RE: use mulch from shredded cedar w/ apple rust gauls?
- To: "'woodyplants@mallorn.com'"
- Subject: RE: use mulch from shredded cedar w/ apple rust gauls?
- From: S* S*
- Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 11:30:17 -0700
I don't know much about it, but last year in a wet spring I had this dreaded
stuff on an amelanchier! It was wretched stuff.
Susan Saxton, zone 6b
For mine is a little old fashioned garden where the flowers come
together to praise the Lord and teach all who look upon them to do
likewise.
Celia Thaxter
I AM in shape. ROUND is a shape!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: M R W [m*@juno.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 13, 1999 10:59 AM
> To: woodyplants@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: use mulch from shredded cedar w/ apple rust gauls?
>
>
> I have a lot of experience with cedar-apple rust; due to the
> red cedars
> in the area, I have it on apple trees, crabapples, and hawthorn trees,
> but it has never, never shown up on a rose. I think the rose
> just isn't
> as closely related as it needs to be to get it.
>
> From what I've read (you experts correct me if I'm wrong, okay)
> cedar-apple rust needs 2 living hosts-- a red cedar and
> something closely
> related to the apple, and it spends part of its life cycle on
> the cedar
> (the slimy orange balls) and the other part on the apple (the
> rust) and
> the wind passes the spores back and forth between them. So, I
> would guess
> that roses would be safe, any shrub or tree that isn't very closely
> related to the apple is safe, and IF that is the last red
> cedar host in
> the area, your apple trees, etc are probably safe too, at least as of
> next year.
>
> Mary
> MO zone 6
>
> > A friend has recently taken down a cedar that was plagued by apple
> > rust
> > gauls. He
> > had the tree chipped and shredded into mulch. Does this pose a
> > problem if the
> > mulch is used on roses or any other shrubs or trees?
> >
> > Thanks for any help anyone can provide.
> >
> > Joan Anderson, Z.5a
> >
> >
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