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- These two diseases make ornaments - tips for fighting
- Apple scab leaves the leaves
- Effective prevention
- Control apple powdery mildew with consistency - that's how it works
- Tips
Fungal diseases make it Zierapfel's biggest enemy
These two diseases make ornaments - tips for fighting
Its robust constitution preserves ornamental apple varieties from numerous diseases that routinely affect cultured apples. Before two fungal infection, the magnificent ornamental wood is still not immune. We are happy to explain you what these are and how to fight them.
Apple scab leaves the leaves
One of the most important diseases in fruit growing is the fungal infection apple scab (Venturia inaequalis). In wet weather beat the cunning mushroom spores and settle on the leaves. This results in yellow-brown leaf spots, which later cover the entire foliage. It comes to leaf fall, whereupon the ornamental apple sheds and dies. The direct fight is not very promising because the exact time must be known.
Effective prevention
So that your favorite ornamental apple is not carried away by the scab disease, we recommend the following measures of targeted prevention:
Furthermore, various malus hybrids have proven to be quite resistant. These include 'Butterball' and 'Evereste' as well as the dwarf variety 'Pom Zai'.
Control apple powdery mildew with consistency - that's how it works
The powdery mildew fungus, named Podosphaera leucotricha, specializes in malus species. The first symptoms are already manifested during sprouting in the form of splayed bud scales. In the further course flower tufts and leaves take care of themselves. A floury coating covers the foliage. The few ornamental apples are covered with a net-like skin. How to fight the disease:
In organic fruit cultivation, a home remedy with milk has proven to be excellent in the fight against apple powdery mildew. For this you mix water and fresh milk (no H-milk) in the ratio 2: 1. Spray this mixture on the diseased plant every few days. Please also spray the undersides of the foliage.
Tips
If aphids fancy falling over your beautiful ornamental apple, you'll kill the beasts with soft soap. For 1 liter of water add 1 tablespoon of pure soap or soft soap and 1 dash of spirit. Applied to the foliage 2-3 days apart, the plague is quickly over.