Thelma Gardiner

Hey, everyone. I was just wondering if anyone has any experience with these trees on their property and if they are truly as deadly to animals as they are said to be.
Will chickens, ducks and goats know to avoid them if they are?
I grew these trees from seed and have just now found out after several years of caring for them they are a menace.
I'm thinking I shouldn't even risk it and just find a new home for them ( The trees I mean :) ). Thank in advance for any advice.

Hi everyone. I have about 20 of these trees that have been started from seed. They are all now between 3 and 4 feet tall and will soon need to be transplanted to their permanent location.
Does anyone know if these trees will tolerate being in standing water for an extended amount of time? Thanks in advance for any advice.

Lauren Ritz wrote:Are they on rootstock, or on their own roots? If on rootstock, chances are good that no matter what you do you'll just end up with the rootstock suckering. If they're growing on their own roots you may try girdling a root in a convenient spot and see if it sends up suckers. Some plants will do this. Another option would be layering. Some plants will also grow a new plant from a piece of root, but I've never tried this with a fruit tree. Something to research, anyway.

I have no idea actually. They are just from walmart. Though the suckered trees are definitely peach trees. Thanks for the tips. Will definitely try these.

Hi everyone! Just wondering if anyone has any tips on how to bring new life to our dying, cankerous peach trees. I have searched how to do this and just ended up looking through pages of how to get rid of suckers. Is there anything else that can be done besides burying the bases in soil? A couple of the peaches have suckered by themselves and did so well we cut down the old trees and now the sucker clumps are the healthiest of them all. Thanks in advance for any advice!  

Note: These trees are only about 5 years old.

Burl Smith wrote:

Thelmas Garden wrote:

Burl Smith wrote:My first guess is that you have a nematode problem in the deep south. Are you in Texas?

No,Illinois.But I looked up nematodes and there does seem to be a nematodes problem among soybean and corn farmers here:(. We are certainly surrounded by tons of corn feild. They are also easily transported by water run off so we likely get everyone's neomotodes:).  Do  you happen to know of any natural treatments for them if they happen to be at the "root" of the problem.

Hmm, I looked around and found willow listed as susceptible to Guava Root-Knot Nematode in the South, and happened upon This:



Willow Scab Disease "Scab on willow trees usually doesn’t cause serious harm unless the black canker fungus (Glomerella miyabeanais) is also present."

Sadly Black Canker Disease is apparently incurable.

Examining the photos may give you a better idea of what condition your willows are suffering from.

Wiki suggests Marigolds as a cure if it is a nematode problem.

I think I might have some marigold seeds around from last year I can start. Thanks!

Thelmas Garden wrote:

Burl Smith wrote:My first guess is that you have a nematode problem in the deep south. Are you in Texas?

No,Illinois.But I looked up nematodes and there does seem to be a nematodes problem among soybean and corn farmers here:(. We are certainly surrounded by tons of corn feild. They are also easily transported by water run off so we likely get everyone's neomotodes:).  Do  you happen to know of any natural treatments for them if they happen to be at the "root" of the problem.

I find it interesting that a search on nematodes brings up tons of articles on the benefits of nematodes. People are actually buying them and introducing them to the soil as a natural pest control. When you think of it ,all these so called "pests" have been around forever and are meant to be here, it's just that our trees' and plants' health and "immunity" have been compromised by years upon too many years of endless rounds of herbicides, pesticides, fungicides,  and fertilizers weakening them and making them susceptible to everything. I guess the cure is getting the neighbors to go organic.

Burl Smith wrote:My first guess is that you have a nematode problem in the deep south. Are you in Texas?

No,Illinois.But I looked up nematodes and there does seem to be a nematodes problem among soybean and corn farmers here:(. We are certainly surrounded by tons of corn feild. They are also easily transported by water run off so we likely get everyone's neomotodes:).  Do  you happen to know of any natural treatments for them if they happen to be at the "root" of the problem.

So a few years ago I started 6 willows from cuttings and they started growing right away like the dickens, no problem. But every spring some of them (or some of parts of the trees) will die back and have to come back from the base or have some of their dead branches cut off.The dead branches are rather strange as in the bark on them gets black and shrivelled. So now every one of them is a clump tree which is fine but they keep dying back every year and it is stunting their progress as some have to start all over again. I know it's not the variety of willow as in they are in the wrong zone because the cuttings were from a tree that must be 15 or so years old and full grown.Can a willow drown if it is submerged in too much water for too long? Can a cutting be inferior to trees started from seed? Just wondering. Thanks for any thoughts.