Hi Folks, I just bought this Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Green Arrow' and when I got it home I noticed this (attached pictures). Is it a canker? Thanks, C.
Or you could take it back and get another one, thus eliminating the need to figure out what happened to this one.
I can't take it back, I bought it in Canada and imported it into Pt. Roberts (a peninsula below the 49th parallel that is American but can can only be gotten to through Canada), I cannot take it back across the border without a phyto certificate and they are hard to get here (no USDA office). Otherwise I would take it back first thing tomorrow.
Yes, I've been to Point Roberts. Funny that it would work out that you wouldn't need a phyto to bring in the first one but not the second.
I needed a Canadian phyto. to get it into the US, that was easy, the CFIA went to the nursery and inspected it. To get it out I need an American one.
If it was inspected it should not have turned up with a canker right after, they must have thought it was damaged rather than diseased also.
That's what I'm hoping, but before I risk infecting my other trees I'd like some reassurance that they didn't just miss it. I've seen them inspecting and they vary from quite cursory to very thorough.