Comments on: On irritations http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2008/05/08/on-irritations/ This is a journal, of sorts, of an organic garden in SW Michigan. "Ut sementem feceris, ita metes: non semper erit aestas." Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:46:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: El http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2008/05/08/on-irritations/#comment-2539 Sat, 10 May 2008 12:44:25 +0000 http://fastgrowtheweeds.wordpress.com/?p=714#comment-2539 Tameson and Meg: I will have to look into this further (which is why I remain agnostic). Of course my apples are spotty: I don’t give enough of a damn to spray them. They’re destined mainly for applesauce and cider anyway so aesthetics isn’t a high priority. Yield as far as I can tell is unaffected. But the new trees will hopefully bear in two-three years so I guess I will just have to see if there’s room enough on this farm for weedy cedar-rust bearing trees and the apples too.

]]> By: Meg http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2008/05/08/on-irritations/#comment-2538 Fri, 09 May 2008 19:55:36 +0000 http://fastgrowtheweeds.wordpress.com/?p=714#comment-2538 Even though those little alien pods get our apple trees all f-ed up with rust spots, I still like watching them swell up and ooze after a rain. They’re so enticingly gross.

]]> By: Tameson O'Brien http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2008/05/08/on-irritations/#comment-2537 Fri, 09 May 2008 14:11:20 +0000 http://fastgrowtheweeds.wordpress.com/?p=714#comment-2537 There are some varieties of apples that are resistant to the cedar rust, but not those in MY neighborhood. We haven’t had a decent apple harvest in years. My cedar tree is coming down this weekend for that very reason. I thought they were pretty when I first saw them 6 years ago – looked like little pineapples, but I’ve decided that the only way we’re going to get any apples short of replacing all of our trees is to get rid of this cedar and it’s parasitic galls and burn it.

Glad to hear your galls haven’t affected you so adversly.

]]> By: El http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2008/05/08/on-irritations/#comment-2536 Fri, 09 May 2008 13:51:03 +0000 http://fastgrowtheweeds.wordpress.com/?p=714#comment-2536 Ali: that is one way to deal with an irritant!! “Off with their heads!” You know, I think these things are kind of cool. But the junipers/cedars are definitely wildlings in the category of weed trees…like maples and box elders, IMHO.

WF: I am agnostic on this. I have new trees that are a long way from producing fruit, but I have and care for about 8 others on my and the adjacent property and nobody’s bothered by them. Granted, these trees are ancient (maybe 60-70 years) so they’ve had a long time to adjust. If I find my new trees are affected, I might get out the chainsaw.

Hi Lacy! Glad you piped up: I love learning about other folks who’re doing what we’re doing. I don’t know, you guys might be too hot for this kind of pest! Happy spring either way.

WF! Yay Rosie! That is just great that you’re now getting chicks “for free.” I went to the feed store this a.m. and it was REALLY hard for me to walk away without a boxful of baby bantams or Buff Orpingtons. Or even more meat birds. Just give me a week or two and I will be ordering Batch #2.

]]> By: weekendfarmer http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2008/05/08/on-irritations/#comment-2528 Fri, 09 May 2008 02:57:06 +0000 http://fastgrowtheweeds.wordpress.com/?p=714#comment-2528 the chics are hatching ….come visit to see them…

]]> By: Razor Family Farms http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2008/05/08/on-irritations/#comment-2527 Thu, 08 May 2008 23:16:19 +0000 http://fastgrowtheweeds.wordpress.com/?p=714#comment-2527 I’ve never seen anything like that before but will look for it now. Of course, there aren’t many junipers around here. Mostly Georgia pines. Can it get on pines?

Blessings!
Lacy

]]> By: weekendfarmer http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2008/05/08/on-irritations/#comment-2525 Thu, 08 May 2008 17:59:43 +0000 http://fastgrowtheweeds.wordpress.com/?p=714#comment-2525 Oh no…does this mean they are bad!!!?? I just saw one and was going to showcase on my blog….silly me…does it mean I have to cut the tree down or just get rid of this growth.

thanks!
an eager weekendfarmer : )

]]> By: Ali http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2008/05/08/on-irritations/#comment-2524 Thu, 08 May 2008 17:21:43 +0000 http://fastgrowtheweeds.wordpress.com/?p=714#comment-2524 How odd, I am working on a post about this very same topic. I only had 2 junipers, though, and was not overly fond of them, so I bagged both of them.

Ali

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