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The reason I planted that particular variety was that it seems to have
performed well (enough) in actual Florida conditions.  It was one of
the recommended varieties according to the Extension Service as shown
here:  http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/HS106.

I haven't dug it up yet so I'll go back and reexamine the tree and see
if I can find any borer damage.  I've had minor trouble with twig
girdlers on the Desirable, but what they do is very obvious.  They
nearly wrecked one of my pears last year after the hurricanes.

.....Alan.

Quoting "O'Barr, R. D." <topgun@otelco.net>:

> Sometimes with pecan there is a borer that cuts all of the cambium
> but
> leaves the bark. In this case just moderate pressure will break the
> limb off
> and it looks as though cut clean by a razor straight across.
> Sometimes a
> flatheaded apple tree borer will ring the tree and kill all above
> that spot.
>  I put out the official release on Moreland so I like it very much
> for most
> locations but along the coast and very moist locations, humidity
> wise, it
> will scab without scab preventative sprays.
> Topgun
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <athagan@atlantic.net>
> To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 9:13 AM
> Subject: [NAFEX] Sudden pecan death.
> 
> 
> >
> > 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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