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By Kristia Postema Capital News Service Disease and a newly identified fungus have been killing Michigan’s blue spruce population for roughly a decade, and the dangers show no signs of slowing. Symptoms of the fungus known as diaporthe include branch die-back that moves up the tree and sometimes kills it, said Jill O’Donnell, a Michigan State University Extension senior agriculture and agribusiness educator, said. Diaporthe was first identified in blue spruce during studies done from 2011 to 2018. The findings were published this year. “The problems tend to be in older trees, but we did see some problems in the Christmas trees,” O’Donnell said. ....
A report on how the pandemic has driven up Christmas tree sales Amy Start is with the Michigan Christmas Tree Association. She said families are looking for things they can do outdoors. The bump in tree sales wasn’t a surprise, she said. “We were able to look at some of the commodities before us, like pumpkins, and apples and things,” she said. “And they had record sales. So, we knew coming into this, that there was a good chance that this was going to be something people wanted to do. They’re going to want to go to a farm.” ....
A report on how the pandemic has driven up Christmas tree sales Amy Start is with the Michigan Christmas Tree Association. She said families are looking for things they can do outdoors. The bump in tree sales wasn’t a surprise, she said. “We were able to look at some of the commodities before us, like pumpkins, and apples and things,” she said. “And they had record sales. So, we knew coming into this, that there was a good chance that this was going to be something people wanted to do. They’re going to want to go to a farm.” ....