Apples are subject to a variety of diseases that can cause minor cosmetic damage or more significant damage, such as reduced yields and even tree death. The good news is home growers can avoid most diseases by planting disease resistant varieties. Below are a few of the most common apple diseases:
Apple Scab
Apple scab is one of the most common diseases that afflict apple trees and can also be on of the most serious. It usually appears in early to mid-spring and is more prevalent during rainy weather. The disease is caused by the fungus Venturia inqequalis. The fungus overwinters in infected leaf litter on the ground. The fungus spores are released in the spring during wet weather and are blown by the wind onto vulnerable, newly emerging leaves.. The easiest way to prevent this is to clean up fallen leaves.
Apple scab first appears as small, olive-colored lesions on the undersides of the leaves. As the fungal disease spreads, the top sides of the leaves develop lesions, as well, that may become black or mottled with defined edges. Severely infected trees may become defoliated by mid-summer, making the tree vulnerable to other diseases. The fruit develop black or brown scabs or soft areas. The scabs may appear hardened and cracked, but don’t usually affect the inside of the fruit.
Several apple varieties, including Jonafree, Liberty, Enterprise, Pristine and Williams Pride are completely resistant to apple scab. Choose scab resistant varieties, especially if apple scab is a frequent problem in your area. Avoid Red Delicious, Cortland, McIntosh and Rome Beauty, which are all susceptible to the disease. Promptly rake up and remove leaves and debris in the fall and spray susceptible trees with fungicide in early spring, such as lime sulfur, sulfur or Captan.
Fire Blight
Fire blight is a bacterial disease that runs rampant in many parts of the U.S. and is difficult to control. Trees infected with fire blight may have water stained, brown blossoms and brown apple leaves. The twigs and the branches of the tree may turn brown or black and have open cankers that ooze a thick, brown liquid. The twigs may also turn downward at the tips to resemble a shepherd’s crook. The disease overwinters in infected wood and is spread in the spring through rain and insects.
Plant resistant varieties, such as Jonafree, Liberty, Pristine and Williams Pride and avoid susceptible varieties, including Beacon, Granny Smith, Jonathan, Gala and Fuji. Fertilize the tree in early spring before growth starts and avoid applying excessive fertilizer, which will promote rapid, lush growth that is most susceptible to infections.
The best way to control fire blight is to remove infected branches in late winter, while the tree is dormant. Pruning the tree while it is actively growing will likely spread the disease. It is also a good idea to burn the branches if possible to kill overwintering bacteria. Do not leave them on your property. Currently, no sprays are recommended for home orchards, according to Ohio State University Extension.
Cork Spot
Cork spot may resemble hail or insect damage, but is caused by low soil pH and subsequent calcium deficiency. Cork spot appears as small dimples on the surface of the fruit. . The dimples spread to ½-inch wide and may appear corky or soft. The fruit is edible, but the spots reduce its aesthetic appeal.
Add lime to the soil, according to the recommendations of a soil test analysis, if the pH of your soil falls below 6.0. Spray the trees with calcium chloride at a rate of 1.5 tablespoons calcium chloride per gallon of water per tree. Make four applications, beginning immediately after full bloom. Reapply the solution every ten days to help control cork spot.
Powdery Mildew
Powdery mildew is caused by the fungus Podosphaera leucotricha and develops first as white, felt-like growths on the undersides of the leaf surface. As the disease spreads, it causes wilted leaves, stunted growth and black pinpoint specks on the leaves and twigs.
Avoid susceptible varieties, including Granny Smith, Jonathan, Rome and Cortland. Plant the trees in full sun and allow plenty of space between them for good air circulation. Spray the trees in early spring with Myclobutanil, lime sulfur or sulfur.
Rust
Rust is an interesting disease because it requires a host plant, such as cedar, quince or hawthorn to develop. The fungus develops in large galls or growths found on the host plant. In spring, the galls dry, releasing the airborne spores into the air where they are carried to apple trees. Rust causes yellow or orange spots on the leaves and distorted or mottled fruit.
To control rust, grow resistant apple varieties and remove any nearby host plants. The spores can travel up to two miles, though, so any neighboring plants may infect your trees. Spray apple trees with sulfur, Myclobutanil or lime sulfur.
