sxk
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cherry bark problems

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Hi folks

We have a flowering cherry in the yard and last year one of the main branches died and I had to cut. I noticed a lot of damaged looking bark then. I attached a picture. It's this tree salvageable?

Any help appreciated.

Thanks
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Near impossible to come to a conclusion.

Please provide a photo of the whole tree.

Is its purpose fruit bearing, did it yield.

What is the age of the tree?

sxk
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Hi
I will put the picture of the whole tree in the morning. It is a flowering cherry only. We never had fruit from it. Not sure of the age of the tree. We bought the house 3 years ago
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Hi there

I have enclosed the new pictures. Any help is greatly appreciated.

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It looks to me like bacterial canker may have got a hold.
Common problem for all the stone fruit family.
If it is.....then I'm afraid there is no treatment that is really effective and the tree is on its way out.
If it should prove to be and it does die, then try to do any re-planting away from the site if possible.

sxk
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Oh that's a shame. It is indeed a beautiful sight in the spring :-(

Is there a way to confirm / check whether it is indeed the canker?

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Hi sxk ,
There are several forms of cankers from Paper Canker, Collar Rot , Bactrial etc.
Bacterial is the worst as it enters the feeding system of the tree and moves quite rapidly through the whole plant. A sign of this type is that many of the shoots around the tree start to suffer from die-back.
If so far you have not had this happening to your tree then with luck it is not this form.
Ordinary Canker will hasten the trees end, but it is a far slower process.

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I have been looking at the cherry canker images on google. The way bark on my cherry looks is different to the canker images I saw. So I am hoping at least it is not bacterial canker. Is there much point to trying copper sulfate as some sources suggest?

Thanks for your help

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Copper sprays are used over here to try to combat trunk cankers. They may just help a little in keeping the spores under some control.
Don't spray the foliage though.
We use them in the dormant periods only here.

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Then I will wait till the winter comes and then spray the trunk. Thanks



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