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Dennis Norton wrote:
I know that Ashmeads's Kernel is moderately
susceptible to scab, but I'm not sure about Pitsmaston Pineapple. If you
had scab last season and did not remove the overwintering leaves or any mummies
from the ground, you will definitely get scab this season. Have you used
any sprays for scab this season?
I religiously remove all fallen leaves and debris
under the trees. They sit on 9-foot-wide beds, heavily mulched with
shredded cedar bark. I'm an organic grower and do as little as possible to
avoid spraying the fruit. That's why I bag. I use dormant oil and
lime sulfur at pruning, need seed oil spray at pink bud and again at petal
fall. Other than a clean-up spray of neem seed oil in late autumn, that's
all I do. Despite the scab, the trees look very healthy and produce
blemish-free, tasty fruit. Is there something else I could spray that
qualifies as organic?
Doreen Howard
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