Looking for and Taking Care of Rust in Trees

Jennifer Olson, Assistant Extension Specialist and Plant Disease Diagnostician, talks us through the different types of Rust that can be found on your trees and best ways to handle it.
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Airdate (04-10-21) #4741
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[@gregsteeves1733]

Very informative and well-presented video on this topic.

[@NobzLovesOutdoors]

Thank you for this video. My pear tree is severly infected so I will need to take these measures.

[@ravenbishop5232]

My apple trees are badly infected too. I will spray them this year

[@thecarlislehomestead]

Thank you. Good info.

[@nwskipro]

Is it possible to have two different types of rust? One leaf has some black spots or dark brown spots as well as a few brighter orange/red spots more reminiscent of rust

[@rcdc9189]

I hv Asia pear with rust ruining more fruits each year. Hv a quince and a juniper near by, but I see no evidence of rust in either of them. Strange. Thinking to cut back the pear very hard in fall, as remedy. Good or bad idea? In northern VA.

[@cwsosby]

Great info. It probably doesn’t do any good to treat before the leaves bloom on the pear tree?

[@Jlui83]

Treat throughout fall and winter and early spring to help prevent

[@carolinewells4355]

do I reapply the fungicide to my apple trees if it rains after I applied it or wait for the 10 day mark?

[@Jlui83]

Reapply. Rain washes it away

[@carolinewells4355]

@@Jlui83 thank you