Black Rot and Frog Eye Leaf Spot
Black rot and Frog Eye leaf spot refer to the same disease at different points in the disease cycle. The disease, caused by Botryosphaeria obtuse, first manifests as a small brown spot on the ends of the fruit. The spots enlarge in concentric circles and eventually turn black, rotting the fruit. Leaves may become covered with small brown spots or holes. Later, the disease spreads to the tree limbs, causing cankers which can eventually kill the tree.
To combat this disease, prune out all infected tree materials and burn or discard immediately. Trees infected with fire blight disease may become weakened making them more susceptible to Black Rot. Spray the trees with Captan or sulfur while the disease is in the early stages.
Phytophthora Rot
This disease is sometimes confused with winter damage or injury from wet soils because the fungus that causes it, Phytophthora, thrives in wet conditions and heavy soils. Trees infected with this disease show a decline in vigor and growth and may have yellowish leaves that turn purple in the fall.
Fungicides to treat the disease are seldom effective and not recommended for home growers. Instead, plant apple trees in loamy, lightweight soils amended with compost. Build berms or use raised beds if your soil is very heavy or poorly draining.
Crown Rot
Crown rot is caused by the same fungus that causes phytophthora rot, but causes decay at the trees’ roots or crown. Symptoms include delayed bud break, leaf and bark discoloration, and twig dieback. Carefully remove some of the soil from the roots of the plant, taking care not to injure the tree. Scrape away the outer bark to reveal interior wood that is reddish-brown and water-soaked, confirming that the tree is infected with crown rot.
There is no cure for crown rot and the tree will likely eventually die. Plant trees in areas with good drainage, as recommended previously.
Commercially grown apples are subject to a variety of chemical treatments because apples are prone to so many disease and insect pests. But home growers can successfully grow apples without a deluge of chemicals by following a few tips: Plant disease resistant varieties suited to your area, grow them in full sun and well-drained soil, pick up debris promptly and learn to live with a few imperfections on the homegrown apple.
More information about common apple tree diseases:
North Dakota State University has a great page of questions and answers about specific apple tree diseases and how to handle them.
New Mexico State University also has a great guide to apple tree diseases that are prevalent in that state, as well as elsewhere.
West Virginia University has an entire set of photographs of the different diseases to help you more easily identify what you might be dealing with.
the apple tree is 40+ years old and had no pruning for years, the underside of each branch large and small has what I would call a white looking fungus which when handled breaks the outer white skin and leaves a red wet stain on your hand, this takes a few days to wash off. Looked at your list above but not covered.
help needed and a possible remedy prior to further pruning.
pete
Pete,
What you are probably noticing is Wooly Apple Scale. It is a small insect that creates an armored shell around it, hence the name scale. These insects will move about throughout the spring (the crawler stage), and then will attach, create a shell and begin sucking the fluids from the stem. The red, wet stain is the fluids that have been digested inside the insect. What is happening is that when you are brushing or handling them, they are breaking in your finger tips. Hope this helps.
Scott
Thanks for the information. I also have apples that have developed woolly apple scale. How should I treat it in order to be rid of it?
Gavin
I have a very mature apple tree. The fruit is just coming in, but like last year, all of it appears to have worm holes. The fruit drops to the ground mostly rotted from the core. Which disease is this and can it be treated at this stage of the year? Any comments would be appreciated! Thanks!
have the same problem,what was the solution ? Thanks
Tim,
I think your apples are being attacked by Apple Maggot. Using a sticky red sphere or apple maggot traps are usually work pretty well.
Michelle,
Michelle, how can one apply maggot traps on a big apple tree ? i have the same problem as Tim, and I dont know what to do ?
I had the coddling moth with same results. 1 c. Molasses, 3 c
Vinegar. Fill gallon milk jug w water add dash hot pepper. Put 1/2cup in half gallon or gallon jugs on trees in early spring and u will catch tons. They go through several cycles so early early spring to late fall will do. I caught about 3-500 estimated. Bigger the tree more jugs. Been doing it for 3 years now. Apples much better
I have many varieties from washington state originally.( scion material). Many of my youngest trees in my nursery which are g series rootstocks, have succumb to a disease that didnt show until this year. It appears to be fireblight. However the local test orchard “expert” says that there has been zero findings in tge willamette valley oregon. My problem with this is clear. There is orange colored bark that has kept the trees from leafing out and eventually, one year after the first findings, under the optimal conditions a clear liquid emerged from the orange stalks. I can find no other diseases that thrive under the same conditions that have the same symptoms. Can anyone else?I dont have any trees i can show anymore so any pics might be helpful.
the disease is the powdery mildew , it will infect the core and rot from the inside out, i had the same problem.
