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Sat, Jun 21, 14 at 14:42
| I live near Nashville TN. Is it too late in the year to spray my fruit trees with pesticide? I have a couple of cherry trees that have leaves that are turning yellow on one half of the tree - the other side is beautiful. Should I also spray my apple, pear, peach, and plum trees just for safe keeping? Last year I had a little trouble with black leaves in one area of my apple trees but they did ok till (this) spring when I pruned them back pretty hard (in early spring!). They are beautiful right now and I want to keep them that way... I don't want them to go through the same thing that they went through last year. I used to have apple trees back in the 80's that were already well established when we bought the land (in up-state New York). They guy told us to spray them "every year" to keep the worms out of them but I can't remember what season it was when we sprayed them! The rest of my fruit trees (on my land here in TN) never give me any trouble (only my apple and cherry trees) so I have never had to worry about spraying them. ALL the fruit trees on my land are between 4 to 6 years old and I've never sprayed them. |
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- Posted by harvestman 6 (My Page) on Sun, Jun 22, 14 at 9:34
| The most essential sprays are at petal fall (when flowers lose petals) and 10-14 days later for protecting fruit. After that it all depends on the pest complex in your region and your particular site, but it is usually too late to protect your crop if not sprayed previously. You need to know what you are spraying for before you spray. If you want specific advice in this regard (that is actually useful) you probably need to submit photos of symptoms. There is also the great resource of your county cooperative extension, where you can bring samples of damage and they can hopefully perform diagnosis and a treatment strategy. |
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| Wow...OK...too late for this season! Thanks so much for explaining that to me! It makes so much sense and is to the point - which I greatly appreciate. I have been putting off getting involved with my county cooperative extension...because...really, I just haven't taken the time to stop and search them out. But I will do that asap because I have so many fruit trees, a large veggie garden, a large flower garden, not to mention chickens and rabbits. I'm assuming they can help me with all of that if I have questions, which I ALWAYS do... |
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- Posted by harvestman 6 (My Page) on Sun, Jun 22, 14 at 11:19
| There are some TN growers who participate in this forum. Seek them out with another post and they can probably provide you with much more precise guidance than I could from my NY location. |
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