Black Sapote problem (forum)

Les Stubbs starts with ...
Our Black Sapote is growing well and has fruit. But leaves show black marks, like stains. Not mold. Doesn't rub off. The fruit are still very firm, haven't gone soft. Any ideas what this coud be and how to treat it. Thanks
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Time: 9th March 2008 11:20am

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John says...
My tree is only 2 months old and has the same problem.

Time: 9th March 2008 4:24pm

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Scott G says...
My seedling (now 8 years old) has been through droughts, frost and periods of constant rain that kept the ground boggy. In all these testing times the tree has not shown the symptoms pictured above.

Perhaps it is a disease? Did you two (John and Les) get your plants from the same place? I mean were they both produced by the same nursery?

Time: 9th March 2008 9:14pm

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Les Stubbs says...
We bought our sapote 18 months ago from a nursery in Maclean. I don't know if ours was sourced from the same place as John in SA, only the nurseries would know that.

Time: 9th March 2008 10:04pm

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John says...
Sounds like these trees like wet feet, which i find unusual. We are in the middle of a heat wave, 10 days plus over 40oc.

Time: 10th March 2008 6:12am

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Trudie says...
I have moved to a house with a black sapote tree, the fruit has black spots on it like the ones in the picture. Not sure what I should do.

Time: 17th April 2013 5:53am

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Mike says...
They are very prone to that blackening and healthy robust trees don't seem to get it.I presume it is weather related.

Time: 19th April 2013 7:48am

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