diseased apple tree

navig8r

The start of the cut on the top of the branch is made as close as posible to the trunk but at an angle that will give the smallest surface area of exposed wood and has been mentioned above : in stages to avoid tearing.
I would post a link to my Sons website which shows a tree that he is working on but that would be interperated as spamming.
Edit : One thing, if you lightly scrape the orange is it green underneath then as you go deeper ,white ??

Dave

TheDink

navig8r wrote: »

One thing, if you lightly scrape the orange is it green underneath then as you go deeper ,white ??

Dave

I'll have a look when I get home tonight.

Could you PM me the link to your son's website so I can take a look?
Thanks

navig8r

sarahllord wrote: »

I'll have a look when I get home tonight.

Could you PM me the link to your son's website so I can take a look?
Thanks

I will pm the link for you ...Look under "pictures of work/Tree work" .the reason I asked the question was that some branches have a habit of this especially if there is a lot of pressure on it and the orange colour may be bark that is not mature under the flaking old stuff ..I have a wonderful dual purpose tree called Monarch that bears large crops of huge apples that does the very same thing so if you see green then deeper down white,there is no die back and the the leaves grow normally the branch is probably ok.

Dave

TheDink

There is no green or white beneath the orange colouring - it just looks like "normal" wood.

I'm not sure how to post a picture, having taken one!

navig8r

sarahllord wrote: »

There is no green or white beneath the orange colouring - it just looks like "normal" wood.

I'm not sure how to post a picture, having taken one!

Send it as an attachment to the contact email address on the website I sent you .

Dave

floyd

Could this be apple canker? It can sometimes manifest as peeling rather than the knarly 'cankers' that appear on the bark. I use Bordeaux Mixture in Autumn and after apple harvest then another at half leaf drop to prevent this. Our apple tree was badly infected with canker and scab when we moved in and it surived and is now cropping nicely too

lisa_cee

yesterday i had a look at my apple tree and found one small caterpiller :eek: blackfly and loads of greenfly big and small :mad:

squashed as much as i could but theres still quite a bit mainly greenfly i keep squirting them with soapy liquid any other advice

my little friendly hoverflie must be on holiday as ive not seen it for a while wish it would come back !

lisa

oh yeah also found 2 greenfly on the strawberry [lant they got squashed too !

greyteam1959

Dont really like using chemicals but sometimes its chemicals or dead plants !!!
You really need a systemic insecticide.........

lisa_cee

thanks for the reply had a look at it this morning and its went from a lovely looking apple tree with lovely green leaves to a very poor looking little soul :mad:

lisa_cee

i have a coronet apple tree its flowered and a while ago there was caterpillar munching on it black and greenfly prob still is so i got an organic insecticide but the leaved have not went funny they have orange spots ans some have huge orange patches also aome of the leaves are black :eek: what could it be any ideas ?

it looks so weak compared to what it used to look like !