The Poor Ailing Tree Besides Our House

Infected tree 

We have plenty of trees surrounded our house: small to big, tall to short and young to very old. Two aging and ailing trees are cutting down already. We are feeling effect of house warming due to loss of those trees. 

One tree, not only aging but also infected by diseases, mainly fungal diseases. Our neighborhood trees experienced this kind of diseases since 2016. Prolonged rainfall with big flood in our southern state, not only caused thousand of houses damaged, but also trees were submerged. This condition had invited fungi to grow on trunk, branches and leaves.

The same tree from another angel

Some neighbors called it “Anthracnose” and other called it powdery mildew diseases. Honestly, I do not know what the diseases name really is. I saw many white spots on the trunk, branches and twigs. These white spots are growing and growing, then, cause branches and twig dying lately.  

Some fungi have grown on leaves as well. I saw brown spots on our fruit plant, peach leaves.  The infection results in color change, wilting and vigor loss on leaves. Unfortunately, few leaves fall and branches dead recently.

Getting rotten

I just use fungicide, a chemical liquid that available in the market to treat infected trunk, branches, twigs and leaves of my tree. Fungi is not really disappearing, but some treated parts are not dying. However, the branches and leaves which are too dying, then just be cut down to prevent the disease spreading to other healthy trees.