Marshall- I add the Cs to a SOLO backpack 4 gallon sprayer mixed usually with Malthion and regular water. Then I spray the needles of the tree or the root area and trunk if the tree has a root rot. Usually I mixed 4 ounces of Cs to the 4 gallon tank. Last year I was making Cs at 8 ma and this mix seemed to be helping. This year I shut off at 4 ma and still have lots of sick trees. The trees with rust still have rust. The rust is said to be spread by cottonwood trees like Poplars. I was thinking of going back to 8 ma Cs for tree spray. I use well water for the Cs tree spray. When I cut out a sick tree I spray the stump with Cs using a Wall Mart spray bottle.
Last year a well to do Lady came to see me in April just after I returned home from Arizona. She asked if I would settle an argument with her husband. She asked me how to tell if a cut tree is dead. I told her when the needles dry and fall the tree is dead. Her husband wanted to take the tree down and burn it! She said it is still living because it still had its needles! I suggested she get her husband to dig a hole in the garden and plant the tree to allow it to die naturally, at least he could get the tree out of the house. She did not want him to burn the tree while it was still alive. Brickey
