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| My father-in-law has a plum tree with black knot disease in his backyard. We didn't know what it was until today when I did some research on it.
Everything I can find says to prune the tree in the Spring. I'm guessing the disease probably started at the end of last fall and he discovered it (or became concerned about it) this year. Can the tree be pruned now or can we wait until next spring? I think he really wants to save the tree. I called a tree person from the phone book and he said he doesn't deal with those types of things but he said we could wait until next Spring to prune. I wasn't sure how much he knew about the disease so I thought I'd ask here. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Mon, Jun 18, 12 at 15:16
| it will never go away.. continually being re-infested... i would recommend you try the process at the link ken |
Here is a link that might be useful: link
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- Posted by franktank232 z5 WI (My Page) on Mon, Jun 18, 12 at 15:32
| prune prune prune...make sure you get well below the black knot ...I had it on a plum tree (hybrid) about 5 years ago..i've yet to see anything come back. |
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| Thank you, Frank, but I was wondering is if it's ok to prune now or do we have to wait until Spring? |
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