No need to be Mr Rogers but I am obviously an experienced grower to be in the position I am in and was looking for insight. Never seen bud rot spread so fast. We have been dealing with cut worms and caterpillars of every variety this year and of course with caterpillars comes bud rot. Just...
Exactly. I think we did pretty good for what we had. We planted in unamended native red clay soil - we had drainage issues and other problems like verticillium wilt, I would have amended but hard to find so much compost as we only got our permit on June 26. So for being completely virgin soil...
lol we farm 500 acres so our trees don’t get above 5 ft. We planted in August. In Oklahoma. They are all clones we started flowering August 27. With that many acres we don’t have the man power for large trees. Yea they are already in the trash.I’ve been farming many years andnever seen bud rot...
One row of my lilac diesels are affected only. This was after a bad storm. Is this wind burn, nut burn, pests? Help! Suddenly leaves turning purple/brown and entire plants dying literally overnight. No evidence of root damage by tunneling pests or verticillium/fusserium. Pics attached.