Mildew starts in spring some people say scab. Only control either one is with big fan sprayer. Air circulating around tree help if in earily morning. Tree health will help fertilizing with 10-10-10 4 pound per inch of diameter if got large tree as posted lets take 30 inch diameter tree times 4 = 120 lbs to that tree. Any tree having promblems as your need zinc sulfat. You can get zinc about any farm store in south Georgia. It will take 5 years bring trees out stavation one year want do anything to tree third year you will see turn around and start production 5th year max out. One thing should warn if these trees staved for long time all limbs be long and weak the fertlizing set heavier folage wind brake off. So good cutting limbs back to short length help tree come into production prunning always help pecan tree be stronger.

DO NOT SPRAY RUGOSAS. What you are seeing is perfectly normal. Shrivelling hips and dieback is normal for rugosas (and many other plants). The hips are seed pods, just like on other shrubs and perennials. The hips are shrivelling because they are drying out and getting ready fall off, open up and spread the word. Just like apples. The dieback is because that branch has done its duty. The plant's energy can now be directed to new growth, new flowers, new hips... To prevent this, remove the hips while they are still green. I leave only the last batch of hips in the fall. Or, if you want to use them for jelly, pick them just as they turn red, before they shrivel. For rose hip tea, you can wait until they dry a bit and then they are easier to grind up. Iron deficiency is very obvious. The leaves turn chloritic (light yellowish green) and the veins stand out a darker green.

Hi Tam, I agree with Chris- from your description it sounds like you surely have thrips. I pulled all of my bell peppers last month even as they started to reflower b/c they started to show signs of thrip damage- new tender leaves (i.e. most yummy ones LOL) show deformity and curling and sometimes slight discoloring/darkening. Some species of thrips like the chili/chilean are extremely small and light colored, making them very difficult to see. Look closely and I bet you find your culprit. HTH Naomi

This is the story of all my maple cultivars. I've never had one hibernate gracefully. Being in Melbourne, I always just put it down to hot winds or long hot summers.