Home Orchard Care
By: Jennifer, Arbico Organics
April, 2006

If your deciduous fruit trees are still dormant, give them a soaking with All Seasons Horticultural and Dormant Spray Oil. Many pests such as aphids, whitefly, scale, and spider mites are best controlled by this wintertime treatment. The spray solution can be more concentrated when there are no leaves on the plant, and your spray coverage can be far more thorough, getting into all the little nooks and crannies where over wintering critters lurk.

Spraying with some Liquid Copper Fungicide will also help prevent many diseases that can only be prevented by a timely dormant application, particularly Peach Leaf Curl and Shot-Hole Fungus. A final treatment at bud break is also recommended for improved disease prevention.

This is also the time to plan for any pests you may need to be monitoring this year. Consider using our very specific Pheromone Insect Lures, Traps & Trap Kits which are tailored to catch only the bugs you want to catch!

Remember, all this planning will turn into juicy peaches, crisp apples, tantalizing pears and more!