Backyard Farmer looks at good fall watering techniques & tips for controlling pear rust. This week Backyard Farmer looks at good fall watering techniques and we hear about tips for controlling pear ...

Pear rust is an extremely common pear problem that affects both ornamental and fruiting pear trees. The disease is called cedar-hawthorn rust and often causes only aesthetic damage in the form of 1/8- ...

After 20 years, suddenly our ornamental pear trees (not Bradford but “Aristocrat”) are dropping leaves with red and black spots. What can we do? This is a new rust disease called pear trellis rust.

Dear Neil: What would be causing the slow death of our dwarf gardenias? These green leaves on the left and yellowed leaves on the right are both on the same plant. We have two other plants on either ...

DEAR JESSICA: We have a beautiful weeping cherry on our front lawn, but its leaves are dropping, brown and curled. My husband found some pinkish/reddish “gunk” on a part of the tree, scraped it off ...

This is caused by pear rust, which has become more common recently. If the leaves were not too badly affected, your crop of pears should not have been diminished by this unsightly fungal problem. To ...

DEAR JESSICA: I have a question about your column of Aug. 19, where you mention that the fungus that causes rust disease can be cured by getting rid of junipers, which host the fungus. I have two ...

Q: Can I get a confirmation of my diagnosis on pear rust? Last year'€™s crop was a total failure due to this. This year I have gently removed close to six small fruit starts. I just found some leaves ...