We had the same problem couple of years ago. We were told that when the tree is flowering there are flies that lay eggs. When apples start forming the eggs hatch into maggots and these maggots crawl from inside out, creating the holes.
We sprayed the tree with organic sprays we purchased at a local nursery (basically was an oil and water emulsion) when flowers were forming. And that year all our fruit was perfect. The sprays kill the eggs so no maggots and no holes!
DO WE HAVE TO SPAY WHEN FLOWERING? IF YES, HOW ABOUT BEES? DO THEY DIE?PLEASE ADVISE ME WHEN TO SPAY?
Savi; spray when bud form and begin to swell. Not when in full bloom. If you waited to spray when flowers are blooming then you have waited too long.
Hi we have the same problem. Can you remember the name of the spray please. Regards Gary
I have had this and its coddling moth. Make a solution of 1 c molasses, 3 c vinegar dash hot pepper and fill the rest of the gallon jug w water. Then hang juice or milk jugs in trees early spring, with about quarter to half cup solution. First year I caught about 400as I estimated them as I dumped them out. Keep them hanging all season as moths go through several cycles.
Hello,I have a mature apple tree in winnipeg canada.
I noticed last year some leafs have brown spots and holes .
We still got as good haul of apples off her.
This year same brown holes some small dying branches,very pale almost yellow leaves and very little fruit.
Any advise would be helpful,
Have a woodland apple tree in Winnipeg…..25 years old and noticed same problem last 2 years…..more branches keep dying out…what to do??
We have a apple tree that has dry leaves at the end of some branches, seem to be only on one side of the tree the south side. The apples are still coming in, the small ones are falling but hope to have some for harvest. Some one said it is fire blight. How do we cure this. We pruned it late fall and three the branches in the garbage. These leaves are very dry at the ends of the branches, there is no insects on it.
my apples for the last two years appear to have brown inside as we eat them or cut them open tho they are ripe but they never appear rotten and taste fantastic anybody with any ideas what it might be
My apples have some brown and are soft inside, but taste great please help
I have a bramley apple tree which 3 years old. In early summer this year the small developing apples turn yellow and then have a brown rot at the the base of the stalk of these small apples which then fall off the tree.
What is causing this and how can I treat it
Help, my apple and pear tree have fungas and bears fruits every other year. Some of the fruits are rotten by the time they drop to the ground and are inhabitated by worms. I am always cutting open the fruits first before i sink my teeth into it. What can i do to. My neighbours trees are flourshing with fruits.
thank you
My apple tree is 5 yrs. old. It was looking great. Very green and lots of apples beginning. We went on vacation for 4 days and came home and it is almost dead. Can’t see any bugs but tree seems wobbly. Possible root issues? Could it decline that fast?
Groundsquirrels or gophers probobly ate the roots off your tree. Solution: Next time dig your planting hole 3 ft. wide by 2 ft. deep, buy a piece of aviary wire at your hardware store that’s 4 ft. wide by 10 ft. long (aviary wire is like chicken wire except with half inch holes instead of one inch holes), make a cylender with it 4 ft. tall x 3 ft. diameter by overlapping the ends a little and tying it together with 2 inch lengths of tiewire then fold one end in all the way around to the center with a couple inches overlap at the center to form a cylender 3 ft. in diameter by 2 1/2 ft. tall that’s closed at one end. this is your planting cage to keep the burrowing rodents from eating up all the tree roots. Put it in the hole with the open side up and the edges of the wire cage sticking up about 6 inches above the ground. Make sure there is no hole below ground that a gopher could get through. Then plant your tree in the center filling the hole back up with dirt and watering it in well. leave the protective ring of wire sticking up above the ground to deter the rodents from crossing the barrier and digging next to the tree. These “root cages” have always worked for me.
Good luck!
Brilliant reply. *smiles*
I hav bought a house in Yorkshire, England, which has an established bramley apple tree. It has white ‘fluff’ mainly on the ends of branches which have previously pruned but some on branches connected. It is not extensive. Does anyone know what it is?
My tree also has a small amount of mistletoe in one clump and definitely has some black rot.
i have the same problem does any one know what this is and what to do thanks.
Sounds like woolly aphid. I was advised a long time ago to paint it carefully with methylated spirits. It takes away the “wool” and appears to work. You may need to do it several times, because new batches of aphid keep hatching!
