Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Maybe you need some GM apple trees? ;-))) Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ YNWA On Apr 28, 2013, at 11:42 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > 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 >