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I have not had much luck with Stark trees.  Goldcot is normally pretty hardy.  The rootstock needs to be able to take the water.  Next time specify Marianna2624 rootstock or Citation rootstock.  Both can handle drought or swamp temporary conditions.  Your best bet now would be to dig and pot the tree to dry it and examine the roots.  When you replant it choose a different location, or put it on a hill for drainage.  You may also have picked up borers or had the roots eaten by voles. 

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

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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