I have an apple tree which fruited well last year. This year the fruit has fallen and has a hard crusty skin and black and brown spots on them.Any ideas please.
I have a granny apple which I adore, it has been producing fruit but the small fruit has been falling off, and a few branches at the very ends have turned brown . I used a fungicide last year ,not this year because when i used it last year and in 2 days following its use all my fruit fell off the tree very early in the season( May). It is may going into June and I worry about what to do. I do want to use something as natural as possible and not harm the tree. we intend on eating the apples. thankyou for your input.
I have two Mac apple trees and they seem to be having trouble I have not identified. 1. Many of the the leaves have brown spots that appear to have small insects inbedded but I never see any. 2. Many of the apples have spots and many have worm holes but few worms. The ground under the trees is kept clean. The trees are about seven years old and product less and smaller apples each year. I have treated the soil with lime and sulfur in early spring and sprayed the trees several times each season with seven. Help!
i have a empire apple tree where the apples fall of very easy what can i do to correct this
cal
Hi
Our Apple tree is covered with white snow powder like substance. If you clean it by hand it leaves redish-pinky stain on the hands & clothes. we have tried a few things but to no avail. Branches are becoming lumpy. can you help ! we are thinking of cutting the tree down.
Hi…Perhaps you have wooly aphid…There are a number of treatments, both organic and chemical….fortuneately if it is an adult tree, it can survive the onslought with plenty of TLC.
Hi… In Australia, we have 2 apples, that appear to have a zillion borors, until you examine what you thought was the fracus from the grub. It is rock hard and appears randomly through the trunk and branches…Help please
Hi I have been trying to identify a problem with my apples, they have spots (poss cork spot or bitter pit?) however no one mentions the glassy like lines inside the apple itself looks like worm tracks? are the apples still edible they are not pretty but could still be used for sauce or butter Help!
Hi- I was wondering if you ever got an answer to your querry since I have the same problem here in northern California, and since this is the time for us to start our dormant spray, I was wondering if you could share what answers you got. We are
hoping not to get those ugly spots inside since it makes the apples so unappealing, and we need to throw so many out.
The passages look like the were used by warms or maggots, but we never see them, just the brown corkiy passages left. Thank you for sharing. I look foward to hearing from you.
I also wonder if anyone knows what this is, I’ve been told it’s a ‘moth borer’ but have sprayed and put out traps with little success. Have a small ‘brown rot spot’ usually toward the blossem end of the apple and ruins most of the fruit. I salavage a little for sauce and my chickens. Would love any suggestions, I have a good set this year and would like to find a solution.
I had such an issue with my granny smith apple. It was the coddling moth. It’s a tiny moth that lays its egg in the flower. As the flower develops into an apple the moth larva will eat its way out. It’s a one-way journey so that’s why you don’t see them. I tried the traps that lure the moths in with pheromones & they get stuck. The moths fly around at night so you usually don’t see them either. You can also spray the flowers to combat moths.
I was able to spray early this year when the flowers were in full bloom so hope that will help. I will put out traps earlier next year. Thank you for sharing!
I am in Western Australia,I have 2 granny smith apple trees that have white large spots on the trunk and branches.They are very mature trees and the problem started about 2 months ago.We were told to spray with a white oil mix to no avail after 3 sprays.can you help.
A zillion holes all around the trunk of my Granny Smith Apple tree
Sounds like a yellow bellied Sapsucker. Seriously. The make a mess of fruit tree trunks
Hi I have an apple tree that has scaly peeling bark and is overly fruitful with small apples. It has not has a slower seaseon in 3 years. I have been told that this can be an early indication of an issue. Does anyone know what it might be?
I have the same problem. I just noticed the peeling bark this year. Did you find out what it is and how to treat it? Thanks.
Hi. I have the same issue with my tree. Any idea what it is yet?
I have peeling of bark and a gray fungus like a flower on branches
I have peeling of bark and a gray fungus like a flower on branches
Site would benefit from good photos showing disease types
otherwise very useful
Thank you for info.
Alas, I’m a dummy, and can’t imagine the symptoms without photo.
I’m curious about some apples I found in a park. Where the skin is eaten or peeled away you can see a BRIGHT BLUE flesh on the inside. What is this?? Also can I upload photos to this site?
crown rot can be controlled by removin the infected portion and painting the crown with copper+linseed oil and drenching the soil with copper oxychloride solution
I have a young apple sapling that has its leaves eaten from the top down and I cannot see any insects that are the cause. Can you help?
