Hello,
As title says. My plum tree is bleeding. Actually both my plums are. The larger one is sharing with an apple.
It bled in two spots, But it happened after a really scorcher of a day and i watered in afternoon about 7pm and the water was cold. This tree is actually fine. from what i can tell so far no dead branches or leaves dropping off.
But the second is a much younger tree and about 1 cm trunk. with only 5 branches. less now actually as I cut off 2 dead ones.
It bled off a old dead bud that never opened. The next day he whole branch was dead like it killed the sap from traveling up.
I panicked and immediately cut, if infection was the problem i didn`t want to take any chances. Now 2 weeks latter the same has occurred.
1 branch died. Even the branch green part went brown.
The other branch the leaves all died but the branch is still green so i did not cut them yet.
I don`t see any cut or infection anywhere on tree. I think you call cankers in America?
So I was wondering if it might be getting too much heat to cause this or too much watering might be a cause.
I will admit i have not mastered watering yet for all trees but had no issues with the plum the year before so i have been watering again pretty much the same. I usually wait till it looks a touch droopy or the dirt is dry about 1 cm in.
It`s summer now so it has been getting watered twice most days.
Also after the first died i moved it away from the concrete wall and in a more shaded area where it gets full-80% sun for only about 3 to 4 hours in the morning. rest of the day it`s shaded.
I`ll come back with a pic soon i keep getting a time out error.
In the mean time anyone have any suggestions?