I bought a Russet apple tree about 18months ago and put out on the allotment. It is about 6ft high and didn't do much last year and I thought it was a gonner. Towards the end of the year I noticed that the top of the plant was dead a few of the lower branches were also showing signs of drying and scaly bark.
Over the past few months this has spread down the tree and I decided to day to saw off the dead wood to hopefully stop the "rot". I cut into good wood to make sure I got all the dead wood.
The lower branches are all sprouting leaves and it looks like its alive and well down below. Any idea what could be killing it off from above and whether chopping it off will stop it?
Over the past few months this has spread down the tree and I decided to day to saw off the dead wood to hopefully stop the "rot". I cut into good wood to make sure I got all the dead wood.
The lower branches are all sprouting leaves and it looks like its alive and well down below. Any idea what could be killing it off from above and whether chopping it off will stop it?
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