Granny smith tree, 12 years old, lots of fruit, black spots, about the size of a quarter on all the apples, never had this before. Starts out the size of a wormhole and takes over the whole apple, every apple on the tree. Lots of tree branches start dying prior to mature fruit arives, looks like cedar rust blight. Did this 4 years, but this is the first year for the black spots on 100% of the apples
Hi I didnt see any thing that looked like my problem.the ends of a lot of the branches are dying it dosnt seam to be hurting the fruit yet. does any one have an idea what it might be and how to treat it? thanks Dave
David, look up “fire blight” and see if that is similar to what you are experiencing.
I had a similar problem with my pear trees. I took an affected branch to a good local nursery that had a certified aborist on staff, they didn’t know what it was so they sent it to the local university extension program. They wern’t sure either but suggested it might need more water at the drip line. That has not cured the problem but has helped. There were no charges for all their help. Good luck.
Hi everyone! I would truly appreciate some help! We have two apple trees in the back yard. Unfortuanately, someone planted grape vines under both of the trees. Both trees are COVERED with the vine, they are wrapped around most of the branches and throughout the trees. Now the apple tree has areas where the bark is peeling off. Under the bark that has pulled away from the tree, there is a kind of fluffy white substance almost like a dense spider web. Can anyone tell me what is going on with the tree? I am very aware that the grape vines need cut away but the home owner/landlord will not prune them. Also the tree has not been pruned at all either. I have searched for days about the effects of grape vines in trees but cannot find specifics about how damaging they are. I need proof so he will fix the trees correctly. Thank you so much!!!!
My Liberty apple tree has pale, yellowish leaves. What could cause this?
I live 2 miles from the beach in Calif. I just purchased a Fuji apple starting tree from Home Depot. I have it in the sun and water it once a week. Lately the leaves have been curling and they are turning white underneath. Anyone know what is causing this?
Could be aphids. Rub your finger under the leaves and see if little bugs appear. Aphids can be white to green in color. Insectidal soap liberally applied should help. If you see ants running up the truck it is DEFINITELY aphids, they are afterthe ‘sweet secretions’ the ants leave behind.
After eating an apple I reserved the seeds and planted them. After some months one germinated but the growth is not effective, on seaching for information on the net I discovered from wiki web site that it is best cultivated by grafting. What shall I do about mine? Is it going to grow as a wild variety?
our apple trees leaf out, and bloom, then every thing falls off and wwe dont get any apples. One tree has the bark starting to peel off. Can you please help.
Juanita
i have flies that seem to be covered in what looks like cotton wool doesnt effect the apples can anyone tell me what they are
I have a apple tree that the bottom of the tree the bark is black and cracking open the bottom branches are dieingthe rest off the tree looks good lotes of fruit
I have a similar problem. I have noticed a blackened area as the large branch’s fork, several stems are dying off. Leaves are curling and drying around the tips. It’s just parts of the tree and there are blackened lumpy areas with bark eaten away on the dying twigs. Did you get an answer as to what it was and how to treat it. I have removed the affected branches but think I may have done the wrong thing as the tree is in the growing season and this may spread the disease.
I have not received a reply. the leaves are all brown now. i snapped one small branch to check to see if it showed signs of life–it was dead.
HI.!
Our Goodland apple tree is 5 years old and has yet to produce more than 6 apples each year. Though it is covered in blooms each spring the apples, once they reach a size of perhaps 3/4 of an inch fall off leaving only several apples that mature.?
This summer some of the top leaves seem to also be curling up though not dying. The tree looks healthy otherwise. Any help would be appreciated.!
I am an Apple grower from Shimla(H.P) , India. We are facing problem with red royal variety, as older plants(more then 30yrs) are not surviving . And as many as 10-20 plants die every year. Climate has also played significant role, even new plants are not surviving. Can you help me with this. Also let me know new varieties with good market value & time span to deliver fruits by these new varieties.
i have a young apple tree as be doin really well..has lovely fiut on but last couple days all leavse turned brown lookin v sad could any one give advice….??? thx
Hi can anyone help? i planted a young russet apple tree in april and the leaves have started to turn yellow and brown and are falling from the tree. does anyone know what could be causing this. Dave
I have a small cox tree that is planted in a container on my south facing roof terrace. It has produced some fruit in it’s first year, which had not been expected. However the fruit is very small and has split, there appears to be no other symptoms on the tree, it is very healthy otherwise. Does anyone have any advice?
