Apple tree /rust

 I have just bought an apple tree. Cox's Orange Pippin. M26 root stock. It
has rust marks on about half the leaves. Should I be doing anything about
this?
Thanks
Pete C

 On 04/10/2011 11:46, Pete C wrote:

Since it's about to defoliate anyway, I would take all the leaves off
now and bin (not compost) them.  Make sure you plant and water it really
well, then spray it with fungicide all over the twigs, branches and
trunk to prevent any spores reinfecting the tree.

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Spider
from high ground in SE London
gardening on clay

 

Thanks Spider. Any recomendation for fungicide? Won't be planting for a week
or so....like you, clay soil, so some prep is required.
Pete C
Allotmenteering in Belvedere

 On 04/10/2011 17:50, Pete C wrote:

Sorry, Pete, I've had a look in my store, but nothing seems to deal with
rust specifically.  Have a google on apple rust or cedar apple rust
(which *seems* to be the same thing).  It looks really nasty, so there's
no point guessing a treatment.  You may have to have a chat with your
local gc/nursery.  I'll keep looking as I have a crab apple, and they're
not immune, apparently:~(.

--
Spider
from high ground in SE London
gardening on clay

 

Thanks :)
Pete C