Nooooooooooo............

[binley100]

....just been in the cherry tree picking fruit and have noticed sap has been oozing on the trunk quite high up. Help please, I don't want to lose it. It's about 24yrs old and I've never had any problems with it before ......

[Glutton4...]

Doesn't sound good, Mate. I just had a quick gurgle, and it sounds like it's the tree's response to something like an insect attack, mower damage or drought etc. General opinion is that Cherries are not long-lived, and thus have fallen out of favour with gardeners in recent years.

Fingers crossed.

[FB.]

Picture?

Could be canker, could be a wound.

Cherries often get canker - especially after the weather is wet - but they can also often live with it for many years before they succumb to it.

[binley100]

I'll try and get a piccie tomorrow.......Would I be able to clean it off or is it best left ?

[FB.]

Would I be able to clean it off or is it best left ?

It might be treatable (excisable) or it might be too far gone, or it might be in an place which makes its removal complicated.

[binley100]

Just wondering if I can cut it back to where that branch starts and if so do I have to treat it with anything?

[FB.]

Could well be canker, but from that distance it's not definitive because it's hard to make out for certain that it isn't some wound.
If it's canker it's hard to work out from this distance just how far it extends - and that would determine what, if anything, can be done.
The other problem is if it is removed while the tree has leaves, the loss of leaves will add to the stress of the tree and weaken it further (I find that cankered trees are very weak and must be treated very gently - and grafts from them often take poorly or become cankered).
The best time to try to get rid of the canker - if it is canker - was probably about three months ago as it was showing the first signs of life in spring.

Without close-up shots of the *possible* canker to assess how far it may be spreading from it point of origin I'm not sure what to suggest for the best.
But I'm wondering if I can see the beginnings of secondary cankers which have been spawned by the first one - in which case there might not be much you can do.

[binley100]

The tree was originally bought as a dwarf patio tree for a pot but after a few years it was planted in the garden . That trunk is one of three coming out of the main trunk a lot further cown so was wondering if we could remove it. The other ones are ok ......I'll try and get some better piccies....