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Gummosis on my young Cherry tree

Bertha-BadgerBertha-Badger Posts: 27
in Problem solving
Has anyone successfully treated Gummosis on fruit trees. My poor little tree planted in Dec 2022 and going great guns until a couple of weeks ago when this happened  -







Any advice welcome

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Bumping up

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





  • steephillsteephill Posts: 2,841
    Gummosis is the tree's response to damage caused by insects. Your leaf has been attacked by one of the leaf miner larvae (moths, sawflies or flies). Your trees should survive these attacks with the help of nature's predators like birds, ladybirds and wasps.
  • Bertha-BadgerBertha-Badger Posts: 27
    steephill said:
    Gummosis is the tree's response to damage caused by insects. Your leaf has been attacked by one of the leaf miner larvae (moths, sawflies or flies). Your trees should survive these attacks with the help of nature's predators like birds, ladybirds and wasps.
    Thanks for that. Good to know what I'm dealing with. I would hate to dig up this little tree. We've got a lot of ladybirds on our allotments this year, so hopefully they can direct their efforts to my tree.

    Thanks Dovefromabove for bumping this up - it worked, I got my answer!
    To See the World in a Grain of Sand
    And a Heaven in a Wild Flower
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