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What's happening to my pear and apple tree leaves?

12 years ago

Hi all,

I'm seeking to know what might be causing some severe damage to my new apple and pear tree's leaves. The leaves look tattered with some dark black edges on the pears. The apples have orange-brown leaves. I haven't been able to locate insects. Below are two pictures showing the damage (hopefully!I'm having trouble posting pictures sorry).

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What is causing this and what organic methods can I use to help my trees out?

Thanks in advance!

Marlene

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Comments (3)

Konrad___far_north
12 years ago
I don't think anything serious, not sure really but looks like you
have deer pruning and damage going on, when they do that
before the buds are open, some of it gets damaged and when
leafs open up they look damaged like yours,.. I see this on my trees sometimes.
Otherwise your leafs look pretty good.
tcstoehr
12 years ago
The first picture didn't seem so bad. Just the effects of growing in the sun, rain and wind. Maybe a bit of fungus here, a bit of wind damage there, a hungry caterpillar maybe and a burnt leaf or two.
The second picture is more serious. You have a deer. It (or they) is very likely to return again and again, especially as we go into summer and tender, green vegetation becomes scarcer. Expect return visits for all remaining green leaves.
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skyfarms
Original Author
12 years ago
I don't know why I didn't consider deer. I noticed the tipping but didn't think it was deer browsing. We are trying to take care of that problem with our dog and repellants now.

Glad to know that the rest of the leaf problems are nothing serious or unusual though! Thanks for the help!

Marlene

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