I mentioned it a few weeks back but to confirm my Blackgold died this winter. I dont know what caused it to die but its dead for sure. I noticed what looks like ambrosia beetle frass coming out of the truck yesterday. The odd part is that a Ranier graft scaffold is still alive on the tree. Usually from what ive seen when a fruit tree starts to die the scaffold first or at least concurrently with the rest of the tree. In this case 80% of the tree is dead but one remaining scaffold appears to be completely normal. Needless to say its ripped out of the ground now.
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Very sorry to hear that. It did look like your tree was killed by the dreaded ambrosia beetles. That was awful.
Protect the rest of your trees is a must now.
This reminds me to freshen up my sevin sprays on the tree trunks. I’ve been spraying sevin every 2-3 weeks on my tree trunks this year starting from late March. I lost a big part of my small orchard last year to ambrosia beetle. But this year no deaths so far touch wood.
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I also have a blackgold…in ground 3 springs… got cherries this year.
However all the branch ends got infected with a fungus or blight. Stunted growth…attached pic taken late June
Any ideas, remedies?
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Look like aphid damage. Check the back of those curled leaves.
The black cherry aphid does that… it is very common. Tanglefoot around the trunk easily controls it… no ants getting up means no aphids!
Thanks Scott…i looked for some sort of aphids underneath the leaf but I didn’t see anything… I wonder if the damage only shows up after they’re gone
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