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We planted a Zestar around May 12. I just noticed some wilting leaves and some leaves dying. Is this a fungus? Is the heavy rainfall causing it? We mu...
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New apple tree problem #871518
Asked June 04, 2024, 12:17 PM EDT
We planted a Zestar around May 12. I just noticed some wilting leaves and some leaves dying. Is this a fungus? Is the heavy rainfall causing it? We mulched it and the ground it wet.
Hennepin County Minnesota
Expert Response
These web pages have information on a lot of apple problems.
https://apps.extension.umn.edu/garden/diagnose/plant/fruit/apple/leavesbrown.html
https://www.canr.msu.edu/apples/pest_management/diseases
I am wondering if the tree was planted properly. See this web page
https://extension.umn.edu/how/planting-and-transplanting-trees-and-shrubs
Particularly if the roots were growing in a circle around the root ball and they were not cut before planting to encourage them to grow outward instead of continuing to grow in a circle which would eventually kill or cause the tree to strangle itself.
https://apps.extension.umn.edu/garden/diagnose/plant/fruit/apple/leavesbrown.html
https://www.canr.msu.edu/apples/pest_management/diseases
I am wondering if the tree was planted properly. See this web page
https://extension.umn.edu/how/planting-and-transplanting-trees-and-shrubs
Particularly if the roots were growing in a circle around the root ball and they were not cut before planting to encourage them to grow outward instead of continuing to grow in a circle which would eventually kill or cause the tree to strangle itself.
I’ll check the roots. Also the soil. On one of the links you sent, it talked about pores/oxygen for the roots. Our soil is pretty heavy and with all the rain it might be part of the problem.
I’ll check the roots. Also the soil. On one of the links you sent, it talked about pores/oxygen for the roots. Our soil is pretty heavy and with all the rain it might be part of the problem.
