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   G80104 | May 27, 2003 03:47pm | #1

                  Mr.T,

                         Go to http://WWW.Treehelp.com  You will find more information then you will ever need. I have bought products from them before, Good company!

   
   

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   Mongo | May 27, 2003 03:59pm | #2

   Cedar apple rust? On junipers, the disease appears as woody, spherical galls. In the spring, brown, horn-like projections called "telia" grow out of the woody galls. During wet weather, the telia absorb water, swell up immensely, and become orange and gelatinous

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   Theodora | May 27, 2003 04:44pm | #3

   Theodora runs away shreiking...

   Mongo is right, that's what it is. It's a fungal disease that alternates years in some member of the apple family, and then the next year, the cedar family.

   http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/3000/3055.html

   Mongo, delete that pic! Those things totallly creep me out, they are like critters from space or worse, the pus from the boils on the butts of critters from space. Gosh, I only hope my skin crawls back to its proper position before the end of the day. Yyyyyyyyeechh."There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning."--???

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   Ruth | May 27, 2003 05:54pm | #4

   My son spotted the same thing in one of our cedars (SW Connecticut) a couple of weeks ago. I'd never seen anything like it before. It's now history (thanks, Google, for helping me ID in a jiffy). Ruth DobsevageTaunton New Media

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   Mongo | May 27, 2003 07:40pm | #5

   Theodora, dahling, you must learn to embrce Mother Nature.

   A handful of nasturtium petals along with a couple of 'bunches' of cedar apple rust 'bananas' make a lovely (garish?) garnish to most any summer salad.

   Yummmmmm!

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   Theodora | May 27, 2003 10:27pm | #6

   Oh, GAG!

   Well, you can just peel your ole cedar apple bananas and use them to garnish your *&^%$* The very thought of mucilaginous fruiting bodies fills me with revulsion!

   "There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning."--???

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   MisterT | May 28, 2003 01:30am | #7

   Thanks all,

   I gooogled and found the cedar apple rust stuff.

   Thats the stuff.

   I am concerned cause BIL who lives in FIL's basement til his mcmansion is done, has an orchard less than a mile away.

   Theodora,

   Yes they are gross looking!!but the pictures just don't do them justice!

   They are really slimy right after a good rain!

   EEEEEEEUUUUUUUUUUWWWWWWW!!!!!!Mr T

   Do not try this at home!

   I am an Experienced Professional!

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   Theodora | May 28, 2003 01:35am | #8

   Believe me, I know, I have had to get rid of them in my Dad's garden.

   'Scuse me, I have to go throw up, just remembering it again!"There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning."--???

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   Rugby | May 28, 2003 01:49am | #9

   I've seen that strange alien stuff here too (central Nebraska).  Good to know it is what it is because I thought it was a sign that the apocalypse was about upon us.

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   xMikeSmith | May 28, 2003 04:30am | #10

   junipers are indiginous here... we get the fungus  on some of the trees every once in a while.. they seem to disappear by themselves and the trees seem none the worse for wearMike Smith   Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore

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   Piffin | May 28, 2003 05:08am | #11

   With such a damp spring, I'm expecting a lot of fungal growth this year..

   Excellence is its own reward!

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   Wet_Head | May 28, 2003 07:16am | #12

   and there will be a good fungus crop in many areas of CO this year if you know what I mean...

   can't get too detailed in public but I expect to be living in fungus heaven!  commercial guys are already making inquiries at the forest service here locally.

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   bill_1010 | May 28, 2003 04:16pm | #13

   Your county should have an extension office for the ag department of the state.  Contact them and you should get info on this problem and if there are any cures or remedies. 

   They cover gardens to farms, yard trees to woodlands.  its a really good source.

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   Mongo | May 29, 2003 06:07am | #14

   Changing your socks and underwear more often, combined with regular bathing, should minimize your concerns

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   Piffin | May 29, 2003 06:25am | #15

   LOL

   I guess you know I was talking 'bout the trees, not the wood.

   Excellence is its own reward!