Alan Thornhill, our plant clinic expert, inspected for evidence of pest and disease damage. There was no evidence of fungal infection in the crack in the crown. There was a small lesion on the edge of the crown, which Alan Dewar our Entomology expert, identified as damage caused by a cutworm.
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