I have an apple trees that about 3 or 4 yrs old with no problems now it have brown patches on the leaves more along the veins and the ends on the leaves. Tree was fine a couple of weeks ago . These patches seem to be drying up and could become crisp.
My cooking apples this year are falling off the tree with what looks like a fugus which has “eaten” a large hole in the apple.
It seems to start as a brown scab.
It has happened before , but is much worse this year
Could be the Coddling Moth. Starts with what looks like a small brown/black hole, gets a bit bigger as apple matures. The inside of the apple is brown and soft. The solution is spraying with an insecticide WHEN THE BLOOMS JUST OPEN. It’s too late after the apple has set. I tried an insectacidal (sp?) soap with no luck, had to use the hard stuff. I have an incredible crop this year. Good luck next year.
my apple does produces witherd fruit. Help!!!!!!!!!
Did you discover what the cause is? I had the same problem last year but cannot find any reference as to the cause.
Hi can you please tell me how to prevent Apple scab on my trees.
Hello,
I have two heritage Peas-good Non Such Apple trees about six years old here in Pukekohe, New Zealand. They produce huge fruit up to 300mm circumference and 610 mg in weight. Fruit fall starts early so we don’t get a lot of fruit. I am spraying them with Bravo at fortnightly intervals but still some of the branches are dying back. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Steve
i live in pa. have an apple tree and it drops all small apples in mid june can you help? thanks don
Hi,
I have three apple trees that are will be a year old in august. They were all doing very well but I left them outside in full sun in CO one day and two of them now have dark purple leaves, while the third still has nice vibrant green leaves. I’m not sure if the sun was too intense for the them? Now I’m not sure if I should continue to give them full sun or partial shade, or if it is a nutritional problem. Please give me some advice!
my apple tree has produced large red apples until this year. the apples are no bigger now, than a crab apple, and even though the leaves look normal and green, the apples have a brown colored rash like appearance . could it be a scab disease? I called a tree specialist but he did not answer the call. Could you possibly have an answer for me? I hope I don’t lose the tree. i’m not sure what kind it is, as my husband planted it but is no longer living.
Hi can some one help me. My Apple are huge again this year,but just like every other year or has green spots that can be washed off. It’s just a pain to scrub all my yellow apples to make them look the way they should ? Can you help
We had very few blossoms on our apple and fruit trees this year and are wondering why. We are located in Connecticut on the North Central border with MA. Could the lack of blossoms and thus no apparent apples be the result of the cold winter? Do you have any recommendations? thank you Margo
I have a young apple tree(approx 4 yrs). my son grafted it while in college to produce 4 different types of apples. he pruned it for the first time this spring. it was doing great with lots of healthy leaves. suddenly all of the leaves are drooping and nearly dead including any buds. I’am located in st.paul, MN. we did have a very cold winter, but the spring has been wonderful. we have had lots of rain. thank you, Janan
i have some apple trees in my back yard i live just south of san diego the trees have been planted for about 5 years now and yield quit a few apples. i have one problem alot of the apples crack as they get larger like you took a knife and cut a slice out . what is that caused by and recomedations for fixing it . thanks
I just bought a place two years ago, and there are two apple trees on the property. For the past two years though, the apples all fall off the trees when they are still real small and unripe. Does anyone know what is causing this?
Hi,
I have a brown coloured residue forming under the leaves of a newly planted apple tree (from a good European nursery) in a tropical location in Sri Lanka. I would like to know what the disease is…can’t quite match it to your pics – I have a photo. Is it possible to get some help?
my apple tree is i’m guessing 10 +year old and gives lots of apples the problem is that all the apples will have ‘dark spots’ all over and and lots of them will have cracks on the sides about 1/8 to a 1/4 inch deep(the spots usually are just peeling deep,does anybody have any ideas what to do about those issues?i would be very greatful,thanks.
We have an apple tree, no idea of the variety but as it starts to ripen the bottom of the apple begins to turn a translucent green, I’ve tried fertilizing adding trace nutrients but nothing seems to help. Any ideas, I can post a picture if it would help.
I planted a Gala apple tree about 6 months back and have been trying to take care of it but when I noticed that all the leaves eventually turned color and fell off well before the fall season was here, I thought something was odd since none of the other trees around were changing just yet. I did however inspect the tree and continued to inspect it, and I found no pests, but today I noticed slightly darker discolorations on one of the branches – almost black in fact. I didn’t know what it was, but after running my fingers gently along all the branches, I found one that was completely hollow. It was strange…there were no cuts or abrasions, and it looked normal, all except the fact that I could fold it like paper. I want my tree to live and thrive, but I don’t know what’s wrong with it, or how to fix it. Tips? Help?
