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Viburnum Nana help please
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. Cheryl (Southern NH, nasty winter winds.) |
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Viburnum Nana help please
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://wihort.uwex.edu/gardenfacts/XHT1037.pdf -- Pat in Plymouth MI "So, it was all a dream." "No dear, this is the dream, you're still in the cell." email valid but not regularly monitored |
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Cheryl Isaak;865242]On 9/23/09 6:33 AM, in article
, "Pat Kiewicz" wrote: 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://wihort.uwex.edu/gardenfacts/XHT1037.pdf 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. |
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Viburnum Nana help please
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: - 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 |
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Cheryl Isaak;865334]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: - 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 Cheryl im not really sure how it works but it seemed to help shrink the galls on our euonymous shrub. the only thing i can think of is either it gives extra energy to the roots as u mentioned or it maybe gives the galls something to feed on besides the shrub itself. other than that i really cant tell u. cyaaaaaaa, sockiescat. |
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