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Plum trees &quot;bleeding&quot;

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Veronica Wilson starts with ...
My 2 yellow plum trees (don't know proper name) have started "bleeding". Cracks have opened in the trunk and main branches and even new growth develops cracks or bleed from the tips. They are also dropping their fruit (3 parts grown). I don't know what to do to help them and I really don't want to lose them as they have cropped well in the past - beautiful sweet, juicy fruit. Any help pleaase?
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Veronica Wilson
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7th January 2013 5:25pm
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Jantina says...
Sounds like gummosis. Traditional treatment is to get rid of them but I have heard of some successful recoveries by giving the tree fertilizer, a complete mineral mix, repeated spraying of foliage with seasol and keeping the water up to it to reduce any stress. As it's a transferable condition make sure you clean any secateurs or saws with a bleach solution or methylated spirits after use.
Good luck with them.
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8th January 2013 4:19pm
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Veronica Wilson says...
Thanks Jantina - I'll try your suggestion. Fingers crossed.
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Jason says...
My father cured his apricot trees with a fungicide called Mancozeb but it took a few years to fix them totally
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lenn says...
It may not be gummosis . Similar symptoms occur when a tree is stressed by drought ,insect attack etc. Be sure to use copper sprays when dormant.
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BJ says...
Also check inside the fruit for maggotts. Asian Fruit moth drills into the tips, causing dieback and gum to exude from the tips. the eggs hatch from there and find their way into the fruit, then some head into cracks in the tree and the soil, causing more bleeding from other parts of the tree. I am not sure if you have this down there or if codling moth operates in a similar way?
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9th January 2013 12:14pm
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