Posted by TheScullster on July 18, 2011, 9:51 am
Hi all
I have a small apple tree - egremont russet I think - which is producing
fruit this year (suffered June drop or similar last year).
The apples look absolutely picture book perfect, but cutting into them shows
brown staining of the flesh.
The flesh is heavily speckled with brown, the brown being just like apple
that has been exposed to the air for an hour or more.
Anyone suggest a reason please?
Is this another symptom of the earlier dry weather this year?
TIA
Phil
Posted by Charlie Pridham on July 18, 2011, 10:15 am
> Hi all
> I have a small apple tree - egremont russet I think - which is producing
> fruit this year (suffered June drop or similar last year).
> The apples look absolutely picture book perfect, but cutting into them
> shows brown staining of the flesh.
> The flesh is heavily speckled with brown, the brown being just like apple
> that has been exposed to the air for an hour or more.
> Anyone suggest a reason please?
> Is this another symptom of the earlier dry weather this year?
> TIA
> Phil
It sounds like "Bitter Pit" which can be a lack of water and often affects
young trees (presumably they don't have such good root systems)
Mulch trees heavily in winter, avoid high nitrogen feeds and I have heard
tale of spraying with Calcium nitrate in summer can help, but there is
plenty online about it.
I am afraid I just live with it, some years are fine other years it can stop
us storing apples
--
Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall
Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella
and Lapageria rosea cvs
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Posted by Moonraker on July 18, 2011, 10:28 am
On 18/07/2011 15:15, Charlie Pridham wrote:
>> Hi all
>>
>> I have a small apple tree - egremont russet I think - which is
>> producing fruit this year (suffered June drop or similar last year).
>>
>> The apples look absolutely picture book perfect, but cutting into them
>> shows brown staining of the flesh.
>> The flesh is heavily speckled with brown, the brown being just like
>> apple that has been exposed to the air for an hour or more.
>>
>> Anyone suggest a reason please?
>> Is this another symptom of the earlier dry weather this year?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Phil
> It sounds like "Bitter Pit" which can be a lack of water and often
> affects young trees (presumably they don't have such good root systems)
> Mulch trees heavily in winter, avoid high nitrogen feeds and I have
> heard tale of spraying with Calcium nitrate in summer can help, but
> there is plenty online about it.
> I am afraid I just live with it, some years are fine other years it can
> stop us storing apples
I concur. I had this problem 2 or 3 years ago, the supplier of the trees
recommended Calcium, I used this and have not had trouble since. It is a
shame when it spoils a good crop.
--
Residing on low ground in North Staffordshire
Posted by Stephen Wolstenholme on July 18, 2011, 10:47 am
On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:51:42 +0100, "TheScullster"
>Hi all
>I have a small apple tree - egremont russet I think - which is producing
>fruit this year (suffered June drop or similar last year).
>The apples look absolutely picture book perfect, but cutting into them shows
>brown staining of the flesh.
>The flesh is heavily speckled with brown, the brown being just like apple
>that has been exposed to the air for an hour or more.
>Anyone suggest a reason please?
>Is this another symptom of the earlier dry weather this year?
>TIA
>Phil
My apples are the same. The expert down the street says the problem is
due to too much feeding, especially nitrites. I have not used any form
of fertiliser so it's a bit of a mystery. Perhaps the roots have
reached the drains!
Steve
--
Neural network software applications, help and support.
Neural Planner Software www.NPSL1.com
Posted by Rod on July 18, 2011, 1:23 pm
wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:51:42 +0100, "TheScullster"
> >Hi all
> >I have a small apple tree - egremont russet I think - which is producing
> >fruit this year (suffered June drop or similar last year).
> >The apples look absolutely picture book perfect, but cutting into them shows
> >brown staining of the flesh.
> >The flesh is heavily speckled with brown, the brown being just like apple
> >that has been exposed to the air for an hour or more.
> >Anyone suggest a reason please?
> >Is this another symptom of the earlier dry weather this year?
> >TIA
> >Phil
> My apples are the same. The expert down the street says the problem is
> due to too much feeding, especially nitrites. I have not used any form
> of fertiliser so it's a bit of a mystery. Perhaps the roots have
> reached the drains!
> Steve
> --
> Neural network software applications, help and support.
> Neural Planner Software www.NPSL1.com- Hide quoted text -
> - Show quoted text -
Drought contributes to the problem as well as undeveloped root systems
on young trees, calcium deficiency, overdoing the nitrogen, probably a
bit short of potassium. During the time of fruit developing and
bulking up something like 2 inches of water every couple of weeks is
considered about right and nobody apart from possibly Dave Hill in S.
Wales has been getting anything like that.
Rod
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> I have a small apple tree - egremont russet I think - which is producing
> fruit this year (suffered June drop or similar last year).
> The apples look absolutely picture book perfect, but cutting into them
> shows brown staining of the flesh.
> The flesh is heavily speckled with brown, the brown being just like apple
> that has been exposed to the air for an hour or more.
> Anyone suggest a reason please?
> Is this another symptom of the earlier dry weather this year?
> TIA
> Phil