Apples black spot and curly leaf
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Apples black spot and curly leaf
One of my apple trees has decided to get rid of all the blossom on it and has rolled all of its leaf's up and cover them in black spots. Should I trim the leaves off and burn them or is there something else to do?
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Err I don't like to alarm you Andy but does it look like this DEFRA pic's?:
http://www.defra.gov.uk/planth/pestpics ... /QIC51.pdf
If so it's am EC listed desease and it needs to be reported,....however I suspect it's scab as in:
http://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/pr ... pear-scab/
http://www.defra.gov.uk/planth/pestpics ... /QIC51.pdf
If so it's am EC listed desease and it needs to be reported,....however I suspect it's scab as in:
http://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/pr ... pear-scab/
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So you know how great Salsify is as a veg, what about Cavero Nero,great leaves all through the winter , then in Spring sprouting broccolli like flowers! Takes up half as much room as broccolli
So you know how great Salsify is as a veg, what about Cavero Nero,great leaves all through the winter , then in Spring sprouting broccolli like flowers! Takes up half as much room as broccolli