I have 4 apple trees on my allotment lots of fruit on all of them, but on one of them the fruit is rotting all the other trees are fine. Should I remove all the rotting fruit? Any ideas why just this tree is affected. The leaves are fine and the tree looks healthy.
Any help would be appreciated Thank You
X Chas
Only harm will come if rotting fruit is left on the branch. I should get them off as quick as you can because any spores will be left on the ground to re-infect the tree if the affected fruit are allowed to lie on the ground beneath the tree.
and don't chuck 'em onto the compost heap. :'(
Cheers, Tony.
Thank you any idea what might have caused it?
x Chas
Is it like this http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/profile.aspx?pid=114
Thank you but no it's more like they are dying and all the fruit are the same . The other trees are fine As if you had left them in the fruit bowl they have gone brown with dark spots on them.
x Chas
Well any of these ring any bells
http://entomology.tfrec.wsu.edu/Cullage_Site/Cards/Physiol.html