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Urban and Community Integrated Pest Management
Posts Tagged: bacterial
When Monitoring Is the Best Action - The Case of Two “Flux Diseases”
![Figure 1. [J.K. Clark] Figure 1. [J.K. Clark]](http://ucanr.edu/blogs/UCIPMurbanpests//blogfiles/38768small.jpg)
[From the August 2016 issue of the UC IPM Green Bulletin] Two “sap flux” diseases observed in landscape trees—bacterial wetwood (or slime flux) and alcoholic (“foamy”) flux—often trigger demands that a landscaper...
It's Time to Prune Apricot & Cherry Trees
![Cluster of ripe apricots [J.K.Clark] Cluster of ripe apricots [J.K.Clark]](http://ucanr.edu/blogs/UCIPMurbanpests//blogfiles/31578small.jpg)
Although most fruit trees are pruned during the dormant season, in areas with wet winters, apricots and cherries should be pruned in late summer to allow time for the pruning wounds to close. Pruning apricots and cherries during the rainy season could...