Good day,
I’m an amateur gardener with little experience in gardening, I planted a sapling apple tree about 5 years ago in our garden and it flourished very well at first; it grew taller, thicker, and more branches and leaves.
But the next year it had less flowers and no apples. The year after that there were no flowers and less leaves.
I tried to irrigate the soil (tilling) and bring in richer soil, but the problem persisted.
The next year there were no flowers and some of the branches started breaking off completely and easily.
This year there are barely any leaves, no flowers, and there are these weird light brown pallets accumulate around the base of the tree.
I tried researching it online to see if some kind of insect does this but nothing came up.
Please advice.
I have a braburn apple tree in mn, it’s about 5 yrs old,,last year was the 1st year I had blossoms,few and 3 apples,which ended up stolen. Now this year It had lots of blossoms, today I discovered a white globs of a sticky substance on the tree some are larger than others and it seems that it’s maybe causing a split or damage to the branches where it’s at. What would this be and how can I save the tree and hopefully apples that are just starting to form,thanks
I have tiny purple spots on my apples that are shaped like stars. What is it?
I have a cortland apple tree and when we harvest theapples they have brown streaks
Inside the apple have check the outside of apple there is no signs of worm hole or mark
If there is San Jose Scale on my apples, are the completely destroyed, can they be washed and used for Cider? Peeled and used for Pie or Canning? It is time to Harvest. Please reply….
I have a Fuji apple tree that has some branches, less than 10 % that have the appearance of a tree that is not being water or the tree is dying, the leaves are curling and drying out. What kind of disease could this be and how can I treat without toxic chemicals?
For the last 3 years (trees were planted 6 years ago) -my trees bloom, then when the blooms fall off, the entire end of the stem or branch where the blossom was growing, just dies- surrounding leaves and all!~
I have lived in this house for 24 years, my apple tree was already here and this year it was smothered in beautiful blossom. Now at least 60% of the leaves are completely shrivelled and brown. I don’t remember seeing them turn colour any ideas what this might be?
I have the same issue. Did anyone answer your enquiry?
I also have noticed something similar. I had tons of blooms this year, with lots of fruit coming. I have noticed that my leaves are getting black spots around the edges, smaller leaves are shriveling up and droping. Not as many young fruit as a couple of wks. ago. We have been having lots of rain this spring. Don’t know if it is a fungus ?? I need to clear it up before it takes over. What can I use/do??
I have the exact same problem. I am in the Pacific Northwest and it’s been an extremely wet spring. It has rained almost every day since May 1st. If anyone knows what could be causing this please let me know. The trees were covered in fruit set and they are all dropping now. I suspect due to all the rain that it is fungal. I am going to use a copper anti fungal and spray if nobody can diagnose.
I have a similar problem in Northern Virginia. We have two apple trees, one macintosh that is 40 years old and 30 feet tall and a granny smith that is 34 years ols and the same high. This year the lower branches all died, up to 15-20 feet up. It was record breaking heat in July and rather wet in August. We hired someone to trim the dead vraches off. But we never had this problem before.
Hi i have a mini apple tree aprox 7ft tall (Golden Delicious )aprox 6yrs old it’s full with tiny little apples, but i noticed tiny black spots on some of the apples, i am so upset as i don’t know what i am doing wrong and would i be able to eat the apples.
hi all, i have brown red spots on Apple leaves. i live in Kashmir (India administered Kashmir). what is this problem and what is treatment.
I have a six month old apple tree and the new stems on it’s trunk have white sticky THINGS on it. The tree is still indoors. What do I do!!!
I have a baby apple tree that lives indoors. Recently, it has developed a strange white sticky thing on it. What do I do?
I have two apple trees in the back corner of my yard. The trees are healthy and the leaves are not discolored or blighted. One is, I think, a red delicious and the other is a Granny Smith. The fruit sets on beautifully, with healthy looking skin. But when the get ripe, they have a black film all over them. They have to be peeled to use. The flesh is not affected by what is on the outside and has a good flavor. . What is it and how do I get rid of it? I should also say they are both in an area of the yard that has very poor drainage, and after raining , it takes twice as long for that area to dry compared to the rest of the yard. Could that have anything to do with what is happening to my fruit?
