help!!...i live in the pacific north west and have a number of ornamental
cherry trees...they start out fine in the spring - bloom beautifully,
start to leaf out, and not long after the leaves appear, they start to
deteriorate - they look almost burnt in places, and eventually fall
leaving the tree looking like late autumn instead of high summer....since
one of these trees is growing up thru my deck and provides important shade
in the summer as well as branches for all my bird feeders, i really hope
there is nothing seriously wrong....any suggestions as to what could be
wrong or what i could do?

thanks in advance!

murphy

fire blight.

(murphy) wrote:

help!!...i live in the pacific north west and have a number of ornamental
cherry trees...they start out fine in the spring - bloom beautifully,
start to leaf out, and not long after the leaves appear, they start to
deteriorate - they look almost burnt in places, and eventually fall
leaving the tree looking like late autumn instead of high summer....since
one of these trees is growing up thru my deck and provides important shade
in the summer as well as branches for all my bird feeders, i really hope
there is nothing seriously wrong....any suggestions as to what could be
wrong or what i could do?

thanks in advance!

murphy



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fire blight.


....urk....that doesnt sound good.....anything one can do for it??...or do
you know of a URL where i can read about this....?..thanks anyway for a
diagnosis..

murphy




(murphy) wrote:

help!!...i live in the pacific north west and have a number of ornamental
cherry trees...they start out fine in the spring - bloom beautifully,
start to leaf out, and not long after the leaves appear, they start to
deteriorate - they look almost burnt in places, and eventually fall
leaving the tree looking like late autumn instead of high summer....since
one of these trees is growing up thru my deck and provides important shade
in the summer as well as branches for all my bird feeders, i really hope
there is nothing seriously wrong....any suggestions as to what could be
wrong or what i could do?

thanks in advance!

murphy



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http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

Odds are the problem is due to wet spring conditions and the leaves
being destroyed by anthracnose.
Fire blight will make the ends of the branches bend over like
shepherds crooks.
The cure is a chainsaw.

Check out any of the cooperative extension service pages on the web
and I am sure you can narrowe your problem down.

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(Beecrofter) wrote:

Odds are the problem is due to wet spring conditions and the leaves
being destroyed by anthracnose.

...does this need a chainsaw too?...hopefully not..???


Fire blight will make the ends of the branches bend over like
shepherds crooks.
The cure is a chainsaw.

.....nope - then it isnt fire blight...whew!


murphy, putting away chain saw and scurrying back to the tree url..

thanks for the input!

PS: we had a bit of rain last night...i only hope some of it fell on the
forest fires here in BC

Hey Murphy, Didn't catch your post till today, Aug. 6. What part of this
blackened and smoking province do you live in? Glad to hear you don't need
need the chain saw!
--
Jayel
"murphy" wrote in message
...
help!!...i live in the pacific north west and have a number of ornamental
cherry trees...they start out fine in the spring - bloom beautifully,
start to leaf out, and not long after the leaves appear, they start to
deteriorate - they look almost burnt in places, and eventually fall
leaving the tree looking like late autumn instead of high summer....since
one of these trees is growing up thru my deck and provides important shade
in the summer as well as branches for all my bird feeders, i really hope
there is nothing seriously wrong....any suggestions as to what could be
wrong or what i could do?

thanks in advance!

murphy

In article , "J. Lane"
wrote:

Hey Murphy, Didn't catch your post till today, Aug. 6. What part of this
blackened and smoking province do you live in? Glad to hear you don't need
need the chain saw!


......i'm in abbotsford....it might be smoking today, but its only
pollution...G...where are you?.... and hope you are OK...

....i have also found a forum with UBC Botanical gardens and have had
several replies to the tree problem....none of them sound very promising
as far as a cure...so now i am in denial and not cutting anything down
this year regardless.....sigh....the joys of gardening....

murphy

Hi Murphy,
Could be either of those diseases according to my book. The only reccomended
"cure " is removal of infected branches and spraying. Bad luck!
I live in Kamloops. So far OK but coughing and choking in the smoke which
has filled the valley.See post on Fire in B.C. to get more info.
--
Jayel
"murphy" wrote in message
...
help!!...i live in the pacific north west and have a number of ornamental
cherry trees...they start out fine in the spring - bloom beautifully,
start to leaf out, and not long after the leaves appear, they start to
deteriorate - they look almost burnt in places, and eventually fall
leaving the tree looking like late autumn instead of high summer....since
one of these trees is growing up thru my deck and provides important shade
in the summer as well as branches for all my bird feeders, i really hope
there is nothing seriously wrong....any suggestions as to what could be
wrong or what i could do?

thanks in advance!

murphy

In article , "J. Lane"
wrote:

Hi Murphy,
Could be either of those diseases according to my book. The only reccomended
"cure " is removal of infected branches and spraying. Bad luck!
I live in Kamloops. So far OK but coughing and choking in the smoke which
has filled the valley.See post on Fire in B.C. to get more info.
--
Jayel

hi neighbour..!!..G

.....ohboy....kamloops....thats a little close for comfort, but good to
hear you are safe.....i just came in from work and its trying to
rain....one can only hope that it becomes steady and widespread....good
for me so i dont have to water, and very very very good for the fire
situation....

murphy