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Donkeys4hire

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Sugar Apple issues
« on: December 08, 2017, 05:03:34 PM »
I recently planted this Sugar Apple. It was planted about a month ago. It’s almost 6’ tall. There is a lot of damage and the leaves are getting brown spots and dying. Any idea the cause?





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Re: Sugar Apple issues
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2017, 05:31:15 PM »
This time of year when the temperatures get cooler and the humidity reduces, the leaves tend to get kinda ugly, then the leaves drop.  My sugar apple does the same thing before it goes dormant for the winter.
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Re: Sugar Apple issues
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2017, 06:41:43 PM »

My atemoya is looking like this and dropping leaves due to dormancy.

Unfortunately my sugar apple look like that the whole year. I don't know exactly what the problem is, I guess I'll try spraying copper next year.

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Re: Sugar Apple issues
« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2017, 09:52:51 AM »

My atemoya is looking like this and dropping leaves due to dormancy.

Unfortunately my sugar apple look like that the whole year. I don't know exactly what the problem is, I guess I'll try spraying copper next year.

i'll keep an eye on my sugar apples to see if they do the same thing next year. Using copper as a foliar spray to deal with fungus attack on leaves may be a good idea.  I noticed a similar problem on Ilama leaves this last summer.
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