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[Steve <sdw12986@aol.com>]

Dianne Stephany wrote:

 

Hi!

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OH, and I need to make a correction to an earlier post I made. My neighbor had told me his ornamental plum had plum pox.  Recently plum pox has been found in 2 counties in NY and orchards have been quaranteened. Now I know that we do not have plum pox. His tree has black knot and feeds a gazzillion plum curculio beetles. The black knot has spread to my Simka. I keep cutting it out. Any thing else I can do ?

Yeah. Set your alarm for 3 AM and go over and saw off your neighbor's tree at the ground. (Just kidding but trees next door that are loaded with pests and disease can be a real pain.)

Steve