Poorly Apple Tree

[mattphillips78]

Hi, We cleared our alloment site last year and managed to save 2 large apple trees and opened them up from their bramble prison. Last year we had more apples than we knew what to do with. We were excited about how they now have pride of place that we will get larger and more apples. However, all the leaves have wilted and from what I gather, it has been attacked by white powdery mildew. Is there anything anyone has one has experienced with this and how did you overcome it? Do you think we should write off this years crop? Thank you so much for your help, Matthew Phillip

[Millymollymandy]

I read that a half milk half water mix sprayed onto mildew is supposed to help, both as a prevention and a cure. Have a look at this thread though where we discussed it recently (think it's on page 2) http://www.selfsufficientish.com/forum/ ... =3&t=14210 where a different ratio is used. I haven't tried yet (it's for my roses) but it would be worth a try if your tree is small enough to spray it. I wouldn't write off the crop as yet, fruit trees seem to be remarkably resilient in my limited experience - my pear trees look dreadful at the moment as every leaf looks like they've been attacked by every kind of bug and disease known to man - yet the fruit look fine! Good luck.