Apple trunk rot - will it live?
Over last winter, I saw my 3 year old honey crisp develop a fungal infection on its trunk. I tried mitigation, but it did its damage.
I figured I would have to replace it this spring, but to my surprise, it bloomed heavily, and we got more fruit than we ever had before. So I held off replacing it.
After doing exhaustive research, I'm fairly certain the fungus was split gill mushrooms (Schizophyllum commune). Despite the little tree's effort, I think I still need to replace it.
Based on my images of the damage, can anyone help me confirm if my hunch is correct, that keeping the tree will eventually lead to it dying because it is too compromised at this point? Thanks.
u/brance25 — 12 hours ago