My blue weeping cedar atlas has sap leaking from the shaft. The tree looks good I don't see any brown needles or anything. Should I be concerned? One of my blue cedars died a week ago. Does anyone have any idea what this could be? I looked at where the sap is coming from and did not see any holes. Is it normal? I also touched the sap with my hands is this dangerous? Thanks
Probably resin - cedars are very resinous trees, and often have resin dripping down the trunk. Nothing wrong with the tree. Resin is harmless, just very sticky (!) and very nice-smelling (!!). I'm forever getting it on my hands. To get it off, rub in a tiny spot of butter or cooking oil to dissolve the resin, and then wash off with soap and water.
Thanks for. responding. I examined out tree again and found a little hole that is also leaking sap. My husband went and found a pesticide for it. They told us to mix this pestide with vaseline and put it on the areas where there is sap. As soon as we did that we saw the culprit its a bug looks like a bee with a yellow mark at the end but it has two huge wings. I researched it online it is called a peach tree borer. My husband killed that one that was on the tree. anything else we can do. THanks
peach tree borer in a cedar? sounds a little odd. The list of hosts is here:http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/fruit/borers/peachtree_borer.htm#hosts Can you tell us what the insecticide that you used contains as an active ingredient(s)?
THe one I saw looks more like this one described below. I inserted a link that shows the clearwing borer. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/MG007 Clearwing Borers (Sesiidae) These daytime fliers are called clearwing moths, and they look superficially like wasps ( Figure 8 ). Eggs are laid at the margins of insect holes, lawnmower cuts, on galls, and other wounds. Newly hatched larvae bore into the phloem and feed beneath the bark. Signs of infestation include wet spots, ejected frass, and masses of sap around damage sites. Infestations can kill branches or entire trees. There are 41 species in Florida.
If you have a look at the chemical controls you will notice neither of the ingredients of the insecticide that was recommended to you is in the list. It also goes further to state that systemic insecticides are generally ineffective. Intersting link though, thanks for giving me another bookmark in my favorites list.
