Malus 'John Downie'

#crabapplejelly making started!

Lovely!

I’ve picked most of the #crabapples, now we have to make the jelly!

Just wandered down the garden (for the first time after our visit to meet our first grandchild, a lovely girl, Kiri). Found all the crab apples starting to fall. Work to do now! I’ll have to learn how to make crab apple jelly as Sandra is off down South to help our daughter for a week or so!

Aww! Lovely! 😊

Congratulations Mike and Sandra, enjoy being grandparents, there’s nothing else quite like it😀

Congratulations to you both and to your daughter and son in law, good luck with the jelly making

#crabapplejelly made by my good lady from the harvested John Downie apples. #gyo 😀👍

Oooh bet that's nice 👍

Yum

More than 1kg of fruit from the John Downie tree today.

"John Downie" won't be long now. More fruit than ever this year after early disease scare!

I have 2crab apple trees that were here when we moved in. What can you make with them 😊

@jaynehynesburton The only thing we've made is crab apple jelly. We've not always been successful but when we get it right it's very tasty!

Thankyou. I might have a go at it @oldgreyheron 😊

Good to see Mike

I've zoomed in on the stem part of the diseased branch tip. You can see lichen I think on the swollen wood. If I handle the damaged tips they just drop off. I'll look further back and take photos of appropriate tomorrow.

I wonder if this might help you help me James @GREENFINGERSLTD . Thanks for your thoughts.

And you too @tiggrx .

I would use a fungicide called copper it's an all rounder. A week later use an insecticide to knock out any aphids. 😀

Thanks James. I'm guessing that copper is a generic chemical name for some sort of copper salt concentrate. I'll visit the garden centre later to see what's there. @GREENFINGERSLTD

James, I've tried to buy copper based fungicide this morning but my local garden centres say they are no longer allowed to sell fungicides of that type. @GREENFINGERSLTD . I'll try a general purpose fruit tree compatible fungicide that I bought last year. Thanks for the advice... Maybe only available to professional gardeners.

I think try or phone another garden centre copper spray is not dangerous 🙂

Will do James. I appreciate the help. @GREENFINGERSLTD

It's a shame you don't live in Jersey I would be round to help you out. 😀

A bit of a trek I'm afraid, but that's a very generous thought James. @GREENFINGERSLTD 😀

#advice please! Can anyone tell me what's happening to the fruiting clusters on my John Downie crab apple?

Oh no ..doesn't look good..my plum tree did something similar last year..someone told me I had too many plums on and should have thinned it out😕 but I no next to nothing about trees so keeping a close eye;for problems

I've no idea about this one but @GREENFINGERSLTD might?

Couldn't be anything to do with weather could it Mike

Have various problems on my crab apple ,but not this one. I would be interested in what it is too!

It does look as thought it's some sort of rot @kathy that could well be to do with the incessantly damp weather. 🌧💧☹️

It looks like Brown rot, I can see canker on branch I don't think it's fire blight without seeing the whole length of the branch @tiggrx any thoughts 😀

The lovely John Downie crab apple is coming into full bloom. #fruit