My neighbor actually cut the tree down. :)
"David" <saphfron@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Nice of them, huh! BTW: you can cut the branches overhanging your yard
at
> any time without their permission anyway...
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> David.
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> "Joanne" <j.gillespie@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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]
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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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