I have several Brugmansia in plastic bins around my backyard. This one I've had the longest. Several years, but has only been in the plastic bin for about a year. I had tried growing them in the ground, but the root knot nematodes attacked them. I had to take cuttings to save them.
This is one of my favorite brugs. No name, tag lost years ago. It blooms the best of any of my brugs. I started noticing this problem over the summer. I thought it might have been caused by mulch up against the trunk, so I moved the leaf mulch away. Now I am seeing more disease or fungus growing further up the trunk which is not touched by anything. What is wrong with this brug and what can I do? Is the whole tree diseased or can I just cut it and re-root it and replant it like I did in the past?
Whole tree view:
Upper trunk wound:
Trunk wound near base of tree:
Thanks in advance for any help with my dilemma!
