All Questions
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Is this apple canker?
I've inherited an apple tree growing in heavily polluted ground (tailings and spoil from copper/tin mining).
The tree is fruiting with nice sweet cooking fruit, but is absolutely covered in lichen and ...
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Can Copper Fungicide be used on an apple tree with fruit already growing?
I was wondering if its possible to cover the growing apples with a plastic bag while I spray the leaves with this Copper Fungicide. I read somewhere that your not supposed to spray the Copper ...
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What is wrong with this apple sapling?
I have an Opal apple sapling that I've been growing since she was a seed: only for the joy of watching a plant grow; not with any intent that she become fruit-bearing.
She's spent her whole life in ...
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How to protect my apple tree from this disease?
So here is a picture of what I am facing
Is this a sign of heart rot? What should I do?
It seems to be confined to this one branch (no apples on that branch at all).
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Apple tree die back
I have a mature apple tree (well, several actually) in my back garden which is suffering from some sort of dieback. The leaves turn brown and shrivel and die.
I've been cutting out all of the dead ...
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What is this (fungus?) on my fruit trees, and should I treat it?
I have several fruit trees (Apple, Cherry, and Peach) that all have an identical growth on the bark. It looks like a fungus to me, but I'm uncertain of the exact identification and what to use to ...
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Should I tell my vineyard consultant to spray my fruit trees with the sulfur he sprays on the vineyard?
We have a very small (450 vines) pinot noir vineyard that we are raising organically.
My vineyard consultant has people spray the vines with sulfur a few times each season.
Last year, one of my ...
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Apple Tree Leaf Growth/Disease? Cedar-Apple Rust?
Can anyone help me identify what is wrong with this apple tree and how to cure it. Most of the leaves have these. Yellow/orange spots on top and growths on the bottom of the leaves under those spots. ...
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Identification of fungus like fuzz on apple tree
This is an apple tree in western Germany that recently began to show some white fuzz on a couple of snags on the tree. Can you identify this by the shown picture?
Does it any harm, shall I take any ...
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