I have just bought an apple tree. Cox's Orange Pippin. M26 root stock. It
has rust marks on about half the leaves. Should I be doing anything about
this?
Thanks
Pete C

On 04/10/2011 11:46, Pete C wrote:
I have just bought an apple tree. Cox's Orange Pippin. M26 root stock. It
has rust marks on about half the leaves. Should I be doing anything about
this?
Thanks
Pete C




Since it's about to defoliate anyway, I would take all the leaves off
now and bin (not compost) them. Make sure you plant and water it really
well, then spray it with fungicide all over the twigs, branches and
trunk to prevent any spores reinfecting the tree.

--
Spider
from high ground in SE London
gardening on clay

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On 04/10/2011 11:46, Pete C wrote:
I have just bought an apple tree. Cox's Orange Pippin. M26 root stock. It
has rust marks on about half the leaves. Should I be doing anything about
this?
Thanks
Pete C




Since it's about to defoliate anyway, I would take all the leaves off now
and bin (not compost) them. Make sure you plant and water it really well,
then spray it with fungicide all over the twigs, branches and trunk to
prevent any spores reinfecting the tree.

--
Spider
from high ground in SE London
gardening on clay

Thanks Spider. Any recomendation for fungicide? Won't be planting for a week
or so....like you, clay soil, so some prep is required.
Pete C
Allotmenteering in Belvedere

On 04/10/2011 17:50, Pete C wrote:
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On 04/10/2011 11:46, Pete C wrote:
I have just bought an apple tree. Cox's Orange Pippin. M26 root stock. It
has rust marks on about half the leaves. Should I be doing anything about
this?
Thanks
Pete C




Since it's about to defoliate anyway, I would take all the leaves off now
and bin (not compost) them. Make sure you plant and water it really well,
then spray it with fungicide all over the twigs, branches and trunk to
prevent any spores reinfecting the tree.

--
Spider
from high ground in SE London
gardening on clay

Thanks Spider. Any recomendation for fungicide? Won't be planting for a week
or so....like you, clay soil, so some prep is required.
Pete C
Allotmenteering in Belvedere



Sorry, Pete, I've had a look in my store, but nothing seems to deal with
rust specifically. Have a google on apple rust or cedar apple rust
(which *seems* to be the same thing). It looks really nasty, so there's
no point guessing a treatment. You may have to have a chat with your
local gc/nursery. I'll keep looking as I have a crab apple, and they're
not immune, apparently:~(.

--
Spider
from high ground in SE London
gardening on clay

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On 04/10/2011 17:50, Pete C wrote:
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On 04/10/2011 11:46, Pete C wrote:
I have just bought an apple tree. Cox's Orange Pippin. M26 root stock.
It
has rust marks on about half the leaves. Should I be doing anything
about
this?
Thanks
Pete C




Since it's about to defoliate anyway, I would take all the leaves off
now
and bin (not compost) them. Make sure you plant and water it really
well,
then spray it with fungicide all over the twigs, branches and trunk to
prevent any spores reinfecting the tree.

--
Spider
from high ground in SE London
gardening on clay

Thanks Spider. Any recomendation for fungicide? Won't be planting for a
week
or so....like you, clay soil, so some prep is required.
Pete C
Allotmenteering in Belvedere



Sorry, Pete, I've had a look in my store, but nothing seems to deal with
rust specifically. Have a google on apple rust or cedar apple rust (which
*seems* to be the same thing). It looks really nasty, so there's no point
guessing a treatment. You may have to have a chat with your local
gc/nursery. I'll keep looking as I have a crab apple, and they're not
immune, apparently:~(.

Thanks
Pete C

"Pete C" wrote

I have just bought an apple tree. Cox's Orange Pippin. M26 root stock. It
has rust marks on about half the leaves. Should I be doing anything about
this?

What on earth made you buy a Cos's tree, it's prone to all sorts of disease
and suitable only for a commercial orchard with constant spraying.
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Regards. Bob Hobden.
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"Pete C" wrote

I have just bought an apple tree. Cox's Orange Pippin. M26 root stock. It
has rust marks on about half the leaves. Should I be doing anything about
this?

What on earth made you buy a Cos's tree, it's prone to all sorts of
disease and suitable only for a commercial orchard with constant spraying.
--
Regards. Bob Hobden.
Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK

Ah, the pitfalls of impulse buying! I like Cox', it's marked as self
fertile. Oh well, it'll be a challenge then.
Pete C

In article , Bob Hobden
writes
What on earth made you buy a Cos's tree, it's prone to all sorts of
disease and suitable only for a commercial orchard with constant
spraying.

Must admit, I wouldn't buy a lettuce tree either

I've got 3 Cox trees. Sure, they are susceptible to various things,
including what I presume is canker and they seem to thin the leaves very
early. However, I still get good crops on them and *personally*, I
think the taste is absolutely unbeatable. Proportionately more of them
get scabs on the fruit, but that doesn't worry me.

(This year, the apples on one of the trees are smaller than normal, but
I'm putting that down to the big crop last year).

I never spray them with anything - just use a pheromone 'trap' for
codling moth. They are all on grass, so they tend to not get much of a
good feed very often - other than a scattering of growmore once or twice
a year (and I suspect the grass gobbles most of that).

--
regards andyw

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In article , Bob Hobden
writes
What on earth made you buy a Cos's tree, it's prone to all sorts of
disease and suitable only for a commercial orchard with constant spraying.

Must admit, I wouldn't buy a lettuce tree either

I've got 3 Cox trees. Sure, they are susceptible to various things,
including what I presume is canker and they seem to thin the leaves very
early. However, I still get good crops on them and *personally*, I think
the taste is absolutely unbeatable. Proportionately more of them get
scabs on the fruit, but that doesn't worry me.

(This year, the apples on one of the trees are smaller than normal, but
I'm putting that down to the big crop last year).

I never spray them with anything - just use a pheromone 'trap' for codling
moth. They are all on grass, so they tend to not get much of a good feed
very often - other than a scattering of growmore once or twice a year (and
I suspect the grass gobbles most of that).

--
regards andyw

Thank you for that Andy
Pete C