Bleeding bark on trees and other woody plants often leads to concern when it's discovered by tree growers and yard tree owners. Gum or sap draining from a tree trunk or limbs is common in trees in the ...

Question: I just noticed an orange jelly-like substance on the trunk of my cherry tree. What is this? Answer: That gooey amber-colored substance is called gummosis. It has the consistency of honey and ...

Q: These hard clear bubbles have formed from secretions from a few of my wild cherry trees. [The reader sent photos.] Do you think it is heat related or an indication of pending tree doom? Do other ...

Question: This morning there were clear-to-amber-colored jellylike substances on our peach tree, in the various cracks on the trunk. One gob was about the size of a golf ball, but the rest (several ...

Are your peach, nectarine, plum or cherry exuding a gummy like material? Gummosis is a condition of stone fruits in which gum is exuded from the tree and deposited on the bark. The gummy material is ...

Q: Can you tell me what this is on my grapefruit tree and how to get rid of it? A: Unfortunately, your grapefruit tree has a disease commonly called gummosis (Phytophthora species). This disease is ...

olly James asks, what are causing a flowering cherry and a plum to ooze sap from their trunks? It doesn’t seem too bad but we are concerned it might get worse. Oozing sap is called gummosis and it ...

Q: I recently purchased a home with several mature navel orange trees. One of the trees has about half the bark missing from the trunk and sort of circular looking lesions that ooze sap in the area ...

Q I have a problem with gummosis in some of my citrus trees and greasy liquid is seeping from the trunks. In such situations most agri specialists recommend that the bark of the affected area be ...