I am devastated. I watered all my trees yesterday evening as usual and everything was fine. When I looked out of my window at 6.30 this morning I could see foliage on the ground next to the first new apple tree and when I went outside I found that both apples had been attacked and all the fruit and new shoots taken off them. The largest apple on the first tree was 5 cm or more in diameter and a few more weren’t very much smaller.<\/p>\n
But worse still, the two main branches on the first one had been ripped off and its shape totally destroyed. I can’t believe the timing. I was going to get fencing today to put around all the trees after finishing the work in my ‘abri’ and it’s almost unbelievable that they’ve beaten me by a day after all the time the trees have been there.<\/p>\n
It’s absolutely sickening. I can only hope that the both trees, especially the most damaged apple, will be able to recover for next year \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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