Bought a scab resistant apple tree but…

Dinnerplatedahlias🌸

Bought a scab resistant variety of apple tree and it’s looking like it’s got scab on it anyway 🙈

Can anyone advise me if the photos are maybe another issue? Or if there anything I can do as the tree just doesn’t look healthy 😭 

Much appreciated 

pansyface

Is the tree in a pot? If so, 

What kind of pot? Size? Material?

If in a pot, what sort of compost? John Innes No 3? Multipurpose?

Where (roughly) do you live?

Have you had a lot of hot dry weather?

How often have you watered the tree and how much water have you applied each time?

Answers on a postcard please…

Dinnerplatedahlias🌸

Is the tree in a pot? 

No in ground well drained clay mulched with Farmyard Manure

Where (roughly) do you live

Glasgow 

Have you had a lot of hot dry weather?

Hot but not overly dry

How often have you watered the tree and how much water have you applied each time?

Only water when it’s not rained for over a week and usually it gets a long soak with hose

pansyface

Hmm, you seem to be doing everything that you should do.

Give it a jolly good talking to and tell it to buck up and that there are plenty more apple trees out there who would be happy to have a good home.

That should sort it. 🙂

bcpathome

I’d contact the place you got it from and report it to them .Maybe they’ll replace it .

Dinnerplatedahlias🌸

I got it from Dobbies so I might give them a call.

I’ve put down some more mulch so I’ll see if that makes any difference.

Do we think it looks like scab?

bcpathome

Not sure it’s certainly unwell