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Apple tree

linziadams7WZWVb444linziadams7WZWVb444 Posts: 3
in Fruit & veg
We have an apple tree wich we have had for many years .it normaly produces lots of fruit but past few years its stopped and leaves curl and turn black .this year its compleetley dead.any idea what is wrong

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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    Is that a current photo? If so its not completely dead but heavily infested.  It looks like the tree got a severe lollipopping at some point. It is now trying to grow back and putting energy into that rather than fruit.  Prune all new shoots back to three buds in August. Do not winter prune this year and it should flower next Spring.


  • linziadams7WZWVb444linziadams7WZWVb444 Posts: 3
    Yes photo dosent do it justice how bad it looks just got worse each year.the tree has always leaned to one side for more than 8 years or more.even though we have treated it it has sml white bugs n stuff on it.im not a gardener so didnt realy know if it had a disease with it hapening for past few years .
  • linziadams7WZWVb444linziadams7WZWVb444 Posts: 3
    I was thinking it had a disease even the new leaves start off nice then get black spots and start curling .its done this for few years so the apples that grew last year were odd shaped and had spots on them but only had few apples.it did flower alot in the spring but didnt develop
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