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- From: "Eddie Earles" <jas39a@earthlink.net>
- To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [NAFEX] where to purchase?
- Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 18:46:24 -0500
Brown rot--any of the more common fungicides
(Ferbam, Maneb, Benlate, Captan....available at any farm supply store) should
control these. The trick is to spray at the RIGHT TIME. Make certain
that your first spray is at pink bud; the second spray is at petal fall; and
subsequent sprays are at 7-to-10-day intervals until about 2 weeks before
harvest. With peaches, you should also thin the fruit so that the fruits
don't touch each other. Also, pick up and destroy any fruit mummies under your
tree in the fall, before Winter sets in.
Cherry fruit fly worm--I have no experience with
this pest, and cannot recommend a treatment.
Plum Curculio--The only thing that I have found
that controls these is a product called Imidan. It is an organophosphate
insecticide that is pretty toxic. You should apply your first spray at
petal fall, and at least 3 more cover sprays at 7-to-10-day intervals. (You
may need more, depending upon the climate and infestation level in your area.)
If you have a hard rain during this period, you will need to respray the
next morning at dawn. (Even with all this, you can't expect complete control. 70
to 75 percent control is doing pretty well.)
I heard that Imidan was delisted for home use, but
I don't know if this is true or not. If it is, you will have a hard time
acquiring it, and probably, a hard time controlling this noxious pest. I
doubt that you can get it through the mail.
Curculios overwinter in the soil underneath stone
fruit trees. Clean-cultivating the soil underneath the drip-line of your
trees will help, if there aren't wild stone fruits (wild cherry, wild plum, etc)
within a half-mile or so of your orchard.
Eddie Earles
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[NAFEX] where to purchase?,
Deb S, 02/08/2009
- Re: [NAFEX] where to purchase?, Eddie Earles, 02/08/2009
- Re: [NAFEX] where to purchase?, Stephen Sadler, 02/09/2009
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