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It's easy to remember when to spay your home orchard: Thanksgiving, Christmas and Valentine's Day.
Dormant sprays will help you combat disease and insects all years if done correctly. Spraying 3 times a year will prevent and stop coddling moth and peach leaf curl. There are two types or categories of oils to control mites, insects, eggs, and some fungal problems. Fungicides kill the fungus and diseases.
Geese discovered the forbidden fruit
For best result for your home orchard use an oil and a fungicide. Lime sulfur can be combined with oil only during the dormant period. Cooper needs to be sprayed separately from oil.
Caution: With all pesticides you should read the entire label prior to use and only buy what you need for one season. Remember just because you use an organic pesticides does not mean it cannot be toxic. Wear proper clothing and be careful.
Dormant
Posted by Anonymous on 2008-Nov-17 at 09:08 - Link
Don't know why, but every time I looked at the post and saw "dormant" I read it as "dormouse". Made for very odd reading!
Oh, by the way, I tagged you on a meme post on my blog.
This blog is primary about my activities on my farmette. Currently I am the caretaker of 2 goats, 3 dogs, 2 cats, ducks and chickens.I have a varitey of chickens but my two favorite breeds are Welsummers and Lakenvelders. I garden using the Mittleider Method Gardening which I have a lot of success using.
Geese discovered the forbidden fruit
This blog is primary about my activities on my farmette. Currently I am the caretaker of 2 goats, 3 dogs, 2 cats, ducks and chickens.I have a varitey of chickens but my two favorite breeds are Welsummers and Lakenvelders. I garden using the Mittleider Method Gardening which I have a lot of success using.
