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Post by kooch on May 27, 2019 18:27:54 GMT -6
I took a walk after the rain stopped with my wife and daughter. On the cedar trees is hundreds of globs of orange tentacle snot. I looked it up when I got home. According to the Internet, this is the fungus that does in your apple trees, about to be released into the air as spores.  |
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Post by smsmith on May 27, 2019 18:32:02 GMT -6
That's it...congrats?
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Post by kooch on May 27, 2019 18:42:00 GMT -6
It's interesting to me, and totally new. Is this something you see all the time? Common as a dandelion? I've never noticed it until today. I've walked the same walk almost every day (weather permitting) for the last 19 years. I never noticed it until today, so I thought it was worth mentioning.
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Post by smsmith on May 27, 2019 18:48:53 GMT -6
I've seen it on red cedars every spring for the last 25 years or so. It was there long before then, but I started paying attention to that kind of stuff about that time span.
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Post by batman on May 27, 2019 18:59:41 GMT -6
I called the DNR and they suggested killing all of the apple trees that may become sick. Chop chop.
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Post by kooch on May 27, 2019 19:08:36 GMT -6
I've seen it on red cedars every spring for the last 25 years or so. It was there long before then, but I started paying attention to that kind of stuff about that time span. Well yeah, I pay more attention now than I used to. But dang, the trees were stacked up with it. |
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Post by smsmith on May 27, 2019 19:13:25 GMT -6
I've seen it on red cedars every spring for the last 25 years or so. It was there long before then, but I started paying attention to that kind of stuff about that time span. Well yeah, I pay more attention now than I used to. But dang, the trees were stacked up with it. Some years are worse than others. The worst years are when you start paying attention to it after beginning to grow fruit trees |
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Post by Reagan on May 27, 2019 19:19:14 GMT -6
I had never noticed it until I started following habitat forums. Didn’t care much about it until I bought a place that would allow me to plant trees.
It comes out after a rain. My yard cedar has it dried up right now but when it was raining a lot a few weeks ago, they were everywhere
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Post by Catscratch on May 27, 2019 19:36:57 GMT -6
Those are a blast to throw at each other! They make a satisfying "splat" when you hit someone proper.
We've had a ton of rain this year and I haven't seen one yet. Kind of an odd year so far.
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Post by Sandbur on May 27, 2019 19:36:58 GMT -6
I took a walk after the rain stopped with my wife and daughter. On the cedar trees is hundreds of globs of orange tentacle snot. I looked it up when I got home. According to the Internet, this is the fungus that does in your apple trees, about to be released into the air as spores. Do you have red cedars in the north country? I have only seen one or two wild ones up there in Cass County. |
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Post by kooch on May 27, 2019 19:38:51 GMT -6
I took a walk after the rain stopped with my wife and daughter. On the cedar trees is hundreds of globs of orange tentacle snot. I looked it up when I got home. According to the Internet, this is the fungus that does in your apple trees, about to be released into the air as spores. Do you have red cedars in the north country? I have only seen one or two wild ones up there in Cass County. This is down South in the Twin Cities. Up in the Kooch? Never seen one. |
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Post by benmnwi on May 27, 2019 19:52:12 GMT -6
The only way to kill that is to spray mayonnaise on that cedar tree.
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Post by sd51555 on May 27, 2019 21:02:05 GMT -6
The only way to kill that is to spray mayonnaise on that cedar tree. Now I know for a fact, that isn't true. |
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