The jellylike substance oozing from this peach tree is called gummosis and can result from environmental stress, mechanical injury, or disease and insect infestation.(Reader Photo) Question ...

Gum exuding from cherry, peach, and sweetgum trees is common, so keep an eye on these species. Gummosis isn't a pathogen in itself but the response to environmental stress from pathogenic ...

Gummosis is common with stone fruits (peach, cherry, plum and nectarine). The gum material is a response to a wound, regardless if it was due to insects, mechanical (mower, string trimmer) or disease.

Barbara Obstgarten, Port Jefferson Station DEAR BARBARA: That’s gummosis, which results from ... your problem stems from borers, likely peach tree borers. The insects bore holes into trees ...

A: Unfortunately, your grapefruit tree has a disease commonly called gummosis (Phytophthora species). This disease is common in the soil and may be introduced through wounds or cracks in the bark.

Do you think it is heat related or an indication of pending tree doom? Do other readers have similar experiences? A: The clear bubbles you are seeing on your black cherry are called gummosis — a ...

Talbott said the winter conditions have made the gummosis fungus that took hold of many trees in 2018, a little more manageable. Drought conditions have improved for the Valley as well.