Thanks for the info, this is very enlightening. I saw the pictures on your
website, I see the problem.
I am going to observe the tree a little longer, there are no oozes as of right
now, but I am not sure how long that will last. If it re-appears, I will yank
the tree right away.
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Good Job Allen.
I discussed that type of program Monday with a grower.
Other sad fireblight tales.
I had a grower who planted RubiJon this spring, which bloomed after normal
and now have blossom blight.
I suggested cutting back to 2 or 3 nodes above the graft union in an effort
to save the rootsto
Yank it out was a poor choice of words. Cut the tree down as soon as
possible.
The rootstock does not pose a threat right now, but the oozing tissues in
the tree do.
It is most likely that the fireblight came for an outside source and the
bacteria were transported to the trees by bees or another
Gentlemen:
I certainly agree with Mark to get rid of the culprit tree yesterday. However,
let me relay an experience we had last year. On a five acre block of 3rd leaf
Honeycrisp on B9 and CG 16 (tall spindle) we had some blossom blight on very
late rat tail bloom and began seeing sporadic sh
Mark, that sounds like good advice. Basically, I cut once, that didn't help. I
cut again. if it comes back again I will yank out the tree.
I do have a question for the group:
When fireblight die back shows up as a result of flowers getting rained on,
which of these two reasons would cause it:
Axel,
If I had a 4 year old tree in an orchard of 200 trees with fireblight that
bad, I would yank it out of the ground today!
In my experience, 4 year old trees with that bad an infection don't survive.
It sounds like the bacteria is running faster than you can cut and in my
experience it will run
> The question is, what happens to the bacteria when
> it gets warmer? Does it just go dormant in the tree?
My understanding is that moisture availability drives secondary cycles of the
population. Warmer weather won't help unless it leads to drier weather. When
dry weather begins to prevail
