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Post by moonlilyhead on Mar 23, 2009 17:18:50 GMT -5
This is prolly a stupid question, but....
One of my three peach trees died. The other two are doing great. They are all about 10 feet apart, and the only thing different with the one that died is that it is in close proximity to an old pine stump. Could this have killed it? I can't figure out what else it might be, since all other conditions are exactly the same.
If it is, I will be careful to remove stumps when planting near them, or plant elsewhere. I figured since the stump was old and dead, it wouldn't hurt it.
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Post by bunkie on Mar 23, 2009 19:13:23 GMT -5
do you have any moles around the area moonlily? we had a beautiful dwarf golden delicious apple tree that did so well for four years then died. come to find out, a mole cut the taproot when he was digging a tunnel under it. so sad...
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Post by grungy on Mar 23, 2009 21:49:19 GMT -5
It also might be the variety. Some are more prone to diseases and insect attacts.
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Post by moonlilyhead on Mar 24, 2009 10:44:31 GMT -5
I don't know if we have moles or not. Lots of crawdads, though.
It is the same variety as the other two, so I don't know if that would be it. I wonder if it could be termites? I have found termites in stumps before...maybe they migrated over and ate the roots. Is that possible?
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Post by macmex on Mar 28, 2009 6:40:36 GMT -5
One of our peach trees, about 10' tall, suddenly fell over to one side, last fall. It was gopher damage to the roots. Also, did you check for sign of borers? At least where I grew up, on the East Coast, borers were bad. They make a hole in the trunk, close to the ground. Often there is a little mound of resin right by the hole. Borers can kill a peach tree.
George
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Post by moonlilyhead on Mar 28, 2009 15:39:29 GMT -5
I don't see any sign of borers. The poor girl is being whacked down today.
This is another stupid question, but is the wood ok for smoking? We do a lot of meat smoking and use fruit wood.
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Post by grunt on Mar 29, 2009 5:39:40 GMT -5
There should be no problem using the wood for smoking, pretty much regardless of what killed the tree.
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Post by moonlilyhead on Mar 29, 2009 17:20:50 GMT -5
Thanks!
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Mar 29, 2009 22:15:51 GMT -5
Moonie, I had peach trees when last we lived in this area. Come to think of it, I had one that croaked for no apparent reason? And an apricot. So, we bought two more and moved them just a few feet from the original site. Within two years we had fruit the size of softballs.
We were thinking of planting some again, but apparently now the ag agent comes around to backyard fruitgrowers and insects their trees on an annual basis for something that is becoming a threat to commercial peach farms? I can't recall whether it's a disease or an insect? I'm thinking that I don't want the responsibility of harbouring a deadly infestation. I think I'll leave the peach growing to the professionals from now on.
But on the subject of commercial peach production, you are mighty close to OK and they have a good industry there now. Why don't you check the OK ag site to see if there is any info that might be helpful to you in your own backyard?
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Post by mnjrutherford on May 4, 2010 11:15:51 GMT -5
Some of our fruit is ozing clear resinous material through tiny pin holes. Bugs?
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Post by grunt on May 4, 2010 15:12:40 GMT -5
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Post by mnjrutherford on May 4, 2010 16:38:20 GMT -5
Thanks Dan. Not very good news considering the diagnosis of the apple tree. I sure appreciate your help. Well, the plan of action for one will work for the other I suppose.
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Post by grunt on May 5, 2010 1:17:05 GMT -5
Jo: Just using the copper spray will knock back the blight, at the very least, keeping it from getting much worse. It should not kill the tree, just set it back. You won't see much net growth on the tree for this year, but that should be the largest negative. Unless it gets to go ahead unchecked, the tree should be able to shrug it off in the long run. I get periodic outbreaks on my trees, because I don't always get the spraying done in the fall or spring, but I have not yet lost a tree to it.
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Post by happyskunk on May 5, 2010 23:44:36 GMT -5
It is possible that the pine tree was infected with a root disease that moved to the peach tree. Armillia Root Rot is a common disease of Peaches in the Southwest. It is caused by the fungal pathogen named Armillaia tabescens. There are over ten species of Armillaria in North America and they can infect many types of trees. Also some trees can be infected for years with no above ground symptoms but it may have a serious impact on the trees growth.
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