Hi all

Just moved into a new house with quite a nice garden. However, there is a tree that appears to have some sort of disease which has resulted in black-ish spot on the leaves, leading them to eventually fall off. Unfortuately, I'm no gardener (although I'd like to be). Can any one out there identify the tree and disease. Let me know of you need more info. Picture attached.

Thanks

On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 11:01:29 +0000, atticboy68 wrote:

Hi all

Just moved into a new house with quite a nice garden. However, there is
a tree that appears to have some sort of disease which has resulted in
black-ish spot on the leaves, leading them to eventually fall off.

From what I see, it's an anthracnose, a fungal disease, of some sort.
Wet spring where you are? That usually makes it worse.

Seek local advice from a good garden center or plant pathology clinic. Most
anthracnoses are more about appearance than real plant health issues, but
there are times when a regional outbreak can do some real damage. As I'm
probably on the other side of the pond from you (I'm in the PNW US), I
really can't advise you much.

Typical anthracnose diseases:
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/3000/3048.html
http://www.ct.gov/caes/lib/caes/docu..._06-03-11r.pdf

atticboy68 wrote:
Hi all

Just moved into a new house with quite a nice garden. However, there
is a tree that appears to have some sort of disease which has
resulted in black-ish spot on the leaves, leading them to eventually
fall off. Unfortuately, I'm no gardener (although I'd like to be).
Can any one out there identify the tree and disease. Let me know of
you need more info. Picture attached.

Thanks


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Looks kind of like the scab on my apple and pear trees.

Hi Kay

Based in 'sunny' Scotland, where it rains constantly! Thanks for the advice. The tree seems 'sound' but the leave are falling off. In fact there none left on it now. Shame really. The local garden cenre will get a visit.

Thanks again.

On Sun, 1 Jul 2012 12:11:53 +0000, atticboy68 wrote:

Hi Kay

Based in 'sunny' Scotland, where it rains constantly! Thanks for the
advice. The tree seems 'sound' but the leave are falling off. In fact
there none left on it now. Shame really. The local garden cenre will get
a visit.

I'm in "sunny" western Oregon where our "morning showers" yesterday and
today have been two days of steady rain. (I've been standing on the porch,
pointing east, and yelling at the clouds to get over the mountains and
dump it on Colorado, please!) I know the situation well.

Generally what happens is the tree will push out a second set of leaves
in a few weeks. Some fertilizer in the fall, fairly low N, will probably
help the tree -- I'd put it on just before the fall deluge starts if your
soils are as nutrient-poor as mine.

Might want to rake up those shed leaves now and dispose of them elsewhere
just to keep the pool of inoculum smaller.

Hey Kay

Thanks again. I'll give that a go. Hope the weather brightens up!

GEORGE