I was out scouting the orchard today and noticed a few things of note. A lot of the trees have settled into the soil and have pulled their rubber bands free from their trunks. Another is that the grass seed is sprouting, but it is very, very thin. I'm sure we'll be over seeding this fall. A couple of the apples that we left on a few trees are maturing. The apples are mainly on the Wealthy apple trees.
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| Cedar Apple Rust (CAR) |
And finally I noticed that several varieties of trees have cedar apple rust (CAR) which is a fungal disease produced by juniper trees, also known as red cedars in IA.
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| Wealthy Apple |
We'll definitely have to keep an eye on the CAR to see if it is a yearly problem or just one that is an every once in a while thing. My neighbor has a very nice grove of cedars a couple miles from the orchard, and since the spores can travel 2 - 5 miles, it may be something that we just have to manage.
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