Ontario Fruit Explorers

["Thomas Olenio" <tolenio@sentex.net>]

Hi Biz,

You are away, but you can answer this on your return...

Your Lady apple produces spindly wood.  Could this be a loss of vigor due  
to powdery mildew?

Since both Lady (Api) and Court Pendu Plat are both ancient Italian  
apples, could they both be sensitive to PM?  My Court Pendu Plat will even  
stop new seasonal growth when PM gets bad.

Are the leaves normal on your Lady apple?  Is Lady known to be PM  
sensitive?

Something to think about.

http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/3000/3001.html
Damage from powdery mildew attack results in stunted growth. The foliage  
becomes distorted and twig growth is reduced. Also, the fruit surface may  
become russetted or discolored, and dwarfed. Heavily mildewed trees are  
weakened, and are more susceptible to other pests and winter injury.

Later,
Tom


On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 09:01:41 -0400, Thomas Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net>  
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I want to thank the person who suggested a milk spray (1 part milk to 9
> parts water) for powdery mildew.
>
> The apple I am using it on is very suseptible, and is recvering after a
> number of sprays.  This particular tree (court pendu plat) is my only  
> tree
> that has a PM sensitivity.  It had not put on new seasonal growth until a
> fes milk sprays had occurred.
>
> I am not organic, but every time I water the lawn the tree gets
> hit/rinsed, which requires re-application, and I do not want to spray
> dhemical fungicides that often.  I try to be careful not to hit the tree
> with sprinklers, but we have a backyard BBQ coming up and my wife wants
> the lawn green and soft.
>
> Does not appear that you can spray too much milk. I am spraying every 3
> days or so, or after the tree is hit by sprinklers.
>
> Sure is nice to spray something that works, that you do not have to be
> afraid of.
>
> Thanks,
> Tom



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