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Old 02-06-2003, 05:44 PM
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Default White fluff on apple tree

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Andrew wrote:
Some lumps and bunps on an old apple tree have started to secrete a
white fluffy substance which looks like a mould to my untrained eye. How
concerned should I be? What action should I take? TIA.


Its an aphid called woolly apple aphid.
If you squash them you get a bloodlike mess.
As I recall it takes quite a lot of spray to get through
the waxy 'fluff' to kill the bug. Must admit my apple
tree has had it for years and I've done
nothing.

JillT

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