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[bluedog]

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there are giant globs of sap/syrup/honey/tree blood? excreting from th lower trunk of my weeping cherry tree. Otherwise, the tree looks fine. We did prune a couple of branches off it (away from the "globby" areas) but I have no idea if the globs preceeded the pruning, resulted from the pruning, or occured coincidentlly after the pruning.

This tree is the focal point of my front yard. It is the main thing shielding my house from the busy road. Nothing can happen to this tree. Do you hear me? Nothing! :ph34r:

Now, please tell me I'm over reacting. :mellow:

[boo]

A tree can actually bleed to death if pruned at the wrong time of the year or pruned too much. That said, :unsure: I have no idea when its the right time for a cherry. I hope it heals its wounds & continues to shield your home from the road. :)

[SilenceOfTheClams]

Blue.... give the nearest arboretum a phonecall!!!! I'm certain they'd be able to calm your fears... I don't have ANY clue about those trees but I'm betting THOSE people do! Let us know what was said! I for one am curious as to what it is that's oozing out of your prize tree..... :(

[DandyLioness]

Yep, been there.. done that! We had an ornamental weeping cherry in the front. Some of the branches would get a bit ugly looking, so I'd lop them off. It'd develop that weird sappy stuff on the branches. I don't know if it was from the pruning or not.

Each year, these dark ugly branches would form - and each year, I'd cut them off..... producing more sap.

Well.. it was merely 2 yrs ago that we removed him entirely. It then seemed that his spring time flowers were not enough of an advantage to keep the ugly part for the rest of the year.

That transformation took several years. Dunno what I did wrong either. <_<

[grindle]

Pruning

Cherry trees have some specific guidelines for pruning. They can be pruned moderately to let in light in and to thin out branches, this can improve air circulation to help prevent disease. Most stone fruit trees are pruned in winter, when the tree is dormant. However, cherries are usually pruned in summer, to reduce the attack of a disease called Silver Leaf. It is recommended to cover pruning cuts with a non-asphalt-based pruning paste to protect against disease. Prune off dead, damaged or diseased wood. Shape the tree into an open vase-shape if you can. However, weeping cherries should be pruned to maintain their weeping shape. Cherries fruit on 1-year-old shoots and lateral spurs, so you can prune off new material as you see fit. Make sure you remove and destroy any fallen wood, leaves and old fruit as this will help to reduce the risk of disease. Cuts should be made about 1/8th of an inch above a bud and should be made on an angle to allow water to drain off. Also, it is important to disinfect pruning tools after each cut when pruning diseased trees.

This might help :unsure:

[MrSeedy]

I'd always heard that pruning only druing late winter or early spring was the rule for most fruit trees, but then I saw a show about a woman , who also does summer prunning , since she claims it's easier to decide then, what new growth should be pruned to encourage growth in a different direction. The major problem with prunning most times of the year isn't so much the bleeding, but the diseases that it encourages and the reluctance of the ends to seal themselves and heal, I guess. I do late prunning on my grape vines on last years wood sometimes and there is a fair amount of bleeding then, but I dont' think the cut ends of the grape vines are as prone to diseases, and summer prunning of grape vines on new green growth doesn't bleed. I must add however, a grape vine does not a fruit tree make!!

It just dawned on me a bit late, and editing I have to say , that most likely the new green growth does not bleed , but only the woody growth from earlier in the year or the previous year's woody growth, so prunning those new "wild" watersprouts as soon as they appear , is probably the best time to prune those and not even wait til they've turned woody to prune them, but it's just a guess. Those do tend to heal and seal themselves much faster than any of the woody parts.

[decompost]

:(? :(? :(

there are giant globs of sap/syrup/honey/tree blood? excreting from th lower trunk of my weeping cherry tree.? Otherwise, the tree looks fine.? We did prune a couple of branches off it (away from the "globby" areas) but I have no idea if the globs preceeded the pruning, resulted from the pruning, or occured coincidentlly after the pruning.?

This tree is the focal point of my front yard. It is the main thing shielding my house from the busy road. Nothing can happen to this tree.? Do you hear me? Nothing!? :ph34r:

Now, please tell me I'm over reacting.? :mellow:
i'd have to know your definition of "giant", but assuming these gluttinous globs are not basketball sized -_- ,
but, just sort of random and spontaneous-seeming goo-gobs.(?)
my guess is that your weeper is doing the same thing that mine has done in past years.
these guys are a sort of a thin skinned tree, if you know what i mean, no heavy bark like some trees,
and the least little thing seems to make them seep.
i believe that the explanation for the random seepage could simply be minor bug and/or bird damage.
a sort of a little "boo-boo", and it has never proved serious (at least in our case).
i also do not believe that you have hurt it by pruning it.
we generally prune ours after it flowers in the spring (as it is strictly ornamental),
but, if it needed shaping or cleaning up at some other time of the year, i would not hesitate.

take a deep breath, and fret not.

[Rich]

I thought all cherry trees had them. I grew up with a huge cherry tree in my parent's garden which I built a tree house in. Those sappy things were everywhere, they form a hard skin over the top eventually, and never seemed to do the tree any harm. The morello cherry tree also had them. Other than that I know nothing about cherry trees, oh, except to keep your tights to pull over the fruit to stop the birds getting them, but being a weeping tree I assume yours is a flowering cherry.

I didn't know cherries were susceptible to silver leaf. You said that with such authority Grindle, I have to believe you. ;)

[bluedog]

the "bleeding" is not occuring from where I made the cuts (I pruned off two large healthybranches right where they emanated from the tree). It was an asthetic thing, not a disease thing. Does this bring more agreement as to what my predicament may or may not be?

[Rich]

The "bleeding" happens all the time in cherries, it's a feature of the tree.

[grindle]

:lol: :lol: Rich I copied and pasted that one

[FLOWERCHILD74]

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