Maple Tar Spot. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
This is a follow up to the recent post “maple leaves falling and we’re all going to die.”
Turns out, stories of our imminent death may have been premature. I was able to contact Professor George Hudler of Cornell for more information, and he’s got more good news. Continue reading
Maple Tar Spot infected leaf. Image used with these permissions: Use:Saforrest, Black tar spot on sugar maple, CC BY-SA 3.0
I’ve received a lot of questions about the diseased Maple leaves falling early and whether they’re safe to compost.
I’m terrible at this whole “don’t give an answer right away in order to drag readers along” so here’s the short answer:
If you hot compost, you can compost them.
If not, send the leaves away.
More explanation and information after the jump. Continue reading
