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Is this just normal bug damage on my apple tree?

7 years ago

Is this just normal bug damage on my apple tree?

I am in SLC, Utah and this is the first tree I ever planted so I'm just starting out.

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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5

7 years ago

when was it planted??? .. is it only those few leaves??

looks like mechanical damage ... like you may have done it.. while planting ... or carrying it home.. etc ...

more facts please .. pic of the whole might help also ...

ken

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campv 8b AZ
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
Agree w/ken on the large leaves and I would not worry to much BUT the little baby leaf above that big leaf (2nd pic) what is going on with the very tip. How much water are you giving it in Salt lake. Apples need a lot of water. If not on a drip, dig a depression moat around the base of the tree and fill with water. Remove any grass or weeds from the trunk out to the edge of moat berm. Depth s/b about 2" deep and about 3' out from ONE side of the trunk(6' in dia.)now you can use the hose, water on dribble. Fill up the depression with water. Slow and deep. .......................................Use the "fruit and orchard forum" maybe it will work a little better for ya
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Lex
Original Author
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
Actually this is the second years growth so it shouldn't be any kind of mechanical damage. I checked again today and it looks like there are quite a few leaves like that. I will have to get some better pictures in the next few days, but I am also going to post in the "fruit and orchard forum".

It's just the start of the season here, and I gave it some water each week early on, but the last week or two it has been raining a lot so I haven't given it too much.

Thanks.
Jean
7 years ago
Mechanical damage includes hail. Have you had any?

Also includes strong winds, vandals, & clumsy garden helpers.
Lex
Original Author
7 years ago
We have had a lot of rain lately. I'm pretty sure there hasn't been any hail, though.

We did have really strong winds the other day. I think these pictures were taken the day of the winds, though. Maybe before.

I'm the only one who works in the garden and I'm pretty sure vandals is also a no go.

Thank you for your ideas!
wisconsitom
7 years ago
Late-frost damage. Not significant.
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Lex
Original Author
7 years ago
Okay. Thanks.

Would I expect to see the same kind of damage on a peach tree in the same area?
floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
7 years ago
It's really great that you refer to 'normal damage'. So many posters expect perfection and go into a panic at a few holes in the leaves. Living things are seldom perfect and often it just doesn't matter. I agree that this looks like physical damage i.e. tears from something, maybe even just high winds.
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wisconsitom
7 years ago
Spot-on for late frost damage. And yes, "life feeds on life"....everywhere and always.
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