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Bradford Pear Leaf Blackening: Transplant Shock, Not Fire Blight


Leaf picture

Young Bradford pear leaves black in middle. Not blight. What to do?

Diagnosis: Transplant Shock / Environmental

Recently planted trees often show leaf scorch/blackening from root loss. Not fire blight (which kills shoot tips in "shepherd's crook").

Action: Nothing Now

  • Fall—tree shutting down
  • Don't fertilize, don't spray
  • Mulch, water if dry
  • Expect normal leaf-out next spring

Patience is the treatment.

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