This is my apple tree about 10 days ago:




Yellowing and spotted leaves. The county extension agent said it was frogeye leaf spot, potentially fatal, caused by excess moisture. We've had a very rainy spring and summer, so it's no surprise. The treatment is to spray it with liquid copper.

The instructions on the liquid copper were a little vague. It said 1/2-2 oz per 1 gal water. Well, since this looked pretty serious, I did the maximum dose. Here's what it looks like today:





Maybe I used too strong a solution? Or is this an improvement? Maybe it's going into early dormancy? All the leaves are supple now (no dry or cracking edges) and except for the color look very healthy. At least there's no more frogeye mold, right?

We're praying that this is a cure and that the little tree will come back next year better than before. We planted it last year to replace the 2 trees that died from the 2009 flooding. It's mate died this spring and we really didn't want to lose this one as well.