What to do with Cedar Ceiling?
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Orange fungus on native 'cedars'. Cedar-Quince rust? What to do?!
Comments (10)I have had it for several years affecting my hawthorns that I had planted for the birds. I believe it may have originated on a juniper nearby that eventually died. I never found the site where it overwinters but I read that the infected host could be some distance away. Lots of wild eastern redcedar around here. I tried several different fungicides which were supposed to be effective for rust but never could keep up with the spraying ("reapply after every rain", and it rains every other day here in the spring). Either for that reason, or just because, they haven't helped. Last year which started out very rainy then got very hot was the first year that it affected my quince. Had a huge crop coming on and had to toss every bit. My nearby crabapple is unaffected so far, neither is my farther away Juneberry. I drastically pruned the hawthorns (back to the trunk) and the quince to get rid of every bit of affected wood and prevent spores from forming. I plan to finish taking out the hawthorns before they leaf out next week. Then I will spray the quince and hope for the best. I really hope this stops it in its tracks; I have several apple, cherries, a pear and native plum and would cry if they all get infected....See MoreCedar Vaulted Ceiling - What Colour Flooring???
Comments (4)I think a different material would be even better. Polished concrete?? If you have your heart set on laminate, I'd suggest an oak color floor to contrast and complement the ceiling colors and work with the brick. Here is a wood ceiling with polished concrete floors... Here is a sample of a light oak color floor with a darker ceiling. I think you need contrast....See MoreCedar Apple Rust on twigs/branches--what to do?
Comments (9)vafruitluvr and mes111-- Thanks for the comments and advice. I looked into fireblight a bit more and can see where you are coming from. Oddly, none of my other trees on the property are affected by this--perhaps this variety is highly susceptible. We also had a VERY wet blossom time last year... It looks like some of my cankers could be associated with fireblilght as well. At this point, I'm kind of leaning toward removing all affected areas of the tree (which is a lot for such a young tree, unfortunately) and having some Kocide on hand for this year.. On an unrelated note, I'll be trying my hand at grafting for the first time this year (topworking and rootstock) and have a bunch of scions coming to me. Since I'll be severely cutting back some of these young limbs, is there any potential harm in grafting on a few different varieties and trying to make a multi-variety tree? The only thing I can think of is that I'd want to make the cuts to remove the disease during dormant times, but the 'top-working' should be done at bud-break. Thoughts? Thanks in advance, Cliff...See Morewhat to do with these cedars!
Comments (5)LOL!! Chopping the top 8' off these trees is far from "trimming"!! The result will be bisected trees with a lot of interior dieback visible. And I doubt they will respond well to that sort of very harsh treatment. Maintaining a smaller size with arborvitaes is possible but it is something that needs to be done over an extended period of time, gradually as the plant grows, not all at once and at an advanced age!! And just reducing the height will do nothing to shrink the width, which is also far in excess of what the space can handle. Save yourself the effort and just take them down....See More- 5 years ago
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