Author Topic: What happened to my Apples? (Read 2641 times)

Alex_ · « **on:** August 16, 2020, 07:17:57 pm »

I all set for a monster apple harvest and then this happened.
I have never seen this before.

Thanks for ay idea

doganjo · « **Reply #1 on:** August 16, 2020, 08:48:55 pm »

All of them?

Fleecewife · « **Reply #2 on:** August 16, 2020, 08:53:56 pm »

It looks as if they started to ripen and the skins to harden then the weather turned wet. The inside has gone squishy and rotten and the skin has split because of the swelling from inside. That's what it looks like to me - I don't know if there is a recognised self-baking disease of apples (that's what they look like, baked apples!)

Fleecewife · « **Reply #3 on:** August 16, 2020, 09:04:06 pm »

So I then looked it up and the splitting does seem to be caused by irregular water supply, but I've not seen the mushy insides before.

Alex_ · « **Reply #4 on:** August 17, 2020, 04:47:27 pm »

Thanks for the ideas. The majority of the big ones split like that. Some weren’t ready for picking and some that were ready, only the medium and large ones were effected. The little ones are fine. I was wondering if it was from all the storms caused them to burst from too much water