Plumtree NC 5/27/16 | NorthCove Visuals

Have you seen these weird, black lumps on your plum tree? 🧐🖤This is called black knot, a fungal disease that targets plums, cherries, and other stone fruits 🍒. Those warty, charred lumps? They’re packed with fungal spores that spread fast in warm, wet weather 🌧️.If you don’t prune them out, they can kill the limb or the whole tree over time 🌳⚠️. Make your cut 6–8 inches below the knot to get rid of all the infected wood ✂️. It might look intense, but it’s the only way to stop the fungus fro