David explained: "Gardeners shouldn't worry about Christmas tree mulch dramatically altering soil pH. As pine needles break ...

HONOLULU (AP) — State agriculture inspectors are finding slugs and other pests potentially harmful to Hawaii’s environment in many of this season’s Christmas tree shipping containers, delaying the ...

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State agriculture inspectors were on the lookout for aggressive yellow-jacket wasps hitchhiking on this year’s shipment of Christmas trees but instead found slugs in 11 shipping containers yesterday, ...

CRAIG T. KOJIMA / [email protected] Delivery of Christmas trees to some retailers has been delayed because of an infestation of pests. Select an option below to continue reading this premium ...

HONOLULU -- Four containers of Christmas trees from Oregon have been turned back, after slugs were found in some of the holiday cargo. State plant import specialist Leslie Iseke says the slugs were ...

HONOLULU (AP) - Hawaii agriculture inspectors say Christmas trees are arriving in the state infested with slugs. Sixty shipping containers were inspected over the weekend and slugs were found in six ...

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HONOLULU (AP) - The delivery of Christmas trees to Hawaii could be slower than usual this holiday season. That's because some of the trees arriving in container ships from the Pacific Northwest ...