Subject: [NAFEX] Premature yellowing and leaf-drop
Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2008 08:46:12 -0500
Bill Garthright wrote, "But after we had an extra 5 inches of rain in June
(that's a lot for Nebraska, though we didn't have flooding or anything), the
leaves on the Northstar steadily turned yellow and dropped off. There's not
a leaf on it now. It's in a flat area, not a depression or anything, and
none of my other fruit trees had any problem (most have needed extra water
since
then, but there's been no irrigation anywhere near the cherry). But there
are no signs of borers or any other problem, so I imagine it must have been
the rainy June.
Bill,
The same thing happened to half of my 'Sure-Fire' cherry and it had
plenty of water. What happened to it is a mystery to me especially since I
see the same phenomena happening to road-side bushes.
Jim Fruth
Brambleberry Farm
Pequot Lakes, MN 56472
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[NAFEX] Premature yellowing and leaf-drop,
Jim Fruth, 08/09/2008