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.)