Preventative Spraying Program Begins Late Fall! Thanksgiving signals the time to start dormant spray for fruit trees. Especially for the prevention of Shot Hole Fungus and Peach Leaf Curl!! Even before trees are leafless in winter, they benefit from applications of disease control products.
Thanksgiving, New Year’s and Valentine’s Day are holidays around which you should consider treating.
The first spraying should be just prior to or at leaf fall (about the first freeze of winter). A second spraying one week later helps ensure complete coverage. The plants’ bark contracts with the onset of cold weather sealing in disease-causing organisms such as shot hole fungus and peach leaf curl. It is, therefore, essential to spray before heavy frost or freezing weather sets in.
Spray with Bonide Liquid Copper Fungicide or Monterey Liqui-Cop. If rains occur within 48 hours of applying, reapply spray.
Clean Up Your Garden
Debris will harbor insects and diseases. A good general garden clean-up, removing leaves, spent flower heads, old fruits, nuts, dead and broken branches eliminates insect and disease hiding places. Although a potential problem in the garden, these materials are perfect candidates for the compost pile as long as your compost pile generates sufficient heat to kill insects, their eggs, and diseases. For more information, visit www.stopwaste.org
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