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Can brown rot jump from species to species

Theresa May NotTheresa May Not Posts: 109
in Problem solving
Morning all
have just read the article on here re brown spot, but cant seem to find if it jumps from species to species...ie apple to plum, or even from one apple tree to another?
thanks

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  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    'Brown rot' can be caused by one of two fungi.  Monilinia laxa, which affects the blossom on pears and stone fruit trees (a sub-variant of M.laxa is limited to infecting only the blossom of apples) and Monilinia fructigena, which is the one which rots the fruit and can infect most fruit trees.


    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    edited March 2021
    If you have Brown Rot on the fruit of a tree, make sure to remove infected fruit as soon as seen and all fruit at the end of the season (some of it gets 'mummified' and sticks to the twigs.)  Clearing up all fallen leaves and fruit at the end of the season, then mulching the ground beneath the tree with a couple of inches of home-made compost or similar will help reduce issues the following year.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • Theresa May NotTheresa May Not Posts: 109
    Hi Bob
    yes ive seen the mummified fruit...great description!
    right, i shall get on with putting some compost down
    thanks for all your help.
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