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  • Dieing Russet apple tree?

    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?
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  • #2
    Maybe it died back a bit after you planted it due to lack of regular watering? What month did you plant it? Now that it is growing and established better I think it should recover.
    Mark

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      • #4
        The most common Russet-type apple is Egremont Russet.
        It's quite a hardy and tough tree.
        It certainly shouldn't get much canker, which is the most likely reason for dieback.
        The other reason would be lack of water, causing dehydration of the parts furthest from the ground.
        Dehydration can often happen with newly planted trees if they are not watered at least once a week during their first couple of summers. It takes them a couple of years to grow deep roots to find their own water.
        If the rootstock is M27 or M9, it will be too weak to compete with other plants/weeds/grass for water/nutrients unless the soil is very rich and moist.

        A picture would be very useful.

        Are you certain which variety?
        Do you know which rootstock?
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