Hi again everyone. I have 2 questions so rather then
put them in 2 seperate posts i thought id just put
them in one.

I live in NY, NY the weather here hasn't been above 65
or so for more then 1 day so far this spring. We have
had an incredibly cold wet spring this year. Our
average daytime temp for the past week would be about
58 degrees. Usually we are in the mid 70's this time
of year. Most of my trees haven't gotten enough light
due to the incredibly rainy season we have had so far.
"we set a record here yesterday for rainfall in one
day which hasn't been broken since 1819". And havn't
seen the sun for about a week, "today we had half a
day of sun". Anyway enough about the weather.

I have a 15 year old japanese cherry tree. This
spring i noticed round 1/8 of an inch holes in the
trunk. Hundreds and hundreds of them. They are in a
horizontal pattern going around the trunk. Then they
go up about a half an inch to 2 inches and start again
around the trunk in a horizontal pattern. Its very
strange. The cherry tree didn't flower this year
which has led me to worry about its health. It could
be due to the spring we've had. I also noticed a
number of the branches are suffering and have weak
looking leaves on them. Some are due to fungus from
all this wet weather and not enough sun others just
look fragile and worn not eaten just not healthy. I
was thinking it might be some kind of bark borer.
Some people after i have explained what it looks like
to them have mentioned woodpeckers. I thought id see
what you all thought it might be, and how i could tell
the difference between woodpecker holes and borer
holes. The holes are almost perfectly circular which
lead me to think of borers or some kind of boring
worm.

Second question. I had a busy spring and haven't
finished all my repotting yet. I have a old
kingsville which i got early last year as stock. Not
yet trained. I was going to train and repot this year
but since its late in the season im not sure if i
should do either this year. The soil is not what i
would like it to be its to dense IMO and im worried
about root rot. The root ball is pretty tight the pot
is about 6 inches deep i was hoping to take at least 1
inch off it in the repotting. Due to my abnormally
cold wet spring would it be ok to repot this late? I
have noticed new growth starting to come out but it
has definitely not yet matured.

Thanks again
Ben Griffin

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