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  • From: Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us>
  • To: NAFEX Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [NAFEX] Sudden Apricot Death Syndrome?
  • Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 00:21:55 -0400

I planted an apricot tree a few years ago. It's looked healthy until a couple of weeks ago, when quite suddenly the leaves all wilted and turned brown. It is now covered with dead leaves. (Not dropping yellow leaves, as the healthy tree did in the fall.) Any ideas what happened to it?

I saw a little bit of gum on the bark, but nothing that looked terrible. I did not see any other damage. We had a very cool wet summer until shortly before it died, when suddenly the weather turned hot and dry. But the apricot started to look dead before the raspberries looked even a little wilted. (They are within a few feet of each other, on similar soil.) It had a decent crop this year, but I thinned it pretty heavily, and I don't think the crop should have stressed the tree.

I suppose I'll leave it in the ground until next spring - weirder miracles have happened than it coming back into leaf. But it certainly looks dead. I'm debating buying another and replanting in the same spot. Any reason not to?

Thanks.
Ginda
eastern MA, zone 6




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