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Apple seedling starting to die
I read the other post about the apple seedling dying and my situation is similar. I grew the seedling from an apple from the store. I had grown it to about 11 inches (30 cm) and all of a sudden the ...
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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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Why are the leaves of my apple tree tearning yellow and brown in the start of summer?
We have an apple tree in our garden, and for the last 5 years it has been producing lots of nice apples.
This year we redid the garden, but left the tree standing where it was.
But now the tree has ...
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Granny Smith apple trees fruit health
I have a young apple tree and it has fruit for the first time, but most of the apples have this in them. Any advice would be welcomed.
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What are these marks on my apples?
I recognized that this year the apples on one of my trees nearly all begin to show marks like the one on the photo.
The marks started as little spots and seem to grow all around the young apples. ...
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Apple tree concerns
I purchased a house with an apple tree, maybe 15' tall and 6" in diameter. The tree has two longer branches and I was wondering how to go about trimming them. If anyone can tell me where to make the ...
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My poor sick apple tree - what’s the mould?
This apple tree has this growth on many of its branches (say, 30%). It also hardly produces any fruit. How can I make this tree healthier?
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Why aren't my year-old apple seedlings thriving?
I planted a variety of seeds from apples from a local orchard. They have been growing for almost a year. They are about 8" and have suffered aphids and a white powdery fungus. I have sprayed plants ...
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What are the brown spots on my apples? [closed]
For a while now my apple tree's fruit has been growing with brown spots all over them. The more they grow, the worse they look. I'm wondering if this is a pest problem. Does this sound familiar to ...
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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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What is causing this damage on my apple tree?
UPDATE
On inspecting all the other branches, I found one of the branches in the following state. It shows the bark beginning to fall off the tip, explaining how the other branches have developed.I cut ...
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What would make my apple seedling wilt and looks like it's dying?
I have a little apple sapling that I planted using a seed from an apple at the super market. I live in Auckland, New Zealand and my apple sapling is about 10 cm (4 in) tall. Recently it became very ...
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What are those black spots on my apples?
I've got two apple trees in the garden and all of their apples are covered in black spots
What is this? They are quite different from those What causes black spots on my apples?
Any idea how to ...
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What is wrong with my apple trees? [closed]
This is on some of my apple trees, can someone help me? What is going on and how do I treat it. Thanks
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Why does my apple tree not bear fruit?
I currently live in southern Massachusetts. When an apple tree in my backyard blossoms and the little apples begin to show, they all disappear and begin to fall on the ground. FYI, there are also inch-...
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What is causing the bark on my crabapple to crack and peel off?
I have a flowering crabapple in my yard whose bark has several large areas where it cracks and curls away from the wood underneath:
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I don't ...
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Why are my apples rotting on the tree?
I recently bought a home that has an apple tree in the backyard. I don't know much about apples (or gardening in general for that matter) and I need help with a couple of things.
I'd like some help ...
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What causes black spots on my apples?
I've got an apple tree in the garden which has produced a good crop, but most of the apples are covered in black spots:
What is this? It seems to be some sort of fungus, but what's the best way to ...
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