Comments on: She’ll Be Apples http://www.thistlebrook.com.au/shell-be-apples/ Everybody needs beauty as well as bread. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 05:28:46 +1100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Margot . http://www.thistlebrook.com.au/shell-be-apples/comment-page-1/#comment-2575 Margot . Tue, 03 May 2011 16:30:11 +0000 http://www.thistlebrook.com.au/?p=295#comment-2575 Hello Justin, A short mail to ask you about your relative Tom Spring ,my close friend is trying to find out more about him as she is his Great Grand Daughter , I have looked up plenty of sites for her but as she doesn't have a PC it is hard for her, I would be very pleased to pass on anything you can tell me of relatives and she is most interested in the names of his children I can't seem to find that out.She knows alot about him but not of his family. I look forward to hearing from you. Sincere regards. Margot Billington. (on behalf of Margaret Crocker nee Spring) Hello Justin,
A short mail to ask you about your relative Tom Spring ,my close friend is trying to find out more about him as she is his Great Grand Daughter , I have looked up plenty of sites for her but as she doesn’t have a PC it is hard for her, I would be very pleased to pass on anything you can tell me of relatives and she is most interested in the names of his children I can’t seem to find that out.She knows alot about him but not of his family.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincere regards.
Margot Billington. (on behalf of Margaret Crocker nee Spring)

]]> By: Justin Russell http://www.thistlebrook.com.au/shell-be-apples/comment-page-1/#comment-128 Justin Russell Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:36:12 +0000 http://www.thistlebrook.com.au/?p=295#comment-128 Curling leaves are a response to hot, dry, windy weather, which pretty well sums up this year's spring. Some varieties appear more prone to it than others, but if the leaves aren't burning at the tips, or yellowing and dropping off, all is well. The plant is under a degree of stress, but not enough to kill it. I'd try giving it some shelter from the wind, even if it means making an over sized tree guard from hessian or shadecloth. Make sure the soil is kept evenly moist for the first couple of years. The finger test is always worth a try - poke your finger into the soil. If it feels dry water, if moist, hold off for a while longer. The spots on the leaves sound like a minor case of apple scab (or blackspot, different to the blackspot that affects roses). This is probably the major fungal disease affecting apples, but minor cases aren't anything to worry about. If the problem gets worse, the most effective organic control is to spray with lime sulphur just before the flower buds burst early next spring. Curling leaves are a response to hot, dry, windy weather, which pretty well sums up this year’s spring. Some varieties appear more prone to it than others, but if the leaves aren’t burning at the tips, or yellowing and dropping off, all is well. The plant is under a degree of stress, but not enough to kill it. I’d try giving it some shelter from the wind, even if it means making an over sized tree guard from hessian or shadecloth. Make sure the soil is kept evenly moist for the first couple of years. The finger test is always worth a try – poke your finger into the soil. If it feels dry water, if moist, hold off for a while longer.

The spots on the leaves sound like a minor case of apple scab (or blackspot, different to the blackspot that affects roses). This is probably the major fungal disease affecting apples, but minor cases aren’t anything to worry about. If the problem gets worse, the most effective organic control is to spray with lime sulphur just before the flower buds burst early next spring.

]]> By: Mandy http://www.thistlebrook.com.au/shell-be-apples/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Mandy Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:54:27 +0000 http://www.thistlebrook.com.au/?p=295#comment-126 Hi Justin, I bought a couple of apple trees from you last winter and on the whole they are doing fantastically well.They have flowered a couple of times and are growing new branches with plenty of leaves.The only worry I have is that the Pink Lady seems to have some kind of disease.The leaves are curling a bit [thought it may have been from the strong westerlies we get here,at first]and the leaves have some reddish splotches on them,some black.It hasn't seemed to have affected the growth,it's flowered twice through this,so I am baffled.Would you have any idea what has caused this and how I could fix it? Thanks Mandy Hi Justin,
I bought a couple of apple trees from you last winter and on the whole they are doing fantastically well.They have flowered a couple of times and are growing new branches with plenty of leaves.The only worry I have is that the Pink Lady seems to have some kind of disease.The leaves are curling a bit [thought it may have been from the strong westerlies we get here,at first]and the leaves have some reddish splotches on them,some black.It hasn’t seemed to have affected the growth,it’s flowered twice through this,so I am baffled.Would you have any idea what has caused this and how I could fix it?
Thanks
Mandy

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