I am new to this site and was googling for help with my 30 yr old Weeping Cherry tree with Canker problems. The snippet that I read was full of good information about how to control this disease, and I would like to chat with him and email a photo. WOuld appreciate if someone could help me find him for an email. Thank you, Barbara
Yep, it's always best to put the question in one of the forums, that way everyone can read the answer (which might be of value to many people), and others can contribute, too.
30 yr old weeping cherry tree with Cankers Well, I can certainly use all the help I can get.The weeping cherry started to show the gum running down one side of the trunk for a year or so before I even know it was not sap or something normal. So now it seems the trunk midway between branches and ground are showing signs of this canker a various spots. I did cut away as much as I could to the smoothist area and that helped last year, but it's definitely more infested than I thought.The area on the trunk is about 8" wide x 16" H. I can pull away the bark and remove the gum, but what then? Can i paint it? Spray it with Bleach? Doesn't seem like many solutions, and my landscaper says it will die in 1 or 2 years.... It's pretty old, and I know they don't last a long time, what what can I do at this point? It blossom's beautifully every year and seems fine, although, it seems to have a few less leaves after the blooming... Any ideas to keep it alive for as long as possible? Many thanks. Barbara
Look for symptoms of Bacterial Blight such as: 1 Brown Rot, clumps of dead leaves hanging on to the branch tips 2 Shot Hole Disease, several small holes forming spuratically on the leaves 3 Twig Die Back, These are all common Bacterial Blight symptoms that can shorten the life of your tree and make it unsightly. You could Google these names for pictures to compare. The Gummosis your tree is experiencing, just as Bacterial Blight are pretty much uncontrollable with chemicals. Fall Copper spraying on Cherry trees does kill off over wintering diseases that can effect buds and flowers in the spring. Lime Sulphur can also aid in this. Deep root fertilizing can get the sap flowing to try to get the pathogens out of the tree and into the ground for possible extinction. Maybe Mr. Shep will reply, I seen him in another post today, good luck with your tree, Jim.
