After a few years of watching and waiting for a peach tree I planted to bear fruit, it finally did this year. Unfortunately, it was unable to produce during those first few years because of peach leaf ...

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A: It depends on the pest. If you find scale on the trees, spray dormant oil when it's 45 to 70 degrees. Plum curculio also can be a problem. This whitish to yellow-white, legless grub with a brown ...

Question: What is dormant spray? I was told to use it on my fruit trees, but I don’t know what it is. Thanks. Answer: Dormant sprays are sprays used on fruit trees during the winter, the dormant ...

Q: When should I be dormant spraying my fruit trees? Earlier this year I asked about peach leaf curl on my peach tree and was told that prevention in the form of at least two dormant sprays was the ...

FRUIT TREES can be a welcome addition to any garden, providing delicious healthy fruit for several months of the year. However, insect infestations can impact fruit trees causing them to look ...

Fruit trees are budding or will soon bud out. This is an important time to begin applying fungicides to trees that had a fungal leaf disease last season. Apples and crabapples are often infected by ...

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ENRICH SOIL: Spring and early summer vegetables planted back last March, like snap beans, cucumbers, squash and tomatoes, often finish up in the next few weeks. When you remove them, you could plant a ...

The almost-daily rain we had this spring really put a damper on fruit tree spraying. Pesticides work best if they are applied at least 24 hours before a rain. When a rain happens before the next spray ...

When do I prune and spray peach trees? We’re reluctant to use sprays but want to salvage some peaches this year. Peach trees are not pruned when dormant like other fruit trees. Prune between ...