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A horticultural problem of huge proportions
We're facing a horticultural problem of huge proportions here in Tennessee
and probably the eastern region. Thursday I arrived at Lowes outside lawn and garden department to discover the State Agricultural extension and region agent with another man with him. When we had the head's up concerning Monrovia's having shipped Sudden Oak Death fungus to other nurseries which was carried on Camelia's and Rhoddies, I alerted people on another newsgroup because if this western fungus gets over here, it will wipe out all our oaks eventually. And think about how many kinds of oaks we have here, and the fact that this fungus kills a tree in two years or shortly there after..............solemn thoughts there. Apparently it's worse than that. Bad enough that Monrovia is one of the largest distributing nurseries in the US, but now Means Nursery in Oregon has apparently been using compost which had shredded oak bark..............yep. Shrubs and plants shipped from Means Nursery to Lowes and other stores that purchse their stock have probably gotten Sudden Oak Death fungus that is in the soil of Rhododendrums, Azaela's, and Lilac's. Any shrubs that are sitting next to these plants, particularly Viburnum's will also pick up the fungus and be spread to those AND the oaks. The state agent was at our store where he and his colleague were taking plant and soil samples to ship off to the labs at UT Agricultural department and the State agricultural department. They had already done this to every Lowes in the area and were going to EVERY Lowes that purchased these shrubs and such from this Nursery. This is HUGE. We cannot afford to let this slip out and into neighborhoods. These fungus have potential to cross breed and that means apparently a stronger and more deadly fungus that WILL wipe out our oaks. I wanted to give ya'll a heads up. We have what remains of our stock from Means as well as some other shrubs from a totally different nursery here in Tennessee that were sitting next to the possibly infected plants in the back under quarantine. I'll let you know in two weeks the results. madgardener in Eastern Tennessee, zone 7, Sunset zone 36 |
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