Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/04/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Tina, I've heard of this, but have never seen it. I've been around cedar trees all my life. Thanks for the nice images, especially the last one. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> To: <MUGers at yahoogroups.com>; "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>; "paw" <paw at micapeak.com>; "seephoto" <seephoto at micapeak.com>; "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus at thomasclausen.net> Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2013 4:42 PM Subject: [Leica] IMG: Cedar Rust > PESO: > > It started to rain yesteday afternoon, after we had finished planting 75 > tomato plants! The rain brings out the cedar rust on all of the cedar > trees around here: > > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/149915885 > > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/149915887 > > The cedar rust sends out spores that infect the apple trees with a fungus. > The only cure is to cut down all of the cedar trees within a 4 mile > radius. We plan to cut the ones on our farm but will have to spray the > apple trees to prevent the fungus from other cedar trees from infecting > them :-( There are cedar resistent apple trees, but they aren't totally > successful in the face of this much rust!! > > It's the weirdest looking stuff I've ever seen and I had never seen it > before we moved here. > > C&C and suggestions greatly appreciated! > > Tina > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >