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Tree seems to be bleeding
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Hi all, I need help again my Whitebeam seems to be bleeding. I cleaned it yesterday but agsin today I saw it again and took a photo. I also noted a perfect hole in the trunk not a big hole but the trunk is not that big . The whole is some way up the trunk and perfectly cylindrical . Also
noted same eggy things on ground. Took them up and destroyed them.
please can anyone help and tell me what to do to save the thee. It been in the garden 3 years.
thank all you so much.
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Hi Pansyface not sure but how could that make the tree bleed And those tiny eggy things?
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I think there is a small green bird with perhaps a red head that pecks at the grass for food/ is that a woodpecker?
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There are lots of birds - I live near a nature reserve.
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I fear it could be a disease like Bleeding Canker.
Could it be the bark Beatle as suggested foe example scolytus rigulosa?
How do I get rid of the canker and beatle?
Sorry Hortico I have not received anything,
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Arbrex Seal and Heal made by Bayer is available from many outlets, including Homebase and via Amazon. Approx £6.50
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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It could be a condition called bacterial wet wood. Its a sign that the tree has been injured, lacking nutrition or both. To avoid bacterial gases building up inside the tree and bad bacterial sap leeching down tbe trunk. Put a drainage system in to the tree.Perhaps inserting a hollow metal tube in that hole in the trunk. So sap drips a way from thetree.Keep the drainage in until it heals.
That disease is also called Slime Flux. You can look them both up. I found this which sounds quite useful about treating it. http://www.donsgarden.co.uk/pests/511
Thanks all I will investigate and get back.