I have the same thing going on with my dwarf fruit tree. It’s a Granny Smith and the fruit has the same black colored skin on the out side. The fruit on the inside tastes great. it just looks awful on the outside. I was also wondering way this is happening for the past couple of years now.
Sir how I can control apple rust effectively in my garden
small plant tree on cutting a stem has purple spots inside of bark and on other tree flower and fruit fall is high suggest treatment
Hi everyone I need help and help bad !!!
So the other day I was looking over three of my apple trees. One of the trees one or two small branches the leaves had browned and died.
The more I looked over this tree I noticed small yellow spots on some of the leaves the leaves themsleves were starting to turn a light green to a yellow. I live in pa so we have had alot of rain lately not a normal summer at all.
i already set out traps for apple magits i got rid of aphids and gypsy moths that were attacking all of my trees. they are all gone now. but now idk whats happening to this one tree… kinda worried about it.
Hi! We have an older apple tree. This spring it was covered with blossoms, but no fruit came. It started dying in patches, with leaves turning brown and falling off and twigs becoming dead. Some spots on.leaves, but most have fallen off and curling. There is a greenish mold on parts of the trunk. We don’t even know where to start. Both our apple trees are affected. Help!
I have a Dorset Golden Apple tree with what seems to be beautiful apples, but when I cut them open, they have brown spots on the inside. Are they safe to eat? And what could be the cause?
Red delicious apple tree has had webby looking thing with flies/bugs trapped in on some branches. Never affected apples before. Webby thing is there again this year. But we have a NEW problem as well:
Second problem: THIS year some apples fall off and bust open totally mushy with brown rot, almost looking like brown vomit. Other apples have black at inside core. I cut around the black for baking or making apple sauce BUT this is very scary and worrisome and would like to know what these problems are and what I can do about them.
Please help as I depend on this fruit for eating, donating to a food kitchen for the needy and charity money makes. Thank you in advance for any help you can offer.
We have a 5 in 1 apple tree that is now 3 yrs old. This is the first year of apples on it. What would cause the leaves to turn black and have holes? Apples also have spots on them. We have been spraying it with a product we were told by the nursery we bought it from would keep bugs off. Not sure why the leaves are that way or fruit is. Any suggestions?
My Jonathan apples seem to have a black washable mold on them any ideas what this could be? I’d also like to know is it harmful?
I have thee apple trees and they all have wiltie leaves at the very tops of the branches as well as brown crispy leaves in the same areas it doesn’t seem to be affecting all the branches or the whole tree just sections,,up coming fruit it affected of course as well….
I established a high density apple garden this year, but our this garden has two problems. first, they have very slow growth and i think it is due to its weak soil so how we can fertile its soil and second some of them twisted its leaves along midrib but their is no sign of any aphids or some thing else.
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I bought a bare foot dwarf honeycrisp apple tree last spring. I planted it in a deep 18 inch container because it was pretty small and I am getting ready to sell my house and would like to take it with me. This year, it didn’t get any leaves toward the top. The leaves look healthy and full on the bottom half and trunk looks green. It looks like there are buds on the top half of the branches, but they don’t seem to grow. Could this be a watering or drainage problem? I did drill extra holes in the bottom of the container to promote drainage. Are there any suggestions someone can give me?
Can I use captan and/or sulfur on Cortland and gala trees after petal drop?
We have a 50+ year old apple in Westport CT. I am not sure what varietal.
It’s a large healthy tree, but recently the bark has been peeling away, eventually killing the limbs. There is no visible fungus or powder/residue, but perhaps a little sawdust under the peeling bark. It doesn’t seem to fit any of the diseases above? Does anyone have any idea what it is and how to cure it? Thank you.
Why has my patio apple (Jonagold) not had any growth. The buds all turned brown and fell off . When i cut into a branch halfway down its brown with no sign of life . But when you cut back to the first bud on each branch it looks healthy. The tree is only 1 year old. I am a first time trying to grow a apple so any help would be appreciated
I have three mature apple trees in western Massachusetts. Over the past three summers, in late July, the foliage on the lower third of each tree turns yellow and falls. The first year was dry and I thought that might be the issue. This year is exceptionally wet, so clearly, it’s not related to rainfall. I would appreciate any suggestions.
I have a century old apple tree with a white sac hanging from a cavity in the trunk and just concerned it’s a disease of some sort. I have a photo, but don’t know how to upload.