Apple and Kiwi

 
Hi, i have an issue with my apple and kiwi vine both planted 4 years ago
in heavy clay soil. they are around 3 metres apart from the nearest
branch. we had a Labrador dog who used the space between them as his
toilet.
the issue we have is many of the leaves have lost their colour and the
leaves have turned yellow. both were fine in the spring but have had
this issue during the summer. you can see the green veins on the leaves
but the rest is yellow. i found small black bugs on the underside of the
kiwi which i have sprayed.
runner beans are also growing in amongst the kiwi and they are fine. we
also have a grape vine and victoria plum which are also fine. i fed both
with bonemeal in the spring which hasn't been too wet (south west UK
near Bristol)
does anyone have any ideas on what it could be?




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mattster1

 mattster1 wrote:

What is an 'apple and kiwi vine'?  Are you talking about kiwi fruit ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwi_fruit

A liitle extra nitrogen on mature vines is probably not the cause of your
problem.


This is only a guess but it sounds like a mineral deficiency that the kiwi
is susceptible to that the others are not.

David

 
I suspect the OP might mean an apple tree and a kiwifruit vine.

 
FarmI;931011 Wrote:

Sorry yes i meant a kiwi vine and an apple tree. Is it possible that the
dog has overloaded the soil with nitrogen and driven out nutriants? Any
ideas what i can do to help or should i leave them and see if they
recover?




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mattster1

 mattster1 wrote:

I doubt it, they dog would need huge capacity to overload two established
trees.  The fact that other plants in the area are doing fine says to me
this is not the problem.

I stick to my previous guess of mineral deficiency.

D