My apples are leafed out but not close to blooming. My peach and apricots are close to blooming and my pears look like they are at least a week form leafing out.
Can someone explain when to spray fruit trees to ensure a good disease free yield (apples, peaches cherries and plums in my orchard) My plums fall off before they are close to being ripe, peaches sometimes fall off too...apples should yield this year with cherries.
I have 30 or so mature apple trees at my place upstate. Last year I missed the blossoms, but I had virtually no apples; less than a dozen on 2 trees. A neighbor, who also has a bunch, said it was due to a late frost. Is that accurate?
Frank, there is no easy answer to your question. How old are your trees? Are they showing any signs of disease? How big are the fruits when they fall off? Do you water? Are they getting enough sun? What are you spraying with now? What varieties of each do you have? There are different diseases that need sprayed at different times with different sprays.
Thanks for providing the little bit of hope Dutch, the blossoms are not black yet. These trees draw the deer into the back yard thru out the fall and winter seasons.
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