Re: Gumming of Almonds
Wim van Putten wrote:
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> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
> Aan: Mediterannean Plants List <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
> Datum: woensdag 10 november 1999 3:38
> Onderwerp: Re: Gumming of Almonds
>
> Moira
> The gum is clear, so I am lucky. I will put some compost around the trees
> and will cut off the worst branches.
Wim
If the gummosis is non-infectious as appears likely, I cannot see the
need to cut off the affected branches. Unnecesary mutilation of trees is
always something to avoid. Not only because it very often spoils the
appearence, but because, like any wounding of a living thing, it gives
their systems a shock and lays them open to disease. I would expect
anyhow that the fairly large wounds made by cutting off whole branches
would simply lead to bigger and better ooozes of gum!
Moira
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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata, New Zealand. (on the "Ring of Fire" in the SW Pacific).
Lat. 41:16S Long. 174:58E. Climate: Mediterranean/Temperate
