Persimmon trunk damage (forum)

Coralie Endean starts with ...
Hi again guys!
I was wondering if you could help me with a diagnosis of what is wrong with my persimmons. They are about 4-5 years old and have cropped heavily this year and were netted until 2 months ago (see fig1). Recently they have started to colour and loose their leaves. However, one persimmon didn
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Time: 17th May 2008 10:05am

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rabbits or rats

Time: 18th May 2008 9:12am

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Coralie says...
Hi again, We do have hare damage (to far north for rabbits) on some of our fruit trees in winter that are outside the dog fence. I dont think this is either rats or hares because it comes up in a blister first before breaking out into weeping sap. Probabily the picture I sent was deceiving.
Coralie

Time: 31st May 2008 7:42am

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coralie says...
Hi There,
I have found out what is wrong with my persimmons. They have termites which attack healthy trees in south east Queensland. Especially mangos cashews citrus and persimmons.
Coralie

Time: 15th July 2010 10:52am

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