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["Dennis Norton" <dmnorton@royaloakfarmorchard.com>]

Shirley,

 

If you don't have a copy of the 2006 SOUTHEASTERN PEACH, NECTARINE AND
PLUM MANAGEMENT GUIDE you can see an on-line copy at http://www.ent.uga.edu/peach/peach_guide/spray_guide.htm and it will give you a spray schedule.  Your spray should be done before bud swell so I would do it NOW, since you say the buds are already swelling.  Then follow the recommended sequence after the initial spray.  Brown rot has to be monitored and treated on a regular basis after its initial presence ids found.  The management guide will also tell you what can be mixed with what.  If you have anymore questions on peach spraying, shoot me an e-mail.  I manage around 1,000 trees in Northern Illinois and have just finished putting together our IPM program for the 2006 season.  Also check out  http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/dp_hfrr/extensn/problems/pchbrnrt.htm for a good overview of a treatment program for brown rot.  Hope this helps!

 

Dennis Norton
Royal Oak Farm Orchard
http://www.royaloakfarmorchard.com

----- Original Message -----

From: Shirley Murphy

To: nafex

Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 12:08 PM

Subject: [NAFEX] Spraying fruit trees

The wonderful responses I had last year regarding brown rot on my peach trees were very much appreciated.  Armed with sulfur spray, Surround, Serenade, and Neem, I am prepared to do battle this year.  Buds are swelling but not yet opened.  Steve Saddler advised that the trees should be sprayed just before petal fall.  Would an earlier spray also be useful against any residual infection?  I understood that all of these products can be mixed and sprayed as one solution?  Will this solution be OK for all fruit and nut trees?  Are there any other considerations or suggestions? 

 

Shirley Murphy

West Tennessee, zone 7