Apple tree has no leaves

Can voles be to blame for the leafless apple tree?

Since the uninvited guests the destroy roots of fruit trees, can Voles may well be the cause of the apple tree has no more leaves.

• Drill at the tree disc holes in the ground with a thin stick.
• If you come across a lot of cavities, these could be vole exits.
• So that other plants are not damaged, drive the animals away with ultrasonic traps. Fermented buttermilk poured down the aisles also prompts the rodents to move.

Can bugs be the cause of the missing leaves?

The larvae of the vine weevil feed mainly on the fine roots of the apple tree. This can be weakened to such an extent that the leaves sprout almost completely.

• You can find out about the adult beetles by offering them boards as a hiding place for the day. You can collect the pests from these and destroy them.
• Against the Vine weevil larvae nematodes, which you can purchase in specialist shops, help in the root area.

Does an ingrown glue ring stop the tree from sprouting?

This is rarely the case, but it is may well be possible that a forgotten glue ring the sap flow of the apple tree cut off. Since the nutrients are no longer transported, it hardly buds and forms neither leaves nor flowers.

Solve the glue ring carefully from the trunk. Fertilize If you take care of the wood properly, it usually recovers and sprout after a few weeks.

Why doesn't a newly planted apple tree get any leaves?

If a freshly planted apple tree remains bare, it is often one excessive soil compaction respectively too heavy substrate the cause. The leafless tree planted in the fall could not form roots. In the worst case, the suction roots are even stunted.

But it may well be that the floor when planting the apple tree not sufficiently compacted. This leaves cavities in the root area and the apple tree does not grow properly.

What can I do if the apple hasn't grown?

You have to look back for better aeration of the soil worry or the Closing gaps around the roots:

• In heavy soil, dig up the tree again and check the root system. When planting again, place a drainage layer of gravel in the planting hole and improve the substrate with sand and compost.
• Any existing cavities can be compacted by properly mudding the tree.

Can drought cause the apple tree to be leafless?

Do they discolour leaves of the apple tree already yellow in summer and become fruits and fallen off foliage, it may be about drought damage act. Since heat also promotes diseases such as bark blight, you should keep the trees and shrubs water adequately during longer periods of drought.