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Subject: Re: [nafex] Fire blight from apple pruning cuts
Date: Thu, 9 May 2013 16:44:25 -0700
An excellent article on fire blight-- most of their "Pest Notes" are. http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7414.html >you might check your
own state or local county extension information since this is dry
California.
Idell Weydemeyer
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Subject: Re: [nafex] Fire blight from apple pruning cuts
Al, I had a horrible problem with fireblight this winter, and I never had
such a problem until this year. I painted over all the big winter cuts
once I saw the problem in midwinter. I did my main pruning in spring and
did not paint over those cuts but have also not had problems with it - so
far I have no fireblight this spring.
If you want to paint over every cut get some of that spray paint sealer, its
fast to hit every cut with it with a little blip of a spray.
I admit I don't really understand whats going on since there is no standard
guideline I have heard about painting over cuts to prevent fireblight. My
thinking now is there were some warm streaks of rainy weather in late fall /
early winter that caused an unusual outbreak of fireblight.
Scott z7 MD
On May 9, 2013, at 1:04 PM, Alan Yelvington <alany@semparpac.org> wrote: