On 5/9/07 17:04, in article ,
"Cerumen" wrote:


"David (Normandy)" wrote in message
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I pollarded our cherry tree last Winter. It has since put out new shoots
and is looking reasonably healthy but today I noticed resin has exuded from
a few places on the trunk. It is hard to the touch - like amber. There are
a couple of pieces as large as a thumb.

Does the tree have a disease? Is it related to the pollarding?

My first thought would be that maybe some insects got under the bark via the
exposed wounds when you pollarded it and are now doing damage causing the
resin to form as part of the trees defence mechanism?

Certainly happened to an old tree of mine in a former garden. There was
already a split in the bark so this would make sense.
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