Q: What are the black blotches or spots on my apples? A: The problem is likely sooty blotch and flyspeck. Sooty blotch and flyspeck is a fungal complex that colonizes the waxy cuticle of the apple.

Are they safe to eat? Yes. The black spots are probably sooty blotch or flyspeck. Sooty blotch and flyspeck are two different fungal diseases that often occur together on apples. Sooty blotch ...

Then other sprays for the various disease that attack fruit trees, like fire blight and sooty blotch and flyspeck. Follow a routine born of experience with some guidance from the Ohio State ...

“Most, however, are in good shape.” She said frequent rainfall has increased the incidence of disease, with sooty blotch and flyspeck, both fungal diseases, found in every orchard, as well as ...

Q: What are the black spots or blotches on my apples? A: The problem may be sooty blotch and flyspeck, two different fungal diseases that often occur together on apples. Sooty blotch appears as ...

What are the black spots or blotches on my apples? • The problem may be sooty blotch or flyspeck, two different fungal diseases. • Apples with sooty blotch or flyspeck are still safe to eat ...

Other pests and diseases such as stink bugs, flyspeck, and sooty blotch reduce the aesthetic and keeping quality of the fruit. Knowing that pests are likely to appear, some gardeners may use ...

The apples were misshapen. Two diseases were prevalent: flyspeck, which dotted the fruit with tiny whorls of black dots, and sooty blotch, gray-green smudges on the skin. These fungal afflictions ...

Farmers have complained that ongoing heat waves and humidity have caused dark smudges to appear on the surface of apples, described by experts as sooty blotch and flyspeck disease, adversely ...

Joe Van de Gevel said diseases impacting apple crops are sooty blotch, flyspeck, and some black rot. (Provided by MaryAnne Van de Gevel) "We might have to wait a week until the apples get adequate ...