Apply a dormant-oil spray for fruit trees, per the manufacturer's instructions, in early spring--while the tree is still dormant, and as soon as green shoots appear onthe apple tree. A dormant-oil spray will suffocate any insect eggs, like mites and aphids, that may have survived over t...
When the buds on your plum tree being to show color but have not opened yet, it’s time to spray again. Keep the Oriental fruit moth and the twig borer under control by applyingBacillius thuriengensisto the trees. Also apply captan to control plum pockets, brown rot, leaf curl and sca...
Due to the increasing concerns about the impact of fungicides on the ecosystem (especially reducing the biodiversity of non-target and beneficial microbes), human health, and fungicide resistance, researchers are exploring new eco-friendly alternative strategies in the management of fungal disease in fo...