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My MIL has an apple tree growing in the middle of her garden. It was okay for years, but this year she has dark spots on her leaves. Several flat spots throughout the leaf. I'm thinking this may be apple scab but can't seem to find a picture of a close up on the web? She said the same kind of thing was also on the rose bush leaves so she pulled it. Is there anything else that would cause spots like this? Since it is in the middle of her garden, if it is apple scab, is there anything natural to treat it, so it won't harm the vegetables in her garden?
Plants: 154 | From: Canada | Registered: Feb 2005
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Some examples of pictures can be seen in this link, http://gardening.wsu.edu/library/tree005/tree005.htm from Washington State University. I suggest that you take a leaf in a tightly closed plastic envelope to a local nursery, an Extension Service Agent or a local university. Luis
Plants: 42 | From: Hurst, Texas | Registered: Jun 2006
| Seeded: 66.169.176.234
quote: SYMPTOMS Superficial, velvety dark-olive-to-black spots on fruits and leaves are the initial symptoms of apple scab. These fruit spots become scablike with age and tissues may become misshapen.
quote: Organically Acceptable Methods Treatments with lime and sulfur or sulfur alone are organically acceptable methods.
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Amor est vitae essentia. Love is the essence of life. Plants: 932 | From: Northern California, Zone 9b | Registered: Jul 2003
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