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CameronC1 starts with ... Appreciate some advice. I moved into a house 6 years ago and under a massive tree of Morning Glory, found an avocado tree. After cleaning it up, two years later it starte baring fruit in significant volumes, and continued to three years. Last year and more repenting this season, we have had only a handful of fruit, and a fungus has appeared in widely on the branches. Not being a green thumb, I am very cautious as to how to treat the tree, as we'd like to nurse it back to health. The foliage is strong, but from reading various blogs, it is unclear to me how to treat it. Advice would be appreciated.
| About the Author CameronC1 Enter Postcode First,2096,NSW 17th April 2016 9:57am #UserID: 13739 Posts: 2 View All CameronC1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Manfred says... Rub your thumb over the white patch of fungus and smell the result. If it smells slightly of cinnamon, it is Phytophthera cinnamomii and your avocado tree is dying. There's nothing you can do about it. Looking at picture 2 I fear the worst for your avocado tree. Even if it's only an opportunistic fungus on a damaged section, it looks like there's an entry for bacterial and fungus diseases (and viruses, though I don't know of any). I wouldn't even be hopeful about rejuvenating it when it is that bad on a major part of the trunk like that. | About the Author Manfred tully 18th April 2016 8:40am #UserID: 9565 Posts: 243 View All Manfred's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author myki vic 18th April 2016 8:38pm #UserID: 13752 Posts: 2 View All myki's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author CameronC1 Enter Postcode First,2096,NSW 18th April 2016 9:02pm #UserID: 13739 Posts: 2 View All CameronC1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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