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  • From: Andriy Palamarchuk <apa3a@yahoo.com>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [NAFEX] Advice for apricot failure?
  • Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:47:52 -0700 (PDT)

I have a young apricot tree which suddenly started to
wilt a few days ago. Looks like it's dying.
I'm at loss what causes this.

The tree is about 4-5 years old, I think it is of
Goldcot variety, was bought from Stark Bro's. It
wintered well, has about 10 fruits still on the tree.
The foliage is extensively chewed by winter moth. I
don't think to the damage to be life-threatening
though because the tree still has plenty of leaves and
quite a few new shoots. It sits on a nice, sunny spot
with good soil, mulched by straw.
We have very wet spring this year. In fact it started
to wilt during last 2-3 day period of rain.
I poked ground around the tree under mulch and did not
find anything interesting.

Wonder if anybody can advise how to help the tree.
Can it save the tree if I cut most of the branches to
prevent water loss in case the problem is caused by
roots damage?

Thank you for the advice,
Andriy

Eastern MA, Zone 6

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