Hi,

I have a three year old Falstaff apple tree that is growing
quite vigourously but the leaves of the new shoots are changing
colour to a light reddish-brown; not dying or falling off, just
changing colour.

According to Dr. Hessayon's book "The Fruit Expert", it might
be short of a mineral or two. Has anybody any ideas on or
experience of this please? He suggests the application of a
foliar spray such as 'Fillip' but I can't say that I've seen any
of this around. Is there perhaps another product name I should be
looking for?


Thanks - Joe

Joe McElvenney wrote:
Hi,

I have a three year old Falstaff apple tree that is growing
quite vigourously but the leaves of the new shoots are changing
colour to a light reddish-brown; not dying or falling off, just
changing colour.

According to Dr. Hessayon's book "The Fruit Expert", it might
be short of a mineral or two. Has anybody any ideas on or
experience of this please? He suggests the application of a
foliar spray such as 'Fillip' but I can't say that I've seen any
of this around. Is there perhaps another product name I should be
looking for?


Thanks - Joe

How close are you to the coast? The recent high winds have been carrying
salt inland and scorching leaves.

Les



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Les,

Thanks for that but I'm in Sheffield, South Yorkshire which is
almost as far from the sea (~80 miles) that you can get in this
country :-(

I have two three year old apple trees and I seem to remember
that last year the other one showed similar symptoms although not
quite as noticeably. Since then I have cleared the area round it,
to allow a winter feed without the grass getting to it first, but
haven't yet done that with the one having the reddish leaves.


Cheers - Joe

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Joe McElvenney wrote:
Hi,

I have a three year old Falstaff apple tree that is growing
quite vigourously but the leaves of the new shoots are changing
colour to a light reddish-brown; not dying or falling off, just
changing colour.

According to Dr. Hessayon's book "The Fruit Expert", it might
be short of a mineral or two. Has anybody any ideas on or
experience of this please? He suggests the application of a
foliar spray such as 'Fillip' but I can't say that I've seen any
of this around. Is there perhaps another product name I should be
looking for?


Thanks - Joe

How close are you to the coast? The recent high winds have been carrying
salt inland and scorching leaves.

Les
http://www.stuffmongers.com

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Good thinking!. I live within sight of the Irish sea and get that, - quite
mildly, - sometimes.
But nevertheless I would suspect certain minerals are missing from the soil.
I wouldn't go for the leaves, I would attend to the roots. Do you feed the
roots at all?. I use simple Phostrogen in water and spread bonemeal
(frugally) now and then, but an expert would probably know which mineral is
the nost appropriate.
I have a lot of respect for Dr Hessayon and his gardening books .
Doug.

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natural selection, the force that made us.... Soon we must look deep
within ourselves and decide what we wish to become." Edward O. Wilson
Consilience, The Unity of Knowledge

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