My Fruit trees are being attacked by something! (forum)

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I have pictures on Flickr at this link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/29212516@N02/ I planted fruit trees last spring. I planted Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, and Nectarines. The Asian Plums I planted have it worst, but all of the stone fruits are hit. Toward the end of fall all of my stone fruit trees are displaying the symtems of the Lesser Peach Tree Borer. I say Lesser because all the sources I have read from say the Lesser are more prone to attack the upper section the trees. On my trees both the upper and lower sections have been attacked, but more of the upper. I also did see the some black moths, that to me looked scary. I am not an expert on insects, but this does follow with what I have read about the Peach Borer. From the syptoms and what I have read online I thought the stone fruits are infested with Peach Borer, but I don't know. I took pictures today Jan 16 2010. In the pics of the pear, there is fresh cuts on it as you will see. About an hour ago I cut a limb off one of the plum trees, and I just disected it. I did not see any anything that my novice eyes would regonize as a bug. To me it looked like the limb was diying from the inside out. I will take some photos tomorrow and try to find another way to put them up besides flickr.



Time: 18th January 2010 12:47pm

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Charles cant spell says...
My money is on a fungus attack perhaps one of the canker fungus, not sure I have a easy fix for you either. Something is stressing/damaging you plants (maybe borer) but looks more like a animal attack possums/birds/squirels ?? and then the wound is being infected by the canker fungus I would guess.

http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/SUL11.pdf

Goodluck, hope I am wrong and someone here has a better idea for your sake.
Cheers,
Charles Otway

Time: 18th January 2010 10:15pm

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cjackson says...
Thanks for the info. Many of the affected areas on my trees look extremley close to the pictures in this pdf. IF it is canker fungus, what fungicide do you recommend? Chemical and Brand Name if you can.

Thanks,
Craig

Time: 19th January 2010 6:39am

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Wayne says...
Craig, Canker is a very serious disease so is there any way you can get it verified by an inspection. Citrus Canker was imported in to our State on cuttings and complete orchids were bulldozed to get rid of it costing millions.

Time: 19th January 2010 8:16am

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cjackson says...
I am going to call my county extension office tomorrow and go from there. Thanks for the info.

Time: 19th January 2010 8:32am

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cjackson says...
I just went outside and examined the trees more closely. In one of the peaches on the trunk very close to the ground where the bark looks like a canker I saw a extremley tiny "larvi" of something. It was in the size of mm. I only saw one. Also both of the plums are ozzing amber at ground level where the roots meet the trunk. We are having spring like conditions down here in alabama. There was one "tiny hole" that was ozzing clear between the ground level and the graft union. I am starting to think that I have a combo of peach borers and cankers.





Thanks,

Craig


Time: 19th January 2010 9:12am

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Wayne says...
Tiny holes ozzing gel is a sign of wasp strike Craig. At first I thought it could be Gall wasp but Charles' thoughts were more convincing.

Make sure you pass this information on and for your sake we hope that that is the problem.

Good luck and please let us know how you get on.

Time: 19th January 2010 9:37am

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