Peach tree oozing at trunk, declining, not borer

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ademink Indianapolis, IN Jul 18, 2007

Lost a Reliance peach to this same "prettiness" LOL this Spring. It had this last year and this Spring leafed out...then wilted and died. I see no borers present. Both my dwarf peach and my remaining Reliance show the same symptoms. The oozing stuff is just like jelly and smells sweet. Only insects I see around the base of the tree are ants. I'm thinking maybe it is something bacterial....????? I saw slight wilting to the leaves even though we have just had rain so pulled back the dirt and mulch - voila! jelly!

I wonder if I should just dig them up and be done w/ it. If I do choose to do so, is there any danger in putting in an evergreen or dogwood where these used to be? Neither are large trees, they have been in the ground for about a year and the trunk is no more than 2.5 inches or so in diameter. Thanks!

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passiflora_pink Central, AL(Zone 8a) Jul 25, 2007

Why don't you post the question on the "fruits and nuts" forum? I would like to know myself what you have. I have seen jelly at the bottom of my peach and don't know what it means.

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ademink Indianapolis, IN Jul 25, 2007

I did, actually. I ultimately got my answer at a GardenWeb Forum:

http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/fruit/msg0319321512446.html?17

The trees are out now and gone. When I dug them up, it was evident that they were definitely going to die, not recover!

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