Fight against cytosporosis of apple trees

Like all living things, trees can be affected by a serious disease that easily destroys any adult plant. Cytosporosis destroys even fruit trees, penetrating with tenacious fungal spores into the bark of plantings, branches and cambium. A common infectious disease, as a rule, affects weak individuals and can seriously damage varietal fruit-bearing plants. The fight against cytosporosis of apple trees begins in early spring, when the tree does not feel surgical intervention and suffers any injury.

The manifestation of the disease

Cytosporosis of an apple tree can be seen even in the photo with the naked eye. Signs of this disease appear in the form of dried, bumpy areas on the bark of trees with foci of fungal spores.

Rough points of neoplasm strongly change the color of the trunk to reddish-brown, and any mechanical impact on the structure of the wood will easily damage the integrity of the tissues. Thin branches of fruit trees, affected by such a disease, dry up and do not recover even after medical therapy, so they are cut off, thereby blocking the further spread of the infectious fungus. The destructive cytosporosis of the apple tree, or in simple words, drying out, if left untreated, can destroy the entire tree, and also infect nearby growing garden plantings.

Treatment

Based on many years of experience, through trial and error, scientists have come to a common solution. Only by completely removing damaged areas of the bark and dried branches can the focus of infection be eliminated and the further development of fungal infection can be prevented. The tenacious disease shown in the photo, if access to wood is not blocked, will infect the plant from the inside, gradually destroying all layers and cells of the fruit tree. To avoid such a fate, it is necessary to maintain the health of the garden by carrying out important agrotechnical measures in accordance with the established procedure. The method of improving disease resistance has long been known and is suitable for any fruit plantations and ornamental trees.

Preventive prevention

1. Every year in the spring and late autumn, the trunks of all trees are whitewashed in the gardens. This maintains the plant's immunity and disinfects cracks in the bark resulting from frost and sunburn. Also, this healing solution helps to restore the damaged surface of the wood from the teeth of hares and accelerates the healing process.

2. Also in the spring, before the buds swell, it is necessary to carry out the first spraying with the Homa solution, then repeat the procedure before flowering, but also using copper sulfate. The third spraying with the prepared Homa solution should be done after the fruit trees have flowered. The disease will recede if you strictly follow the instructions of experienced gardeners and do not forget about therapy.

2. Regular application of phosphorus-potassium fertilizers according to the scheme will give rapid growth to young shoots and a good harvest by autumn. In this case, it is important not to overfeed the tree, but to add the exact amount of required chemicals. Fertilizer tracking helps plan follow-up activities. Such feeding is individual for each area, and you cannot do without expert advice when planning the concentration of the composition.

Garden healing tips

In November, as well as with the arrival of early spring in March, if damaged areas on the tree are found with fungal eczema, it is necessary to clean the wood with a knife to healthy tissue.Then process the places of the cut out areas with copper and iron sulfate (dissolve 20-30 grams of the composition in 1 liter of warm water).

After that, you can cover all wounds with garden solution or cover them with regular oil paint. This therapy will be beneficial and will stop the infection of new branches and tree trunks. Intensive treatment must be carried out with the ruthless destruction of already damaged branches. Moreover, such a disease irreversibly spoils the affected parts of the tree, which, even over time, will not be able to recover. In order not to spread the spores of a fungal infection, you need to burn all the trimmed parts of the plant in a fire and after that do not lose your vigilance, but carefully monitor the state of the entire garden. Annual prevention of diseases will preserve the riot of greenery and will delight you with good yields of fruit trees.

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