Re: Gumming of Almonds
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- Subject: Re: Gumming of Almonds
- From: M* &* L* D*
- Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 06:43:44 -0800
Here is my experience concerning gumming of almonds:
Almond trees gum readily. It's something very common.
If the gum is clear, than it's not due to a pathogen (microorganism).
But if it's yellow-brown, then the gumming is due to a canker caused by a
fungus (or bacterium). If the canker is on the trunk, then you can be in
trouble; whereas, if it's on a small branch, it's not so serious.
If the gum is very sticky, then it is recent. Sometimes people don't notice
the gumming until quite a few months afterwards.
--Mark
Mark Doster
central San Joaquin Valley, California
USDA zone 9; Sunset zone 9
