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Tflatso@aol.com
Sun, 27 Apr 1997 01:46:54 -0500
Conkers? We call them conks where I come from in Wisconsin and so do many of the pathology books. Once a tree shows a conk it is probably going to be too late to do much of anything to the tree. Conks are the fruiting bodies of a fungus. Their appearance usually indicates that the disease has become wide spread in the tree or the area of the tree near the conk. The conk itself isn't so much the problem it's what you can't see inside that is. Treating chemically might kill the disease if you're lucky but it won't change the condition of the wood inside, it is decayed wood and won't become undecayed. An increment borer may help to assess the extent of the decay and help to determine what actually could be done before you prune the tree at the base.