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The document from Clemson University's Home & Garden Information Center provides comprehensive guidance on growing apples and crabapples in South Carolina, focusing on common diseases affecting these trees. It emphasizes the importance of planting disease-resistant varieties, such as 'Liberty' and 'Freedom', and outlines various diseases like apple scab, cedar-apple rust, fire blight, powdery mildew, and black rot. The document also details prevention and treatment methods, including the use of fungicides and cultural practices to maintain tree health. Additionally, it discusses alternative pest management strategies like fruit bagging for hobbyist gardeners.

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Why does my crabapple tree look like its dying?

IT sounds like your tree could have fire blight--which is a bacterial infection. Failing that, it could also have verticillium wilt--which is a fungal infection of the tree that plugs up the trees vascular system. This will cause wilting and eventual death of the tree.

Whats wrong with my crab apple tree?

Crabapple trees are susceptible to fungal diseases which can cause spots and browning of the leaves. The spots can fall out of the leaves and leave holes. Insects can also cause holes in the leaves which is what makes diagnosing this problem so difficult.

What does a diseased crab apple tree look like?

0:17 1:46 This tree is completely leafless. Master gardener Marilyn Arland has trouble with her crab appleMoreThis tree is completely leafless. Master gardener Marilyn Arland has trouble with her crab apple trees you would think the tree is dying it looks so terrible the trees in her Maple Grove are

What is killing my crab apple tree?

If your crabapple has wilted and blackened leaves, dead or orange spots on the leaves, or strange orange growths, its likely caused by one of the three most common crabapple diseases in southwest Ohio. Fireblight, apple scab, and cedar-apple rust infect crabapple trees throughout our region every summer.

How to treat a sick crabapple tree?

Crabapple diseases can be effectively controlled through the combined use of culture, sanitation, resistance, and fungicide sprays. This integrated approach to disease control minimizes the reliance upon one type of control over the others and usually results in effective disease control.

Whats killing my crab apple tree?

Fireblight. This disease is more damaging to crabapples than apple scab as it can multiple branches and even the entire tree during a severe infection. Severe fireblight infections may not occur every year, but when they do the results can be devastating.

What does apple scab look like on a crabapple tree?

How to identify apple scab. Leaf spots are round, olive-green, and up to 1/2 inch across. Spots are velvet-like with fringed borders. As they age, leaf spots turn dark brown to black, get bigger and grow together.

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