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[IBC] calling the Plant Pathologist
Sorry for blank message, washed my hands and can't do
a thing with them. Nina, Don't seem to have your eaddy. I have an acer plamatium crispum that escaped it's pot and grew into the ground. I started to die. This morning I realized my new gardener had dug out the stump. The fungus is under the bark ahd has white threads (I have a photo) It is as if the bark is melting, becoming mushy. About half the roots are affected. If I cut off most of the muckie parts, treat with copper or lime sulfer, do you think it's worth the work. The fungus does in a lot of the nebari I was trying to save. Kitsune Miko ===== "Art does not take kindly to facts, is helpless to grapple with theories, and is killed outright by a sermon." Agnes Ropplier (added to the above) "How many things in life do we bludgeon with facts, render helpless with theories, and kill with sermons? If art can help us go beyond these patterns, we certainly need it in our lives." Anne Wilson Schaef From, "Women Who Do Too Much Calandar 2004." ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by John Quinn++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] calling the Plant Pathologist
This morning I realized my new gardener had dug out
the stump. The fungus is under the bark ahd has white threads (I have a photo) It is as if the bark is melting, becoming mushy. About half the roots are affected. If I cut off most of the muckie parts, treat with copper or lime sulfer, do you think it's worth the work. The fungus does in a lot of the nebari I was trying to save. Are any of the threads shiny and black and flat, like shoelaces? If so, you will recognise the fungus as Armillaria mellea, the "honey mushroom", which will attack weak trees and kill them. If the threads are white, as you describe them, it could be any of a number of basidiomycetes. Many of them will not attack a healthy tree, but some will. Cutting off the "yucky" parts, and treating with copper (or sulfur) is pretty much all you can do, besides keeping the tree well-watered and well-fertilized. Nina ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by John Quinn++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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