Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/04/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Apr 28, 2013, at 4:20 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > Thanks, Jim. All of our cedar trees, and we have many, are infected. I > hate to cut down trees but I will have no problem getting rid of these! > > Fungi scare me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o57imEfknMQ incredible, scared me... s > > Tina > > > On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 7:09 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at > lighttube.net>wrote: > >> 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/149915885> >>> >>> http://www.pbase.com/**tinamanley/image/149915887<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<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for >>> more information >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See >> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for >> more information >> >> > > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information