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  • From: Michael Nave <jmichaelnave@yahoo.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] pecan problem
  • Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 16:04:27 -0700 (PDT)

Anthracnose?

Why would you buy from TyTy?


--- Hilborn.E@epamail.epa.gov wrote:

> I would love some help with this problem. I need to
> save my tree!
>
> I have a 9' Stuart pecan that I planted as an 8'
> grafted bare root tree
> in the fall of 2005. It leafed out well last year
> and seemed vigorous.
> This year, it is leafing out slowly compared to the
> nearby 11' Pawnee
> (8' grafted bare root planted fall 2004). Both trees
> are from TyTy
> nursery, Georgia. I also noted that some of the new
> shoots (on the
> Stuart only) have withered and died apparently just
> as they were leafing
> out. This is particularly true of lower branches,
> and on some of the
> mid branches, only the tips are withered. The
> withered tips are medium
> brown in color and curve back on themselves, similar
> to the 'shepherd's
> crook' appearance of fire blight.
>
> This spring both of the tree's buds were tight and
> closed during the
> Easter freeze.
>
> I fertilized this year with a new product that
> contains zinc sulfate.
>
> I have observed twig girdler (Oncideres cingulata)
>
>
> damage, otherwise the trees have seemed healthy in
> the past.
>
>
>
>
> Anybody have any ideas on this phenomenon?
>
> Betsy Hilborn
> zone 7a, NC
>
>



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