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| Hi all, I have a question about a Spring Snow Crabapple in my yard.
I bought the tree two years ago when I bought my house. I didn't realize it, but the tree next to it was a very old crabapple with a scab problem. The new tree contracted the scab, causing small, spotty leaves that defoliated by mid July. I decided to move the tree, hoping that maybe distance from the older, infected tree would help save it. This year, 3/4 of the branches on the tree are dead, with only about 4 branches alive/sprouting leaves and buds. There are lesions all along the trunk of the tree as well. Is this tree a goner? Or is there something I can do to reverse its fate? If I can save it, will it be horribly disfigured going forward? Thanks for the advice Dan P.S. I now know that Spring Snow Crabs are known to have problems with disease, so I would be avoiding them in the future. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Sat, Mar 31, 12 at 16:36
| whats the history of the big move.. when.. how.. etc .. and in hind site.. perhaps you should have got rid of the other ... scab is endemic.. and you might have to move it to another state .. if it is in your general area.. i doubt across the yard would have accomplished anything ... either choose a resistant type [and resistant.. does not mean scab proof].. or move out of crabs ... ken |
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| Unfortunately I did simply move the new tree across the yard. With the older tree, at first I didn't really know what it was, until the second season when it flowered and fruited. I've been tempted to pull it out since it is a pretty gnarled older tree, but resisted because its the only mature tree in the yard (providing dappled shade at the moment). The scab on that one causes mottled leaves, but doesn't completely defoliate like the new tree did. I was hoping that maybe I could somehow save the new crab, but if the disease can still reach it anywhere in the yard, I guess I may have to consider it a loss. In the place where I originally had the new crab, I replaced it with a October Glory red maple. Thanks for your help |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Sat, Mar 31, 12 at 17:55
| Unfortunately I did simply move the new tree across the yard. ==>>> when did you do it .. was it dormant .. how big a rootball ... did you amend the hole .. did you water afterwards .. did you mulch ... my utter guess is that the transplant stressed it ... and with little or no roots.. it is suffering.. if not on deaths door ... and w/o a pic it is impossible to tell you whether to invest or divest... ken |
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| Dan, if there are lesions up and down the trunk as you state, then it's only a matter of time. I would also expect lesions are actually something else as well. In any case, I would go ahead and remove the tree, and as Ken said, look for resistant cultivars. Arktrees |
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- Posted by wisconsitom 4/5 WI (My Page) on Sat, Mar 31, 12 at 23:26
| Lots of fl. crab posts! Dan, read my comments in the other ones above. Same all applies here. Great trees IMO, if the two important aspects are fully considered: Disease resistance, especially (In my area) to apple scab and fire blight..and persistent fruit. With the latter, you end up deriving a great deal more aesthetic value out of the tree, with the attractive fruits hanging on well into winter. A good crab variety against the snow is a fine sight. +oM |
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