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[athagan@atlantic.net]

Second in a series of woe.

Actually, it's not as bad as that.  It's been a pretty good year
fruitwise but I've run into a couple of problems that have me
stumped.  In this caee literally.

I've got a Moreland pecan that I planted three years ago.  The first
year it grew very little, establishing a good root system I suppose. 
Last year it grew more and seemed healthy enough.  I fertilized it
along with my other three pecans in early March just before bud
break.  It leafed out well in late March after the Desirable and
after that I got caught up in the vegetable garden and didn't pay
close attention.  

The next time I checked on the trees was the fifteenth of this month. 
The other three are doing well, but the top graft of the Moreland was
dead as a wedge.  There was no obvious sign of injury or disease. 
Whatever killed it worked so fast that it didn't even shed its
leaves, they're still on the dead wood right now.  There was a big
sprout coming off the roostock which is something that it hadn't done
the two previous years.  I'm not sure if the roostock sprout caused
the top graft to die or if the death of the top graft caused the
roostock to sprout out.  

Anyone have any suggestions as to what may have happened?

.....Alan.



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