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Mulberry Borer Damage: Merit Insecticide and Fertilization

Medium mulberry with dead limbs, carpenter beetles in holes, bark loss on one side leaving smooth cracked surface.

Diagnosis

Borer damage. Spray trunk with Merit (imidacloprid) to kill borers under bark. Borers attack stressed trees—fertilize with 10-10-10 (1 lb/inch trunk diameter) to improve vigor.

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