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Fam, I'm worried about my cherry trees. What is going on at the tips and what should I do about it?

We lost an apple tree to cedar apple rust a few years ago and a pear tree just last year to some kind of blight (pruned it too much, spurred too much growth, and got infected). All there trees are in different locations, but they are all in our front yard.

We REALLY don't want to lose another fruit tree! They take years to get established and we aren't getting any fruit.

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Maria2000 4mo ago

You might send pics to your local extension office. They usually have helpful folks that will at least diagnose that.

Boadee 4mo ago

Hey Dr. Hax, not sure if helpful but I looked in my handy dandy book on this kind of thing: it could be European Brown Rot. I looked at all the stone fruits diseases and this looks most like what you have there. I’ve included page 56 on it.

In my orchard, to build immunity, I was always a fan of neem oil and learned of its use (and a lot of other very good knowledge) from studying Michael Phillips’ books on orcharding, The Apple Grower and Holistic Orcharding. FYI Ahimsa is a good brand that I used. Hope that helps.