You may have found yourself admiring the beautiful white blooms on trees that line the Grand Parkway in Katy. These trees are Bradford Pears or, as some call them, Fruitless Pears. In bloom, the plant is really pretty and, unfortunately, vulnerable to a virus that can be carried on the wind or by insects. The virus enters through the blossom and kills the circulatory system of the leaves on the branch, causing the leaves to turn a copper brown color. While a few infected limbs probably will not affect the overall health of the tree, it surely can make it look awful.

The disease is called Fire Blight and the only remedy is a spray application of agricultural grade streptomycin, which should be made now. In a few weeks it will have no effect, so now is the time to call JNJ Pest Control and Grounds Care to treat your Bradford Pears.

Termites Celebrate Spring Break in Katy

March is the time that college coeds have taken to the sandy beaches at some tropical destination where they frolic in the surf at day and dance all night after gorging themselves on island fare for their right of passage for the spring vacation break.

Termites have the same biological urges, but they have selected Katy, TX as their venue. The termites attracted to over watered wood mulched beds that cover weep holes making easy access to wood structure of residences. At this time of the year the reproductives, dubbed swarmers, are empowered to jump into the wind to finally be discovered on the hard wood floor of their new vacation spot.

What to do to insure the safety of people and property you care. The children I cannot help but termites I can. First walk around your house and look for mud shelter tubes about the size of a strap on a string bikini coming out of the ground to your structure. Another tail-tell sign are mud protrusions on sheetrock walls which are built by termites workers to provide jumping off ramps for swarming winged termites like the divers in Acapulco..

JNJ Pest Control and Grounds Care can arrest termites from your structure. And like a conscientious parent JNJ is best at preventing the unfortunate consequences.