Nice of them, huh! BTW: you can cut the branches overhanging your yard at
any time without their permission anyway...
David.
"Joanne" <j.gillespie@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Unfortunately, my neighbor doesn't care. He said I could cut off the
> branches that overhang on my side of the fence, which I did, but the
plum
> tree is still close to my cherry tree.
>
>
> "terry" <tsanford@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>
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> On Apr 21, 11:17 am, OrganicGal <xploreorgan...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Spraying your tree will not do much to protect it. The fungicide may
>> actually weaken your tree. The black knot needs to go. Perhaps speak
>> with your neighbour and see if they mid taking down or cutting back
>> their diseased tree. All 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.
>
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