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Fruit Tree Spray Help

14 years ago

I have some 3yr old fruit trees I planted last season. So this is my first season having them in the ground the entire summer. I need some help on spraying.

1. Regarding fire blight for my pear and apple trees. I have some Copper Soap (Ortho's Disease B Gon Copper Fungicide) which says it should do the trick at preventing any fire blight.

I have read that I am to spray this every 3-5 days during the bloom period, and then stop when the petals fall. Is this correct? I don't want to kill my pollinators.

2. Regarding general orchard spray. I have some Bonide Fruit Tree Spray (captan, malathion, carbaryl) and I just want to confirm that as soon as I start to see the color from the flowers appear I should start spraying every 2 weeks. Then when the flowers are in full bloom I stop. Then I start up spraying again a little while after the petals fall. Is this correct?

3. Finally, regarding my cherry trees. They don't get fire blight so I do not need to spray during bloom, but I have read that I should spray captan during bloom. Is this correct? Will it hurt the bees?

Thanks in advance!

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