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Apple Anna Dorset starts with ... Hi Clever Gardening Types! I have 2x thriving 4 year old apple trees in my Fremantle garden. One is an Anna and the other is a Dorset Gold (low frost requiring varieties). They have had a decent crop of summer apples for the last couple of years but almost all are covered with tiny back spots that ooze a sticky substance (see pic). Inside the apples is brown under the black spot. Clearly I need to spray but when (keeping in mind they have an unusual fruiting time) and with what? Any advice would be very appreciated - especially organic advice! Cheers!
| About the Author Apple Anna Dorset Perth (Fremantle) 20th April 2011 3:57pm #UserID: 5208 Posts: 3 View All Apple Anna Dorset's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Apple Anna Dorset Perth (Fremantle) 21st April 2011 10:28pm #UserID: 5208 Posts: 3 View All Apple Anna Dorset's Edible Fruit Trees |
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kert says... Fruit fly stings cause a small areola of premature ripening around the sting. Sometimes there is a tiny blob of toffee coloured exudate as well . It is ,in my experience , never black on apple. Scab is always black; hence,the alternative name "anthracnose" Apple dimpling bug causes ,you guessed it, dimpling. | About the Author sydney 28th April 2011 5:09pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Apple Anna Dorset says... Very much appreciate your comments. I am thinking that perhaps "black" was too stronger word to describe the spots on my apples. I only have my photo and my memory to go on but perhaps the spots were more brown and scabby. Kerts description of "Fruit fly stings cause a small areola of premature ripening around the sting. Sometimes there is a tiny blob of toffee coloured exudate as well . It is ,in my experience , never black on apple." I've been reading about what to do for fruit fly on the forum and am feeling very overwhelmed at the lengths I may need to go to! I am prepared to make "tents" for my trees but is there something less demanding you would recommend me trying first? Thanks very much for your interest. | About the Author Apple Anna Dorset Perth (Fremantle) 11th May 2011 3:46pm #UserID: 5208 Posts: 3 View All Apple Anna Dorset's Edible Fruit Trees |
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