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Mon, Sep 8, 14 at 10:17
| What caused deformed pears? I have a lot of Bartlettes that turned out that way . Pears with hard dents or knots in them> |
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- Posted by spartan-apple (My Page) on Mon, Sep 8, 14 at 11:16
| Curculio. I have that problem this year despite using Imidan. I blame it on all the rain we got this past June. Nothing would stick when raining heavily 2-3 days a week. Many of my pears have a sunken spot. When eating, the spot is hard like a rock even though the rest of the pear is ripe. Lot so curculio hits on my apples too. At least on apple they are just cosmetic and I can peel or cut the lump away. |
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- Posted by loneranger_grow (My Page) on Mon, Sep 8, 14 at 11:28
| Geeze,,yet another pesty problem. That is exactly what I had. Some kind of fungus? I'll have to research it.Would Immunos have helped,? Imidan? I'll have to research that too. |
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- Posted by loneranger_grow (My Page) on Mon, Sep 8, 14 at 11:37
| I see now, it's another bug. I should have guessed. I am growing fruit in S Iowa. Up in N-Mi, I did not have half of these bugs. Important spraying at pedal fall. I did that, but a lot of rain probably hurt me too. My apples did not seem to have them though? |
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- Posted by Appleseed70 6 MD (My Page) on Mon, Sep 8, 14 at 11:58
| loneranger...for most of us Plum Curculio (PC) is not just "another bug". It is the worst, most vile creature on the planet. You had them in N-Mi too. Imidan (Phosmet) is an agricultural pesticide and is one known to be effective for PC. None of the over the counter stuff including Triazicide will effectively control them. I know this because I've tried them all and at heavy application rates and many sprays. PC laughs in their face. |
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