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Bryant RedHawk wrote:The one grafted apple I have, that was supposed to be highly rust resistant has the worst case of it in our apple area of the orchard.
I have Arkansas Black Apple trees for our main apple crop, I have found that making sure there are enough trace minerals in the soil over the year is the best prevention method.
The trees fare far better than I had hoped, even though they still get some rust struck leaves, the trees retain their fruit and most of the leaves aren't hit.
I expect this to continue to get better every year since I am continuing to add Sea-90 on a yearly basis. It contains 95 minerals and that is the only amendment I have used since these trees were planted.
I am in the middle of a five year study on the effects of high mineral content of the soil for Arkansas Black Apples and when it is completed, I'll post some of the results here.
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List of Bryant RedHawk's Epic Soil Series Threads We love visitors, that's why we live in a secluded cabin deep in the woods. "Buzzard's Roost (Asnikiye Heca) Farm." Promoting permaculture to save our planet.
yet another victim of Obsessive Weeding Disorder
Standing on the shoulders of giants. Giants with dirt under their nails
yet another victim of Obsessive Weeding Disorder
Standing on the shoulders of giants. Giants with dirt under their nails
Rez Zircon wrote:We have a plague of cedar apple rust here -- it skips from junipers to apples and back every other year. Fungicide is a waste of effort. But my death-warmed-over apple trees don't get it, despite lots of exposure and decades of neglect (one reason I don't take them out and start over). Neighbor's carefully tended trees -- some get it, some don't. Read up on it and apparently, resistance is genetic, hence varietal.
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List of Bryant RedHawk's Epic Soil Series Threads We love visitors, that's why we live in a secluded cabin deep in the woods. "Buzzard's Roost (Asnikiye Heca) Farm." Promoting permaculture to save our planet.
Tj Jefferson wrote:What climate are you located in? This resistant juniper would be highly valued by many of us, but it is a big genus. Mine are eastern red cedar, and I have some crappy shrub junipers that don't seem to be affected, but the ecological niche the junipers fill here is frontier and then understory tree. I would be interested in other species that might be effective.
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Scott Foster wrote:TJ I know for sure I have the alien/orange goop ball. It freaked me out. So what did orchardists do in the revolutionary era. Is this a bio-diversity issue? Maybe we should start planting from seed again.
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Rez Zircon wrote:
Montana. I think the trees are Rocky Mountain Juniper.
http://fieldguide.mt.gov/speciesDetail.aspx?elcode=PGCUP050C0
They throw seeds all the time, tho few come up.
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Tj Jefferson wrote:
Rez Zircon wrote:
Montana. I think the trees are Rocky Mountain Juniper.
I doubt that one would do well out here in the east but I would be tempted to try. If you ever get seeds from it I would absolutely try it! Thanks for the info!
yet another victim of Obsessive Weeding Disorder
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lisa Bud wrote:This year I followed Bryant RedHawk's formula for a horsetail brew that you use as an anti-fungal spray on fruit trees. It worked astonishingly well. Even the varieties that are wholly susceptible to CAR were saved.
yet another victim of Obsessive Weeding Disorder
yet another victim of Obsessive Weeding Disorder
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