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Almost dead apple tree
I have 3 apple trees grown as cordons. They were mature trees when we
moved in 10 years ago. We also have a pear tree grown in close proximity. I noticed to my horror yesterday that one of the apple trees appears to be almost dead. Whole branches are shrivelled with the bark peeling off them. Under some peeling areas near the root stock it is blackened. On branches that are showing some life the leaves and blossom are withered and sparse. Does this sound like fire blight? If it is I take it I need to remove the entire tree? The two other trees in the cordon appear healthy but I've been getting fewer apples each year and and they have had attacks of woolly aphids. If I replace one or all of the apple trees with new apple trees and this is fire blight am I asking for trouble? Many thanks in advance. Sarah |
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Almost dead apple tree
"kiticat" wrote in message
... I have 3 apple trees grown as cordons. They were mature trees when we moved in 10 years ago. We also have a pear tree grown in close proximity. I noticed to my horror yesterday that one of the apple trees appears to be almost dead. Whole branches are shrivelled with the bark peeling off them. Under some peeling areas near the root stock it is blackened. On branches that are showing some life the leaves and blossom are withered and sparse. Does this sound like fire blight? If it is I take it I need to remove the entire tree? The two other trees in the cordon appear healthy but I've been getting fewer apples each year and and they have had attacks of woolly aphids. If I replace one or all of the apple trees with new apple trees and this is fire blight am I asking for trouble? Many thanks in advance. Sarah Sarah, I think your best bet is to search in www.google.com (Images) using: fire blight on apple trees and then you will be able to compare the many relevant photographs in there with the state of your tree. Regards, Emrys Davies. |
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Almost dead apple tree
Emrys Davies wrote:
I have 3 apple trees grown as cordons. They were mature trees when we moved in 10 years ago. We also have a pear tree grown in close proximity. I noticed to my horror yesterday that one of the apple trees appears to be almost dead. Whole branches are shrivelled with the bark peeling off them. Under some peeling areas near the root stock it is blackened. On branches that are showing some life the leaves and blossom are withered and sparse. Does this sound like fire blight? If it is I take it I need to remove the entire tree? The two other trees in the cordon appear healthy but I've been getting fewer apples each year and and they have had attacks of woolly aphids. snip a bit. I think your best bet is to search in www.google.com (Images) using: fire blight on apple trees and then you will be able to compare the many relevant photographs in there with the state of your tree. Regards, Emrys Davies. Thanks Googling it, it does look almost identical except the few leaves left haven't gone brown. A neighbour looked at it for me and declared it dead so we dug it up. It was astonishingly easy to remove, the roots seemed almost rotten and snapped easily. I don't think it was helped by the astonishingly dry soil - even 18 inches down it was completely dry. No signs of drought difficulties on the others though so perhaps its a combination of factors. |
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