General Apple Tree Problems.
Problems of Apple Trees and how to deal with them.
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There are many small
problems with apple trees that can easily be dealt with or even
ignored! Below, we list the problems that
are normally associated with apple trees. You will be very
unfortunate if you get too many of these, for growing apple trees is
relatively easy and trouble free.
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Common Problems with Apple Trees.
- Leaf dies back and withers/wilts, but stays on the tree.
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Fire Blight
- White woolly material on branches, trunk:
Woolly apple aphid
- Decline in the general vigour of the tree, with decay in
the root areas. Phytophthora Fungus.
- White speckling on Apple Tree leaves.
Apple leafhopper
- White powdery deposit on leaves:
Powdery mildew
- Leaves on the tree rolled up or curled.
Apple aphid, leafrollers
- Maggot inside tunnelled fruits.:
Codling moth maggot,
apple maggot
- Light spotting of fruit:
Flower Thrips damage
- Brown spots develop on the skin and also into the flesh -
during storage. -
Bitter Pit is
probably the problem.
- Dry Brown patches on Fruit - Russeting.
Powdery mildew
- Many Apples -but small! Fruit should be
thinned out early in the season to allow the best in every truss a
better chance to grow into prize apples.
- Plenty of Flowers, but no fruit! Either bad
pollination
(unlikely) or late frost spoiling the flowers and preventing insects from
pollinating.
- Fruit Dropping off tree in early summer.
Too many fruits for the tree to support, so it sheds a few!
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