by terry <tsanford@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
May 18, 2008 at 05:47 AM
On Apr 21, 11:17=A0am, OrganicGal <xploreorgan...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Spraying your tree will not do much to protect it. =A0The fungicide may
> actually weaken your tree. =A0The black knot needs to go. =A0Perhaps
speak=
> with your neighbour and see if they mid taking down or cutting back
> their diseased tree. =A0All infected twigs should be pruned out and
> destroyed by burning or double bagging and removed before bud break.
> It is im****tant to prune at least 2-4 inches (5-10 cm) below each knot
> because the fungus grows beyond the edge of the knot itself. Be sure
> to clean your pruning tools with soapy water after pruning a tree with
> knot.
Yes: And around here was in 'wild' cherries and bushes of similar
type.
We cut down and burnt our offending tree, it looked awful anyway and
bore no fruit. berries but the 'Black Knot' did get into, or had
already been present in 'wild' cherries and berry bushes of similar
type in several acres around the area.
That bad tree may eventually die off but in process have infected
everything else (of that genus?) around the area.
