About rusty


Gender:
male
Date of Birth:
April 18, 1943
Member Since:
July 07, 2005
Last Signed In:
August 27, 2007
Profile Views:
76
Blog Views:
774
View Profile
Send a Message
Send To A Friend
Sign Guestbook
Add as a Friend

Previous Posts
HEY, THIS MIGHT BE THE CAT'S MEOW
5 YEAR OLD SHOT BY COP
EMAIL FROM LEON HALE; MTN BOOMERS
A "BETTER THAN "WHAT?" CAKE
HOT WEATHER HELP
SHOULD THEY MANIPULATE HURRICANES?
WHERE DO THE LIDS GO?
HERE'S ONE FOR PILOT
SHOULD CHATTY TODDLER AND MOM BE BOOTED OFF PLANE?
RECEIPTS FROM THIS MOVIE TO HELP WILDLIFE
Archives
July 05
August 05
September 05
October 05
November 05
December 05
January 06
February 06
March 06
April 06
May 06
June 06
July 06
August 06
September 06
October 06
November 06
December 06
January 07
February 07
March 07
April 07
May 07
June 07
July 07
August 07
September 07
October 07
November 07
December 07
January 08
February 08
March 08
April 08
May 08
June 08
July 08
August 08
September 08
October 08
November 08
December 08
January 09
Subscribe!
RSS 2.0 feed RSS 2.0
Add to My Yahoo
Add to My Google
Add to Bloglines
Add to My AOL
rusty - > -> MYSTERY PIX, ANSWERS ON OLD ONES
MYSTERY PIX, ANSWERS ON OLD ONES
MIKE HILLER, COUNTY AGENT for Jackson County found the answer. This is a CREEPING FIG, in the Mulberry family.http://www.hear.org/starr/h... target='_blank'>HERE
For more go http://www.burkesbackyard.c... target='_blank'>HERE

Description:
A vigorous, climbing fig that attaches itself to surfaces by means of aerial roots. It has crinkly, heart-shaped juvenile leaves on a tracery of fine stems which adhere closely to its support. When the plant matures it starts to produce large, leathery adult foliage on horizontal, woody branches. Mature plants also produce yellowish-green, inedible figs.
Best climate:

All areas of Australia except for Hobart, the mountains and inland zones (creeping fig is an environmental weed in NSW).
Good points:

* attractive juvenile foliage
* fast growing
* shade tolerant
* tough
* low maintenance

Uses:

* quick cover for ugly, masonry walls
* good ground cover for large areas
* good for softening industrial landscapes
* useful for creating quick 'topiary'

Downside:

* very aggressive grower once established
* very high maintenance if grown on buildings - will dislodge roof tiles, damage wooden structures and attempt to cover everything in a curtain of green

Care:

Creeping fig is very hardy and drought tolerant once established. Prune to control rampant growth and to remove horizontal branches which stand out from the support and produce unattractive adult foliage.
Getting started:

Creeping fig is readily available at nurseries, but it is very easy to propagate by cuttings or layers (it forms roots wherever a branch touches the ground).




NEW PIX: This first is a better shot from before.


The second shows the fresh one and a dryer one cut open. We still have no idea what they are.


Here are pix to answer for previous mystery pix.

#1> CEDAR APPLE RUST GALL on eastern red cedar twig


#2. Cedar-apple rust horns on juniper


#3.
Cedar-apple rust lesions on apple leaf


In the spring, orange jelly-like horns arise from gray to brown colored fungal galls on the branches of infected cedars and junipers (Fig. 1). These horns produce wind blown spores, which infect apple and/or crabapple trees up to three miles away.

Symptoms on apple and crabapple initially appear on the upper leaf surface as small yellow spots, which later enlarge and turn orange (Fig. 2). The fungus then grows through the leaf, causing yellow-brown lesions to appear on the underside of the leaf. In late summer, these lesions form small, horn-like structures, containing rust-colored spores which are wind blown to susceptible cedars and junipers. There they start new infections.

The following spring, small greenish-brown swellings form on the branches of cedars and junipers. These swellings may enlarge up to two inches in diameter over the summer. The following spring, these galls produce orange gelatinous horns and spores, beginning a new infection cycle. Dead galls on cedar and juniper may remain attached for a year or more.

For more go http://www.extension.umn.ed... target='_blank'>HERE
Tags:
posted by rusty on Tuesday, October 31, 2006 at 08:09 PM
Report a Violation
Viewed 0 times
0 comments from 0 users

Leave a Comment
Ground Rules for posting comments:
  • No profanity or personal attacks.
  • Please comment on the subject of the blog post itself.
If you do not follow these rules we will remove your comment. Please keep it civil.

To protect users from spam, we need you to prove that you're a human being.
Please enter the text from the image at left.