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When should I treat for cedar apple rust?

Answered for Pittsboro, Hendricks County.

Common wherever red cedar has colonised a fence line near apples — which in rural Hendricks and Boone counties is nearly everywhere. In Pittsboro, two completely different tree populations in one small town: the original grid near Meridian and Main carries full-size 80-100 year old shade trees over the roofline, while the post-1997 subdivisions that hold most of Pittsboro's houses are still on 20-to-30-year-old nursery stock planted at the ordinance minimum of 2.5-inch caliper. No municipal tree inventory or canopy study for Pittsboro was found, so species dominance is inferred from housing age and the UDO's planting standards rather than measured. Disfiguring rather than deadly.

Pittsboro's canopy and what's at risk

Two completely different tree populations in one small town: the original grid near Meridian and Main carries full-size 80-100 year old shade trees over the roofline, while the post-1997 subdivisions that hold most of Pittsboro's houses are still on 20-to-30-year-old nursery stock planted at the ordinance minimum of 2.5-inch caliper. No municipal tree inventory or canopy study for Pittsboro was found, so species dominance is inferred from housing age and the UDO's planting standards rather than measured.

What to look for

Orange gelatinous horns on cedar in spring; orange spots on apple and crabapple leaves.

Whether the tree can be saved

Disfiguring rather than deadly. It matters most to orchards and to anyone who wants a clean crabapple.

Timing in Hendricks County

Fungicide on the apple side at bud break, or remove the cedars within a few hundred feet.

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