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| Thread ID: 136962 | 2014-05-07 04:45:00 | Question for gardeners / orchardists / horticulturalists | Tony (4941) | PC World Chat |
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| 1374318 | 2014-05-07 04:45:00 | Can anyone tell me what causes the blemishes on the apples in the photo? They don't seem to affect the taste, but they look weird. About half the crop on the one and only tree (Braeburn) seems to be affected. 5708 |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 1374319 | 2014-05-07 06:35:00 | Micro-meteorite strike. If not, it could be ectoplasm, call Ghost Busters. ;) |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1374320 | 2014-05-07 07:44:00 | Could be lack of water maybe? | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1374321 | 2014-05-07 07:53:00 | Capsid bug. www.rhs.org.uk Hmmm...do we have it here? Or Scab: growitfirst.blogspot.co.nz Seems more likely to me....any thing o the tree leaves or just the fruit? |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1374322 | 2014-05-07 07:59:00 | its a bug, and as its a sucking insect it causes damage to leaves and fruit........... harmless except visually. en.wikipedia.org pays to refresh page before posting................... too slow :( |
beetle (243) | ||
| 1374323 | 2014-05-07 10:57:00 | I looked at all those links - thanks. Looking again at the pics, it is perhaps not clear that the blemishes are quite raised - not just surface discolouration. Beetle, why do you say it is miridae? PCtek, I was about to say why capsid bug, and then I realized there was a slide show, and I think you are right. | Tony (4941) | ||
| 1374324 | 2014-05-07 20:43:00 | They are the same bug................one is a UK page i looked for a NZ page but only got wikipedia | beetle (243) | ||
| 1374325 | 2014-05-07 20:56:00 | They are the same bug................one is a UK page i looked for a NZ page but only got wikipediaOh, right. Thanks for the help. I was obviously using the wrong search terms as I never found any of those pages. Maybe because I had no idea what I was looking for. :) | Tony (4941) | ||
| 1374326 | 2014-05-07 21:13:00 | LOL no worries....i knew it was a bug from my work (previous fruit picker / pruner and parks and reserves / council worker) but could not remember what it was called........ but new it was a bug not fungi or bacterial caused......... and i just put in apple blemish to images and went from there in google...... quite simple :) it would most likely not get through a pack house to sell - or if it did it would be sold as a second or non export quality......... but its quite ok. you can cut that bit off and eat it no problems.......:) it just looks funny. one of the few questions on pf1 i knew something about and could anwser........... :D |
beetle (243) | ||
| 1374327 | 2014-05-07 22:46:00 | All my fruit trees get regular spraying throughout the year with Eco-oil and then with copper oxychloride sprays. This gets rid of any mites and fungus problems. Any insect infestations get a dose of insecticide spray. A regular handful of fertiliser around the root zone works wonders too, especially for citrus, as a healthy tree is more resistant to invasion by pests. If your citrus trees have unhealthy curly leaves, and the fruit has a brown scab on it, use the copper spray, and a good dose of fert and the effect is magic. |
Richard (739) | ||
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