In article , Shiva
wrote:

Sorry for the cross-post but this is urgent.

My Peach tree, of about 8 years old, 7 feet tall, variety unknown, has
suddenly started bleeding sap from hundreds of tiny spots all over. Thne
leaves have all but dried up and fallen off, the ends of the twigs are
dead and dry too. This happened within days.
The tree is about 50' away from two others, and about 20 feet from
another peach tree, none of the others have the same problem.

I don't know if I can add pic here, which I took yesterday, so I put
them on a mini-page whrich you can visit by going to
http://www.westside.ca/peaches

It ain't a commercial site - it's just got 3 pics of my ailing peach
tree. ANY help is appreciated. By appearances of the tree, I'd say
urgent is an understatement.

Please email me at the anti-spam address given at the web site or at my
address by removing the "spamaway."

Many thanks

It is common for sick trees to begin bleeding copious amounts of sap.
Where I live, the first likely cause would be a root fungus, a ferocious
problem to have that generaly leads to having to start over with something
very resistant to the given fungus. Second likeliest cause would be some
boring insect. It needs immediately professional analysis, so call your
nearest university horiticultural extension to find out first how to go
about getting a diagnosis, from which you will know how next to procede.

Root funguses can spread a considerable distance, because there are
sap-eating beetles that collect the infected sap & carry it with them all
over tarnation. It's a weak stopgap measure, but if you can peal off
hardening sap to discard, there will be less for insects to cart away.

From the pictures, I've never seen a tree bleed quite like that, & it does
give the impression of some boring insect, which will also be terrible
news but more apt to be treatable once you have a real diagnosis.

Happily I've only read about most of these diseases & lack first-hand
knowledge. Maybe someone else can tell you more specifics, but if it was
happening to my trees, I'd contact a horiticultural extension for a
diagnosis & treatment options.

-paghat the ratgirl

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"Oh, sir! The flowers, they are wild," replied the timid creature.
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