On my cherry tree there is some brown jelly looking goop around a branch.
Does that mean the graft is going bad?
Do I need to treat it with something?
This tree has been in the ground 3 years here.
Any ideas greatly appreciated!
Christie
jelly-ish goop on young cherry tree
Can you post a picture? It could be that there was a little cut in the branch, and it's starting to wake up for the spring and the sap is flowing and just oozed out a bit. Or it could be something like canker. And there are probably other possibilities as well, a picture would really help narrow things down.
Thanks Ecrane, will do!
CC
It looks like a canker to me. Here's an article that describes the multiple things that can cause gumming like this in cherry trees (including the different causes of canker)
http://www.walterreeves.com/landscaping/article.phtml?cat=18&id=926http://www.walterreeves.com/landscaping/article.phtml?cat=18&id=926
Here's a picture of canker on a cherry tree which reminds me a lot of what your tree looks like
http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/pp/extension/tfabp/Disease/4.jpg
And here's an article or two on canker
http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/GARDEN/FRUIT/DISEASE/baccanker.html
http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/cropprot/tfipm/bacterialcanker.htm
http://idid.essortment.com/cherriesbacteri_rjcz.htm
This page details all the afflictions that can affect cherries if you want to take a look through and see if there's anything else that looks like yours: http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/GARDEN/FRUIT/cherries.html (This site from UC Davis is a great one to bookmark, it's a wonderful reference to help with IDing and treating lots of different garden problems)
The bad news is that canker can be hard to treat--most of the things I've read suggest pruning off the canker-affected areas (which in your case looks like it would be hard to do without killing the tree) and then applying copper fungicides in the fall. But even if you can't save this tree, if you think you want to plant another cherry in its place, it would be good to think about other stresses that could have been going on--canker tends to pick on trees that are under stress already from some other cultural or environmental factor.
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