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  • From: "Dianne Stephany" <iluvdanc@rochester.rr.com>
  • To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Organic
  • Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 14:05:46 -0400

Hi, about the Gardens Alive stuff-
I use the Serenade to fight fire blight and peach leaf curl. I think it works great on Peach leaf curl when it is dry long enough to spray. This year it has rained 21 out of 23 days, we got a dry spell going - Sunday to Tuesday night this week. Serenade worked better than Neem and a dormant oil sulfur blend labled for peach leaf curl that I have tried. Organic is a quest, but I will do what I need to- to get fruit or flowers.

I tried pyola & Neem, neither worked on red leaf lilly beetle. I had to go to Sevin.
The apples and pears look ok with serenade - no fire blight blackened limbs or shoots.
I tried their pre emergent weed blocker for lawns- the pigeons ate all of it - corn based- or it didnt work at all..
My peach trees loved their kelp product, and all the trees liked their buildup formula for fruit trees.
I tried milky spore for beetles and grubs 7 yrs ago- I think it worked ok , we havent had to treat for lawn grubs since.

Hope this helps,
Dianne Stephany in Rochester, NY, zone 5 - 88 degrees today!




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