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County Agent Says • • • g\ VLMET V. WHELCHEL JR. •ouston County Agent Mimosa wilt, caused by a fun gus, m recent years has caused ltu , , )SS of numerous Mimosa lree? throughout Georgia. This disease was first found in North Car : .na about 1930 and from there spread into Georgia. The fungus causing this disease is soil-home, and may be carried from an infected area to a non jnfecied area by movement of plan,;, garden tools, water and w inci movement of soil, or by man himself. Since the fungus is soil-i ■ ne, infection usually oc curs nrough the plant root sys tem. The first symptoms of the dis- I ease is a wilting of the leaves on one or more branches. The foliage hangs downward, and the wilted leaves yellow, shrivel and fall. This condition usually pro gresses throughout the tree, causing defoliation. Death usual ly lohows such defoliation within a year, but in some cases the tree dies within a matter of months. When a cut is made into a branch, dark streaks can be seen just under the bark. In a cross section of a root or stem these dark streaks appears as a ring or partial ring just under the bark. Since infection occurs through the root system, the discoloration is more pronounced in the roots of the lower portion of the tree during early stages of infection. It may not be evident in the smaller branches at the top of the tree until advanced stages of the disease. Where wilting is associated with such a discolora tion, it may be safely assumed Lhal the tree is dying from Mi mosa wilt. In some cases a splitting and bleeding of the trunk is associated with this dis | ease. No treatment is known for the control of this disease once a tree begins to wilt. Spraying or dusting with a fungicide i$ of absolutely no benefit. Where one or more trees in a group are in fected and it is desired to pro tect the other healthy trees, the best control is to remove and burn all infected trees. Care should be taken to re move as much of the root system as possible. If a tree is desired in the location from which an infected tree was taken, some tree other than Mimosa should be used unless a resistant strain ol Mimosa is used. At present two somewhat re sistant varieties, Charlotte and tiyon, are available. These two varieties have resistance to most strains of the fungus, and are usually not damaged by the dis ease. However, in a few cases they too have been killed. SUMMER AND PECANS Here it is still June, and al ready we’ve had some warm, dry weather. But as the old say m 8 goes, "We aint seen nothing Now that summer is here, officially, we probably can look • lol ' s °me sure nough hot, dry weather. July and August are usually our worst months along this line. Any day now we may expect temperatures to climb and rains to become fewer. Its a bad lime for many of tne things we try to grow. Those Vmii pecan trees we transplant e:l ,KK ' k during the winter will V have a rough go of it dur tng their first summer. However, there are a few we can do to help those young pecans make it. Hue iiu n g is , 0 wa[ei . the trees ,! <ghJy every two weeks un "lore is adequate rainfall. -m we mean, really water ’em. iv PPI ‘ % . enough water to thorough saturate the soil. Improper ;‘tng tends to make the develop shallow roots, and '['creases the suffering they * nough during periods of moisture shortage. mu'S" impor,ant s “» is 4 f,i' : '" fll,l . S ,“ rves lwo purposes. c„; a ; ht ‘tps conserve moisture. 11 helps control compe y. grasses and weeds. th.'* 10 a L re several materials .w Can h® used for mulching, sir u 8 ! hem are P in e needles, ami * BF straw - fertilizer bags sawdust. The mulch should cove? in 6ight inches dee P and son . a , n 31-63 of at least ten teet around each tree. LAWN TIP ■ utch the mowing of your u during the conning weeks. h- ; P the mower blade sharp and gradually raise it as hot weath becomes more frequent. Ac ' "ding u> Troy Keeble, horticul “ ‘st with the Cooperative Ex ’■nsion Service, your yard will onore attractive if you remove r ‘o lawn clippings. # /' d ller Johnson had 12 seasons league pitching when won 20 or more games. <\[\ —" ) mb—r - - - - - —I ) /«Sm Jt m JL - - # - - flHi _ mm ~WgMmggm ji p. /?- /J° ,n our f 'o ht t 0 kee £ y° ur food costs LOW! : —f *******^** 7lTTWT,^TTTs^7 *^vowuhtil Jn/U 1 I We, and more than 8,000 independentsupermarketownersfrom coasttocoast, S * M B j Qv yb' w join forces to bring you savings on your food purchases all year long. Join the 7 /f f I- Prices Effective I W \ 'ft flght Where you ’re the winner. Start with these extra special summer savings. 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