Travis wrote:
sherwindu wrote:

First check if the tree is truely dead, or just under a lot of
stress from some disease, or insect. Make random scrapings of the
bark and check that the layer
just under it is still green (the cambium layer). If it is brown,
that portion of the tree is gone. If the tree shows indications of
life, put in on a regular spray schedule of fungicide and pesticide
(if you haven't already done so). The tree may recover next year,
so don't be in a big hurry to cut it down, unless you find it is
mostly dead wood. My Montmorency had a bad spotted leaf problem
last year, but
seems to have recovered this year with a fair crop of cheeries.
You might try moving some of the dirt from around the base of the
tree to check for insect invasion.

Sherwin D.


You are recommending spraying with fungicide and insecticide when the OP
doesn't know what the problem is yet?

Idiot.



I was actually thinking of painting the bark with Lindane or Dursban or
Cygon or nicotine sulfate (something that will penetrate the bark to the
cambium) in case there's an infestation of bark beetles that hasn't
emerged yet.

I'm not going to cut the tree down until it doesn't leaf out next year.

Bob