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["Dianne Stephany" <iluvdanc@rochester.rr.com>]

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!