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Olafhenny
06-10-2014, 02:44 PM
One of my neighbours has a problem with her Royal Smoke Tree, which appears to be
partly dead
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lungwitz/14206252109" title="DSC05199 by Golestan2, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3907/14206252109_8b6d0ca0dc_c.jpg" width="600" height="800" alt="DSC05199"></a>
This photo shows the whole tree, with a major part not sprouting any leaves’
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He tree is clearly oozing sap, but not only on the apparently dead part, but also
from the healthy branches. On both parts the sap appears to be fresh.
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This pic. of new growth at the base of the tree is just for additional ID
I have never owned this kind of tree and accordingly have zero experience with it.
I would appreciate any advice as to what it is and what to do about it.
Thank you,
Olaf
jjjankovsky
06-10-2014, 06:28 PM
Wait a bit, then prune out the dead wood and prune the live stuff how you want it to be...that rascal isn't dead...just remodeling itself
kubali
06-11-2014, 07:42 AM
One of my neighbours has a problem with her Royal Smoke Tree, which appears to be
partly dead
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lungwitz/14206252109" title="DSC05199 by Golestan2, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3907/14206252109_8b6d0ca0dc_c.jpg" width="600" height="800" alt="DSC05199"></a>
This photo shows the whole tree, with a major part not sprouting any leaves’
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lungwitz/14391525252" title="DSC05200 by Golestan2, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3856/14391525252_5b06951f1a_c.jpg" width="600" height="800" alt="DSC05200"></a>
He tree is clearly oozing sap, but not only on the apparently dead part, but also
from the healthy branches. On both parts the sap appears to be fresh.
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lungwitz/14391524542" title="DSC05201 by Golestan2, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2905/14391524542_5240919e04_c.jpg" width="600" height="800" alt="DSC05201"></a>
This pic. of new growth at the base of the tree is just for additional ID
I have never owned this kind of tree and accordingly have zero experience with it.
I would appreciate any advice as to what it is and what to do about it.
Thank you,
Olaf
may be from where they did not seal the tree where they pruned it there in the pic or
sounds like to me you could have some type of tree borers, that is clearly a warning sign clear sap running is from something intruding the cambium layer. If it is a borer you better have them spray some
chlorpyrifos, linden or endusulfan to kill tree borers.
Spray the entire trunk and branches of the infested tree. Though the insecticides cannot reach the larvae that have already tunneled to the sapwood, they will kill all larvae and adults present on the bark surface.
then what I do is take a paper clip and dig as far as you can where the sap whole is in the bark and if you get lucky you will get the larvae.
then to prevent further attacks in the future paint the base of the tree with any type of latex paint preferably white, from about 18 inches up from the ground level of the trunk of the tree....let me know if you need any more help cause I hate them pesty things.............what they are is different kinds of moths that lay their eggs at the base of a tree, then all hell starts from there....
Olafhenny
06-11-2014, 09:40 AM
Thank you both, JJ and Kub, I will pass your comments on to the neighbour and offer
to spray the tree for her, probably repeatedly. I am not sure, if that thing with the
paper clip is an option, because there appear to be too many holes for it. Spraying it
three times at 1 week interval may interrupt the live cycle of any guilty pest, I hope.
Olaf
kubali
06-11-2014, 12:02 PM
Thank you both, JJ and Kub, I will pass your comments on to the neighbour and offer
to spray the tree for her, probably repeatedly. I am not sure, if that thing with the
paper clip is an option, because there appear to be too many holes for it. Spraying it
three times at 1 week interval may interrupt the live cycle of any guilty pest, I hope.
Olaf
you are more than welcome.
what happened to my peach trees lesser peach borers got them and I had to dress up in war gear......lol that's what helps them, the paint seals all the cracks in the bark, to which they like to deposit their eggs inside the cracks..
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