RE: Bursting Punica
- To: , "Medit-plants"
- Subject: RE: Bursting Punica
- From: K* H*
- Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 21:59:12 -0700
- Importance: Normal
Sounds like mechanical damage; perhaps caused by
a dog or a pig or an especially bad child
else maybe a weed-wacker.
Karl.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
[o*@ucdavis.edu]On Behalf Of iberbier@cgac.es
Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 1:09 AM
To: Medit-plants
Subject: Bursting Punica
Hello all. I planted three young Punica granatum, three to four foot
tall, last year. Shortly after going into leaf two of them have
apparently "burst" a couple of inches above the root crown. The bark has
split and a section has peeled and curled up, cinnamon stick-like,
exposing the wood underneath. One of them has totally lost a ring of
bark and seems to be dying. The other has developed a tumor-like growth
and is hanging on, although it's lost a lot of leaves. Is this a fungal
infection. Any ideas? How can I protect the survivor?
Damian Martin
Talavera, central Spain
