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COMMERCIAL LOGGING FOR WILDFIRE PREVENTION
... fire spread, greater flame lengths and fireline intensities, and more erratic shifts in the speed and direction of fires. FACT: Small-diameter surface fuels are the primary carriers of fire. Current fire spread ...
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Potting Mix - Fire Hazard? - Roses Forum - GardenWeb
... There were a lot of hits. from http://www.springsgov.com/units/fire/Safety/PottingSoilFires.htm Potting Soil Fires and Your Safety During this past year, the Colorado Springs Fire Department has investigated several fires caused by potting soil. In fact ... in the trash or take the soil from the pots and spread it in your yards or gardens. Keep your plants well watered ...
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Control of Fire Blight on Fruit Trees
... ooze. Transmission Any agent capable of transporting bacteria can lead to spread of fire blight. Wind or rain splash may be all that ... travel to many different trees as they forage, they can quickly spread the disease from a single infected tree to numerous healthy ones ... contaminated tools are later used on healthy trees, the disease is spread as the bacteria gain direct entry to new wounds on healthy ...
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... microclimate, and fuel accumulation, has increased fire severity more than any other recent human activity." 427. Clearcutting can change fire climate so that fires start more easily, spread faster, and burn hotter. If the intent is to seek the most environmentally sound and cost effective means to reduce the fuel hazard and fire risk, then the ...
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Fire Blight of Apples, Crabapples and Pears, HYG-3002-94
... or pollinating insects. Actively growing shoot tips are infected by bacteria that have been spread by rain or insects from both cankers and infected blossoms. Invasion can occur ... insecticides during bloom. Commercial growers should consider following a recommended spray program for fire blight. Sprays for fire blight control are generally not recommended for backyard growers. Instead, backyard ...
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Fire Blight Links
... fire blight are; understanding the disease, reducing the amount of bacteria in your orchards, knowing when to treat during bloom and understanding how to reduce the spread of the disease. Fire blight Pages at this website Apple variety susceptibility to fire blight is important to know. Apple Variety susceptibility determined in the 2000 Fire Blight Epidemic ...
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Fire Blight Pruning
... are spread at bloom time and the bees can spread it into adjacent orchards. Trees that show symptoms of fire blight for several years in row should be removed and burned. This continuous infection is an indication that the fire ... bloom conditions are right for the spread of the disease. Do not wait until fire blight is your major ...
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Fighting Fire blight
... event in May spread the disease throughout the orchards in the region. Some apple growers immediately pruned out fire blight infections and ... to do so increases the likelihood that blight will continue to spread both to adjacent trees and into the rootstocks of affected ... blight out-weigh the benefits of early hand-thinning. You can spread blight on your fingers while pinching buds (or hand-thinning). ...
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Fire Blight Symptoms
... the shoot to die. If this canker remains active it will spread fire blight in this orchard next year. Canker Margin Symptoms Canker margin ... clusters at the top of the central cluster of spurs. Fire blight symptoms spread rapidly for about a month after the symptoms first develop. ... 2000, 2 weeks after a hail storm and onset of wide spread fire blight symptoms in the region. New shoots have been killed ...
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Search for Fire retardant - Plants For A Future database search
... main Search Page Search for plant uses: Fire retardant: Plants that do not easily burn and can be used in barrier plantings to limit the spread of forest fires. (10) Latin Name Common Name Use Edibility Rating Medicinal Rating Atriplex canescens Grey Sage Brush Fire retardant 4 1 Carpobrotus acinaciformis Hottentot Fig Fire retardant 2 ...
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