HOW TO PROTECT TREES FROM ROT

Tree fungus is an unsightly tree condition that causes discolorations, abnormal growth patterns and abscesses on certain trees. Tree fungus can sicken a tree and even kill it. This can be prevented by killing the fungus that is hurting the tree. You can kill tree fungus by dousing the affected area with a solution of Clorox bleach and water.

[@f.demascio1857]

Great advice. I think we both buy spray bottles at the same place. I have a 4 pack that all did the same thing on the first use.

[@rogerwx]

great, jim i have a 5 year cut and is soft in middle can i spray this now, it still soft... thanks

[@HomegrownHowTo]

Awesome info James! I’ll have to try this out. Loving the videos.

[@thejamesbattonshow]

Very good point. Often you are not able to reach all of the wounds. We do the best we can.

[@hamelconsultancyllc]

This is so simple and easy ty

[@peterruedig4647]

And unnecessary! It's fine to do this on fresh cuts during the growing season to prevent certain infections being spread on some tree species, but in most cases it's completely unneeded, and after a month or so, the tree has walled off that area internally to protect itself

[@zeeplayinc]

Hello Sir , My tree is dying slowly from top i can't reach there how to do something that it can survive

[@innovative5428]

Hell yeah

[@50hellkat2]

So one ounce of bleach and ten ounces water. What you have floating across the screen does not say this.

[@brendananderson3701]

Grey squirrel tree damage from the looks of it for the second application

[@revolutionvalley]

Please don’t try this on your tree. It will do more harm than good

[@Frank-il3kt]

Proff?

[@patriotarborist711]

Could you cite the study that shows bleach killing the fungus within a tree? I happen to be an arborist, and have read some books and been to some classes, and what you are saying seems to be rubbish.

[@Esiddik]

There is carpenter ants at the bottom of my Turkey oak tree… so I am assuming wood rot what do you suggest. ( I am going to use ant bait to kill the ants ) but does that mean there is an underlying issue? The tree is full of leaves but all the leaves have brown spots, I read a lot online to think it’s a seasonal lead disease , but I don’t know .. I am only panicking because a hugeeeeeeeeee trunk has fell over and died😢

[@peterruedig4647]

Certified Arborist here. Carpenter ants do indicate rot, since they do not eat any living tree tissue, only dead and rotted wood. As such, killing the ants won't do anything to save or help the tree; they are only eating wood that has died as a result of some other cause. To find that cause and evaluate the tree's structural safety, please find an ISA certified arborist near you and ask them to inspect the tree. They may charge a consult fee, but it is well worth it to have a trained professional look at it and tell you what's actually going on as opposed to using the internet to guess, or even worse, asking some hack who cuts down trees for a living. If the only solution you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail...

[@peterruedig4647]

Yes, this is complete hogwash. It can be likened to someone spraying an antibiotic on their chest to prevent a lung infection...it just doesn't work and is unnecessary. You need to diagnose a specific fungal infection in a tree, find out if it is harming the tree (most fungi on trees are symbiotic or saprophytic, and thus harmless) and if it is parasitic, you then must choose a specific treatment that has been proven effective on that particular fungus and apply it properly according to the labeled instructions

[@Flashblade]

This DOES NOT work.