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    Peach tree borer?

    Ok, I was given a peach tree earlier in the year and recently dug it up as I planted in completely in the wrong place . Not a problem. However there are little dollops of jelly like sap (imagine swollen water crystals for hanging baskets) scattered over the tree.
    I have had a google and it seems there are three possibles:-

    Peach borer
    Gummosis Disease
    Canker

    Having looked again I can see a couple of tiny holes, but most of the jelly is at branch and leaf joints. Everything I have found on this is american so my questions are:-

    Do peach borers live in the UK?
    How do I deal with them?

    Your help as always would be very much appreciated
    Last edited by Norfolkgrey; 30-11-2014, 09:07 PM.
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  • #2
    The Greater Peach Tree Borer seems to be only found in North America.
    http://extension.usu.edu/files/publi...e-borers07.pdf

    I wonder if there's a Lesser one too?

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    • #3
      Yeah there's a Lesser Peach Tree Borer, but it also seems to be confined to the USA. Here's some more info about both of them. You can click on the thumbnails to get more detailed pics.

      ENY-691/IN489: Peachtree Borers in the Home and Commercial Peach Orchard
      Last edited by Zelenina; 30-11-2014, 09:30 PM. Reason: One letter needed its case changing

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      • #4
        I would have said borer was very unlikely (but the other two diagnoses are very common).
        However, with climate change and with plants moving all around the world these days, you can never be 100% certain.

        Is it large enough to get a picture?
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        • #5
          Hi FB,

          Unfotunately they really are tiny holes and my camera is definitely not that good
          The ooze is clear and all over the tree rather than at the base so was happy to rule out gummosis.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Norfolkgrey View Post
            Hi FB,

            Unfotunately they really are tiny holes and my camera is definitely not that good
            The ooze is clear and all over the tree rather than at the base so was happy to rule out gummosis.
            Can you get a few pictures of the 'ooze'?

            You say the ooze isn't at the base, but that might be because the rootstock is more resistant than the scion. You ex-(presumed)-Bramley died above ground from the crown rot/canker but the (presumed) M9 roots were not visibly infected.

            Many people buy a supposedly-super-disease resistant variety of fruit tree, but don't give a thought to how resistant the rootstock might be. I've used the phrase 'hit below the belt' for disease-resistant trees which died due to their less-resistant rootstock becoming diseased.
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            • #7
              Typically I have looked at the tree this morning and all the ooze has shrivelled and almost gone

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