Apples are rotting on the tree

What you need:

• Pruning shears
• gloves
• Pesticides and traps
• Antifungal agents

Apples rot before harvest

• If the apples are already rotting on the tree, in most cases it is a disease of the fruit trees, for example Monilia fruit rot. Responsible is a mushroom called "Monilinia fructigena".
• You can recognize the symptoms by the noticeably brown spots, accompanied by gray-yellow and juxtaposed mushroom pads. The fruits rot on the branches until they finally fall off. Others, on the other hand, dry up and stick to the tree in the form of leather-like, almost black structures.
• The problem is, these leftovers infect the new apples next spring. Treatment is necessary so that this cannot happen and you can reap healthy fruits in the future.

Treat the disease on the tree

• A fungus is a stubborn parasite that requires intensive control. It is important that you avoid possible harm to the apples. This can only be achieved by eliminating the polluters like caterpillars,
  instagram viewer
  Wasps and keep the codling moth larvae (fruit maggots) away. On the face of it, you should fight the fruit maggots. In the garden trade you can get effective means and traps especially for pome fruit trees.
• You also have to destroy the rotten remains of the apples that are still hanging on the tree during the next winter pruning. But do not bring them to the compostto prevent the infection from spreading!


Fight apple diseases effectively

Apple diseases can not only reduce the harvest yield, but also the apples ...

• With regular fungus protection for Fruit trees prevent the disease. These tonics support the plant's immune system against renewed attacks.

In the event of a fungal attack, it is advisable to check every fruit tree in the garden for possible infection.