Question: What is dormant spray? I was told to use it on my fruit trees, but I don’t know what it is. Thanks. Answer: Dormant sprays are sprays used on fruit trees during the winter, the dormant ...

Prevention is the best medicine for fighting diseases on apples and other fruit trees Face next season's fruit tree disease and pest problems by making a preventative strategy now. Since late winter ...

Winter in the garden means it’s time to get out the dormant spray. If your fruit trees and garden produced more disease than fruit and flowers this year, you should think about using a preventive ...

Q: I have two crabapple trees that had a bad outbreak of rust disease this year. As the leaves fall, I've been cleaning them up as directed. It has been suggested that in early November I spray the ...

Exobasidium leaf spot disease on a blueberry plant. TIFTON — UGA plant pathologist Phil Brannen and Jeff Davis County Extension Coordinator Tim Varnedore have studied the treatment strategy since 2013 ...

Q: For the past couple of years I have sprayed my peach and pear trees with a dormant spray but I have still been plagued with peach leaf curl or fire blight. What can I do control these diseases? A: ...

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Two important fungicides that home gardeners have used for years to control peach leaf curl have been withdrawn from the market. Home garden uses of lime sulfur spray (calcium polysulfide) were ...