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amanda starts with ... Hi - following Happy Earth's comment about vaseline - I decided to investigate one of my apple trees and these are the pics. The section I took out (in the vaselined area) - does it look ok? It's quite different looking to the fresh one.
| About the Author amanda19 Geraldton Mid West WA 21st October 2010 3:20pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author HappyEarth1 Wollongong 21st October 2010 3:30pm #UserID: 215 Posts: 94 View All HappyEarth1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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amanda says... Sadly Happy Earth - I think you may be right. I googled the symptoms of collar rot and it's girdling effect. One of the signs is premature ripening, and dropping of the fruit, amoung other things - all of which this tree is displaying. Here is a pic of the prematurely ripening fruit (which is still rock hard) The tree has been given everything it needs and I can make no other sense of the problems. I hope it's not the case - but how frustrating if it is....!? Maybe skip vaseline on your tree trunks guys :-o (ps just did some more googling and this method recommended by many sites - but - there are also references to it killing trees too....best to google advice before taking it on board perhaps? I vaselined about 10 trees - it may be a painful lesson learnt...)
| About the Author amanda19 Geraldton Mid West WA 21st October 2010 7:08pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Jason says... I've never heard of rubbing vaseline to tree, whats the goal of it supposed to be? I guess to kill something that's alive other than the tree?:). I have heard of people putting vaseline on themselves but I'd put a pretty strong bet on it being a decent carcinogenic so I wouldn't use it myself | About the Author Jason Portland 21st October 2010 9:20pm #UserID: 637 Posts: 1217 View All Jason's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Brendan says... Have a look for Tanglefoot Pest Barrier, or Tanglefoot Tree Banding Kit from: www.greenharvest.com.au (Should be under Horticultural Glues) Not petroleum based :-) | About the Author Brendan Mackay, Q 22nd October 2010 8:38am #UserID: 1947 Posts: 1722 View All Brendan's Edible Fruit Trees |
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amanda says... Thanks Speedy, Brendan et al! I made this a new heading so that if anyone was googling the topic it would be easy to find (hence the 2 threads) :) I don't have the weevils etc going up the trunks anymore - maybe cos' I have so many birds now. Nature has balanced things out for me over the last year or so. I do have a big bull ant nest about 30m from the orchard do deal with - but they are doing a great job of keeping any pests out of my stone fruit trees at present (they "meat" ants) I don't think even the birds will be wanting to land on a branch and risk their bite, in order to nick my fruit!? So we are having a symbiotic relationship for the time being :)) | About the Author amanda19 Geraldton Mid West WA 23rd October 2010 12:48pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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