On 9/23/09 11:39 PM, in article ,
"sockiescat" wrote:

Cheryl Isaak;865242]On 9/23/09 6:33 AM, in article
, "Pat
Kiewicz"
wrote:
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Cheryl Isaak said:-


My 12+ year old Viburnum Nana has shed all it's leaves already. When
I-
knelt-
to get a closer look, it has what appears to galls or cankers all over
the
base of the stems.

Any thoughts on the problem - my googling as been fruitless. I'm fond
of
that little shrub and would hate to lose it.-

I'm sorry that I only have bad news for you.

Apparently, Viburnums are susceptible to crown gall, a bacterial
infection,
and it cannot be cured. You will have to remove your infected plant
and
replace it with some other type of shrub which is not susceptible to
crown
gall.

Crown gall (this is a .pdf file that require Adobe
http://tinyurl.com/y8rmhun-
That's what I was afraid of - while I was planning to move it again and
not
put a shrub there again, I didn't want to lose the little guy.

Thanks Pat.

Cheryl

not sure about this plant but we did have a euonymous shrub that had
crown gall and i gave it a five pound bag of sugar in the early spring.
i mixed the sugar in a pail of water and just poured it over the plant
but especially around the base and on the galls and the shrub did okay.
we finally ended up pulling it out after a good number of yrs because it
was really getting old
and we didnt want it any longer.
dont know if the sugar would work for your shrub or not r but might be
worth a try. good luck. cyaaaaaa, sockiescat.





Why sugar? Extra energy for the roots?

Well, if I end up with a hole in the "woods" (aka the dumping ground), I'll
put the Nana there and try that in the spring.


C