To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [NAFEX] What's eating apple leaves?
Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 11:15:38 -0600
Help. I've got a young Yellow Transparent apple that has been trying to
put out leaves for a month now and they keep getting eaten by something.
I haven't seen anything eating it. We don't have animals that would
browse it. No deer. And it's not rabbits because there are actually
more leaves at the bottom than at the top. I'm thinking grasshoppers but
it's still cool here at 7000 ft and I haven't seen grasshopper activity.
Any ideas of what's doing it and how to combat it? The trees been
putting out new attempts at leaves but can't keep that up forever.
Regards,
Jay
Jay Cutts
Director, Cutts Graduate Reviews
Lead Author, Barron's Test Prep Publications
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