PlumTree Problem (forum)

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My plum tree which have been in the ground for three years are starting to leaf out. The first year it grew great but had a bad case of shot-hole fungus toward the end of the first year. During the winter I sprayed it with a copper fungicide at Christmas and in February during the dormant period. The following year it leafed out and grew slowly and once again had a good deal of shot-hole fungus. During the winter, I painted the entire tree with a combination of a neem oil and fungicide to try to get the shot-hole fungus under control. The fungicide was white hence the look of the trees. On one of the trees the new leaves are coming out fine although they are already showing signs of shot-hole fungus. On the others, about a week or two after the new leaves come out, they are shriveling up and turning brown on the limbs. Any idea what might be causing this? I have not done anything else to the tree at this point. Ground moisture is high but not excessive and the pH is roughly 7.5.
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Time: 2nd April 2013 3:08pm

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Diego says...
gstrout your tree looks pretty sick. You seem to have given it a lot of kind attention perhaps more than it deserves. If it was mine I would get rid of it and find another on disease resistant rootstock and plant it in a different area.

Time: 7th April 2013 11:55am

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