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  • From: "Ernest Plutko" <ernestplutko@wiktel.com>
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  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Peach bark damage
  • Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 09:14:53 -0500

How long do peach trees live before they decline?

---- Original Message ----
From: scott@cs.jhu.edu
To: orders@cuttsreviews.com, nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Peach bark damage
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:12:34 -0400

>In my orchard that is always bucks rubbing their antlers on the
>trees. They only damage my peach trees.
>
>Scott
>
>On Jul 25, 2011, at 7:34 PM, Jay Cutts wrote:
>
>> Folks,
>>
>> Our peach tree has some damage on the top surface of one of its
>lateral
>> branches. It's about a 3 inch section where the bark is gone. It
>almost
>> looks like it has crumbled away (sun damage?) I don't see any
>insect
>> holes. There are lots of ants on the tree. This is a tree that has
>> experienced a lot of decline in the last few years, though it's
>only
>> maybe 10 or 12 years old. A lot of the top has died and I've pruned
>it back.
>>
>> A couple years ago there was some serious damage to the bark on one
>side
>> of the trunk - about a 10 inch section where the bark was
>destroyed.
>> Right now there is also a small patch of new damage on the trunk,
>maybe
>> a 2 inch section where the bark is gone.
>>
>> Any ideas what's happening? Thanks.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Jay
>>
>> Jay Cutts
>> Director, Cutts Graduate Reviews
>> Lead Author, Barron's Test Prep Publications
>> (800) 353-4898
>> In New Mexico, (505) 281-0684
>> 10 am to 10 pm Mountain Time, 7 days
>>
>
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  • Re: [NAFEX] Peach bark damage, Ernest Plutko, 07/26/2011

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