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Ornamental cherry with burnt leaf

sue.relphsue.relph Posts: 5
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Hi I have a 10year old ornamental cherry which seems to have burnt leaf it's been happening for a few year but this year has more less finished off the tree I have been cutting off some of the dead branches but this could be a little difficult with the top and have been giving it a bucket of water each night
I would appreciate any advice please 

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  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    @sue.relph, it would help if you could post a photo of your tree please, just click on the oblong icon above which looks like a hill, crop the photo slightly then upload it to this post.
    Unfortunately if your cherry tree is dying, there is not much you can do.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • sue.relphsue.relph Posts: 5
    Thank lizzie I must agree it is looking very sad indeed. 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Bumping up to front page ... 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    Thanks for the pic @sue.relph, but I'm afraid I think your tree is a goner.

    I'd be more than happy if another poster thinks otherwise. I wonder if honey fungus may be a possible cause? it doesn't look like silver leaf disease as far as I can tell.

    I'm sorry.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • sue.relphsue.relph Posts: 5
    Thanks for taking the time to have a look 
    I'm going to keep feeding it and hope the spring brings some miracle 
    Regards 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    The usual advice is not to feed ailing plants ... it's like giving an ill patient a four course Christmas dinner ... they cannot take in and digest/process the high level of nutrition and it can make things worse rather than better by causing an imbalance
    .
    Water water water by all means but don't feed is my best advice.  

    🤞

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • sue.relphsue.relph Posts: 5
    Thank you 
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    As @Dovefromabove says, best not to feed ailing plants, although I think yours is beyond saving.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • sue.relphsue.relph Posts: 5
    It's not completely dead there is still some green branches so it's worth trying with the water until the winter
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