Anyone know anything about apple trees?

[rw02kr43]

I bought this honeycrisp apple tree last year. The apples are growing nicely, but the leaves are dying and it looks sick. Any ideas what I can do for it?

Jason

 

[Leadeye]

It's one of the more sensitive apple species and like a lot of other stuff food for japanese beetles this time of year.

 

[Expat]

I would keep the apples picked off the first couple of years.

 

[KingWeb50]

mulch 5 foot diameter around the tree and put slow release tree spikes in (6 or so) and it should start to get better with rain

 

[Mark-DuCo]

I would keep the apples picked off the first couple of years.

I would definitely do this.

 

[bobbittle]

You've got a ton of vegetation around it that needs cleared, it's probably struggling to get any nutrients out of the soil.

 

[Crbn79]

Looks starved for water/nutrients, pick that apple, looks like it may be straining that branch too far

 

[mom45]

Hard to tell from the picture, but if the leaves look burned, it could be fire blight. That would have to be cut off and destroyed (buried or burned far away from any fruit trees).

 

[woodwalker]

Hard to tell from the picture, but if the leaves look burned, it could be fire blight. That would have to be cut off and destroyed (buried or burned far away from any fruit trees).

This is right. My inlaws trees have the same thing