Tasty apples, only plucked from the branches of a healthy strong apple tree - there is nothing nicer, especially if the tree has grown in its own garden. Well-groomed plants and good harvests are the dream of every amateur gardener. But, unfortunately, such a result is very difficult to achieve, because various diseases of the apple tree are often affected, and their treatment takes a lot of time and money. Therefore, it is necessary to conduct a thorough inspection of young seedlings when buying, as well as solid trees that are planted in the garden. How to protect your trees from pests, as well as how to treat them, if diseases still overtake, we will consider below.
The first actions of the gardener
To make a diagnosis, first of all, you need to carefully examine the "patients". If you saw that the bark has become tuberous, dried dead pieces are visible on its surface, integrity has been broken (cracks have appeared), then it is time to take up the treatment of tree bark. Such symptoms indicate that your tree has been affected by any of the diseases such as black cancer, cystoporosis, or bacterial cancer. Apple tree diseases and their treatment require care and a lot of patience from the gardener.
Let us consider in more detail each of the diagnoses.
Bacterial cancer is a disease that affects the skeleton of a tree. It appears in the form of oval spots of pinkish-brown color, bordered by a purple stripe. These lesions are slightly pressed into the surface of the cortex. In these places, it softens, has a rotting appearance, slightly smells of almonds. Not only the bark is affected, but also other parts of the tree: dark brown spots of dead tissue appear on the leaves, the number and size of cracks that can ooze during the sap flow increase on the branches and trunks. There is a second variant of the manifestation of this disease: first of all, the painful juice flows, and then the bark darkens and dries. On aching branches of leaves less. In any case, the treatment of tree bark will be identical in both situations. There are many types of cancer, but the symptoms in the initial stage are similar.
Cystoporosis is a bacterial disease in which cracks, spots do not appear, but there are small tuberous elevations of a darker color than the main part of the cortex. Over time, the number and size of the tubercles increase, affect the core of the tree. The branches dry, the plant dies. Worth running these diseases are apple trees, and their treatment after a while will not help to save the garden.
Recommendations to gardeners
Want to get a good apple crop from your site? Then monitor the condition of the trees so that they do not overtake the diseases of the apple tree. And then their treatment will not be required. As a prophylaxis of diseases, tree trunks need to be whitened at the right time, pruned dry or damaged branches, areas with dead bark must be cut and burned. In addition, the affected areas after cleaning should be treated with a special solution (1 kg of clay, 2 kg of wood glue, 1 kg of manure and 10 l of water). Apple tree diseases will be less affected, and their treatment will not be required if you take care of your garden, doing everything in a timely manner.