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Index of Subjects My mother lives on Hillcrest Avenue in Bible Hill (just outside of Truro). Her lovely maple on the front lawn was severly affected by "tar spots". Now, we did rake up all the leaves last fall...could it have perhaps come in the compost material I put around the base of the tree to plant the hostas in?? Maria Forman Debert Jim Wolford wrote: > I'd be interested to hear from you all about where else this fungus is being > seen on Norway Maples (and other species?). For a nice photo, go to > NovaNewsNow.com Web-site, choose the Advertiser icon, then search "tar > spots" for the article and photo. > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville > --------------- > > from NovaNewsNow.com Web-site: > > The Advertiser (King's County), Tuesday, October 16, 2007 > > Tar spots mar Norway maples > > by Brent Fox/The Advertiser > > View all articles from Brent Fox/The Advertiser > Article online since October 13rd 2007, 9:45 > Be the first to comment this article > > PHOTO: This Norway maple illustrates the extent of the fungal infection, but > horticulturalist Tim Amos says there's nothing anyone can do to stop it. > Tar spots mar Norway maples > > BY BRENT FOX > The Advertiser > NovaNewsNow.com > > Itıs unsightly, relatively harmless to the tree and thereıs little you can > do about it. > > You may have noticed the black spots on local Norway maples this year. > Simply ugly, and it has a number of people worked up and worried for their > trees. > > But Kingstec campus horticulture faculty member Tim Amos says, ³itıs nothing > to worry about.² Itıs called tar spots,ı Amos noted, a fungal disease that > marks certain trees. It doesnıt really affect the infected trees and most > trees are safe from it. > > One way to reduce the occurrences, he said, is to stop planting Norway > maples and plant other, less susceptible species instead. The spots havenıt > affected sugar maples and other more valued trees. > > The disease can be perpetuated through composting leaves. The fungus remains > with the leaves and will bring it into a new season. But it also goes from > tree-to-tree through the air. ³Thereıs absolutely nothing you can do,² Amos > said. It may go away at times, he acknowledged, because it runs in cycles. > > And people have to decide which is more important; the value of leaves in > compost or the increased potential of the fungus. > > A means of avoiding such a problem in the future, he noted, is to grow > different species in your garden. A mono-species attitude leaves one wide > open to having a whole yard affected by one disease. > >
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