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Dead plum tree

meccooll
9 years ago

I'm completely new to gardening so bear with me. I have what i was told is a plum tree which died a while back. So i was curious if it'd be possible to know the reason. It's complete dried out now with big cracks in the trunk. After i started digging the roots out i found a lot of bugs which look like cockroaches (see picture) scrambling with each shovel. Could the roaches? have killed a healthy tree? Or do they only appear once the tree is dead? Should i do anything about them before planing another tree in its spot?

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