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Jul 17, That, to me, looks like a classic case of ' quince leaf blight', it's caused by a fungus and it is (more likely than not) due to the prolonged wet. You might well find that the amount of fruit you get will be severely limited, or it could be mis-shapen and spotted in a similar way to the leaves, and some of the tips of the shoots could die back too.

Jun 11, Answer from NGA. June 11, 0. What you describe is not normal for a quince in June. They do lose their leaves in the fall and the leaves turn yellow before they drop, but your quince is a little ahead of schedule.

Heat stress or water stress can cause these symptoms early in the season. While there's nothing you can do about the weather, you can regulate the frequency of watering.

The quince is native from south-east Asia, being cultivated since antiquity. The quince is a precocious fruit tree.

Cultural control methods include: removing mummified fruit from tree, pruning infected twigs and reducing plant stress by providing adequate levels of water and fertilizer.

It will produce fruits after years from planting and has a great capacity of production. It is very pretentious towards heat and light. On the shady fields, the leaves fall Estimated Reading Time: 7 mins. Quince will benefit from regular deep watering during the summer months.

Crown-gall produced by Agrobacterium radiobacter pv.

Harvesting Quince fruits should be harvested when they are mature but not full ripe. Fruits will continue to ripen off of the tree and by harvesting in this manner, losses from fruit dropping from the tree are reduced. Sep 08, Small spots on the leaves is the first sign of quince leaf blight. The tiny spots form larger blotches, and soon, the leaves turn brown and drop from the plant.

Shoot tips may die back and the fruit may be brown and distorted. In severe cases, the disease may be fatal. The fungus (Diplocarpon mespili) overwinters on diseased leaves and dead shoots that fall from the tree. The spores are available to Estimated Reading Time: 2 mins.

Aug 03, In the middle of summer, right around now, your ‘Chojubai’ dwarf flowering quince will yellow and drop off half its leaves. For most things, this would be a weird time of year to lose a lot of leaves, but Chojubai is definitely off the weird shelf, designed to keep us guessing. Older Chojubai showing typical summer yellowing.