unknown apricot disease

 


hi,

does anyone know why my apricots went like this this year?  and how do
i stop it
ruining my crop next year?

thanks

sue
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karaman

 

karaman wrote:

   Hard to tell from this picture.  Looks like it hit when the apricot
   was not ripe.  Could be some kind of fungus, like brown rot.  You
   might try a sulfur spray or copper sulfide early in the growing
   season.  Clean up all the bad fruit and get rid of it.  This year
   was very wet in many places, possibly adding to this problem.

                        Sherwin