wet season.
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid: Saving Middletown’s Hemlocks This Spring
Hemlock woolly adelgid is quietly killing eastern hemlocks across Monmouth County. Late April is the prime scouting window — here’s how to spot it and act before it’s too late.