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Post by steveinpa on Apr 30, 2020 0:50:33 GMT
Sadly I think my sour cherry has it. I had assumed that it was just the high water table last spring and it would bounce back this year. It hasn't. 2 of the 3 main limbs are showing no sign of life whatsoever. The 3rd is making a valiant effort.
Has anyone ever been able to nurse a tree through this? I'm hoping to move in 4-ish years and really don't want to plant trees I won't enjoy.
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Post by feather on Apr 30, 2020 1:43:22 GMT
I have a fungal wilt like this, on tomatoes every year, I've lost one apricot a sweet cherry tree and my plum tree. There doesn't seem to be a way, for us here, to eradicate it, all we do is spray with the fungicide each year. I don't know that there is any cure for it. (we have a flood warning tonight into tomorrow with high water)
We bought two new pie cherries, sour, and put them in this year, hoping for the best.
The fungus claims them from the bottom up. I hope you have some ideas or answers or someone else does.
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Post by solargeek on Apr 30, 2020 2:29:02 GMT
I have a fungal wilt like this, on tomatoes every year, I've lost one apricot a sweet cherry tree and my plum tree. There doesn't seem to be a way, for us here, to eradicate it, all we do is spray with the fungicide each year. I don't know that there is any cure for it. (we have a flood warning tonight into tomorrow with high water) We bought two new pie cherries, sour, and put them in this year, hoping for the best. The fungus claims them from the bottom up. I hope you have some ideas or answers or someone else does. What do you spray for fungicide on tomatoes and fruit trees? And what time if the year. |
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Post by feather on Apr 30, 2020 11:47:34 GMT
We use this copper fungicide but not always this brand, whatever we can find. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001REFBTS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I usually mix it, sometimes he'll mix it in water in the sprayer. We use the recommended amount listed on the container. We start spraying within a few weeks after the tomatoes are in the garden. If the year has a lot of rain, it starts earlier. Once the bottom leaves begin yellowing (means they will soon wither off), then the disease travels up the plant, spray them. After it rains or every few weeks. We like to see that most of the tomato plants are green for as long as possible through the summer. (we had a wet year a few years ago and it got away from us) In the spring we'll spray our fruit trees (we aren't very regimented with a schedule of spraying trees) a few times with this and another(another spray for bugs if there are bugs)--but I pay attention to the stage the tree is in (just budding, flowering, lots of bees, after flowering) then look it up to see if that is a safe time for spraying for them. I haven't been out to the garage yet, to look at the back of the package to see if verticillum wilt is listed as one of the fungal diseases but I'm pretty sure it is. |
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Post by steveinpa on May 1, 2020 2:24:22 GMT
Well, with 3 inches of rain today my hopes of just having drier soil helping the tree outgrow the problem are pretty much out the window now.
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Post by feather on May 1, 2020 13:22:07 GMT
www.bonide.com/assets/Products/Labels/l811.pdfSorry to hear that Steve, sometimes branches can be cut off and the remaining tree can be treated with fertilizer high in phosphorus, to help it gain strength with the remaining branches. If it has water standing around it, a cherry tree might need to be on higher ground with better drainage. Or you can remove the tree entirely and replace it if you want with something like an apple or pear. I'm a big fan of cherry trees. The fruit is so nice to get so early in the year. I hope things turn out well.
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