Emergency advice needed for dying apple tree

 
I bought a red fallstaff apple tree earlier this year and it was doing
really well until I noticed that it was covered in greenfly on Sunday. I
took some advice to remove the affected leaves and spray with diluted
washing up liquid. The infestation was heavy and I ended up removing all
the new growth. Anyway, this advice was clearly wrong as in the 3 days
since the tree has almost died, with all the remaining leaves turning
brown. Does anyone have any suggestions about any measures I could take
to save it? Feeding? Pruning? Removing the fruit? I can't bear to watch
it die without doing anything.




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gillisfab

 
gillisfab;929314 Wrote:

That was bad advice.  You don't need to remove leaves, just spray.

I don't really see wha tyou can do other than cross your fingers and
hope it grows some new leaves to replace those lost.  I had a different
problem with a fruit tree that really did require me to remove affected
leaves, and it was most of them.  They did grow back.


But yours is a newly planted tree.  Usually a bad infestation is a
symptom of an underlying weakness with the tree.  If your tree does die,
being a first year tree, I would complain to the supplier, a reputablr
one will give you a replacement, though may have to wait till the
winter.  Perhaps not mention the deliberate deleafing.




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echinosum