[Arid_gardener] Question from Home-Hort WWW page

Wed Sep 12 06:04:37 MST 2007

veronica
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veronicaavarela at cox.net

We live in Chandler and about two months ago had 2 well established palo verde trees pruned as they were huge.  The pruning was severe but the trees bounced back and actually are once again in need of trimming .  Problem...we have noticed striations on trunk and brances...splits and holes that are highly visible as they look like dry,brown streaks, patches and holes. They increase daily and now cover most of the trunk as well as major branches.  What is it and can it be treated?  These trees are very beautiful and really enhance our front landscaping....