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LynneA

Joined: 25 Oct 2006
Posts: 4893
Location: London N21

Posted: Fri Aug 16, 13 11:42 am Post subject: R I P Harry Masters Jersey
My precious cider apple tree seems to have been assassinated by the local squirrel Either that or the dieback and loss of bark below the graft was a slow death caused by two hard winters. So I have the perfect excuse to go the the Brogdale Cider festival next weekend.

yummersetter

Joined: 26 Jan 2008
Posts: 3241
Location: Somerset

Posted: Fri Aug 16, 13 12:40 pm Post subject:
What rootstock was it on?

Woodburner

Joined: 28 Apr 2006
Posts: 2904
Location: Essex

Posted: Fri Aug 16, 13 2:01 pm Post subject:
How old was it? eta good excuse

LynneA

Joined: 25 Oct 2006
Posts: 4893
Location: London N21

Posted: Fri Aug 16, 13 10:58 pm Post subject:
M26 - 2 years old. It was in a container as I wanted to keep an eye on it and wait until the flood protection works had been finished at the allotment before planting it out. It looked fine and even had a decent amount of blossom earlier in the year, then started to die back. When I lifted it, I noticed a wound at soil level, but even then not all the way round. Doesn't look like canker either.

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15966

Posted: Sat Aug 17, 13 5:36 am Post subject:
Sorry to hear about your bereavement. If it was squirrels you will see bark on the ground round it and fresh wounds on the stem. They tend to attack worse in spring when the sap is rising and there is a lot of sugar in the sap.

yummersetter

Joined: 26 Jan 2008
Posts: 3241
Location: Somerset

Posted: Sat Aug 17, 13 10:03 am Post subject:
Sounds like crown rot https://apples.hdc.org.uk/Crown-Rot-and-Collar-Rot.asp I think they're having the plum events at Brogdale too, delayed because of the late season.

Dabinett

Joined: 23 Dec 2010
Posts: 90
Location: Hampshire

Posted: Sat Aug 17, 13 11:29 am Post subject:
One of my dabinetts got murdered by a Shetland pony

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15966

Posted: Sun Aug 18, 13 6:38 am Post subject:
I hope you had words with the pony and have pony proofed your others.

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