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Henryk
12-01-2019, 03:18 PM
My bottleneck tree has developed two growths at the branch axils. It's hard, like wood, and the size of a small golf ball. Any ideas? Should I excise the branch?
Bogie Shooter
12-01-2019, 03:50 PM
What is a bottleneck tree? Google was no help.
blueash
12-01-2019, 04:56 PM
My bottleneck tree has developed two growths at the branch axils. It's hard, like wood, and the size of a small golf ball. Any ideas? Should I excise the branch?

Obviously you meant bottlebrush.

How about gall, see this link SPHAEROPSIS GALL (https://www.fdacs.gov/content/download/4644/file/Sphaeropsis%20Gall%20of%20Bottlebrush.pdf)

and THIS LINK (https://www.news-journalonline.com/article/LK/20140227/News/605060441/DN)
Henryk
12-02-2019, 01:26 PM
Obviously you meant bottlebrush.

How about gall, see this link SPHAEROPSIS GALL (https://www.fdacs.gov/content/download/4644/file/Sphaeropsis%20Gall%20of%20Bottlebrush.pdf)

and THIS LINK (https://www.news-journalonline.com/article/LK/20140227/News/605060441/DN)

Thank you both for the correction and the diagnosis. You're 100% correct. I've already cut off the offending branches.