What is the best insecticide for apple trees?
Spinosad. Spinosad products are effective against some apple tree fruit pests, including codling moth, apple pandemis, leafrollers and apple maggot (Rhagoletis pomonella). It is a microbial product that kills insects in two ways, contact and ingestion.
What to spray on apple trees after they bloom?
Use insecticidal sprays during the growing season to protect fruit trees against insects. Apply insecticidal sprays at 2-week intervals from green tip until bloom, and from petal drop until harvest for general insect control.
How often should I spray my apple trees?
Controls pests on contact. Pests must be present for spray to be effective. Application: Follow the label. Apply as directed, every 10 days, up to 6 times per season (max) as needed.
Can I spray vinegar on fruit trees?
Ideally, you should be using vinegar to spray areas in and around the garden, not directly on your plants. Vinegar is also great for chasing fruit flies away from your fruit trees and plants. Simply soak a few items in vinegar and strategically place them around your garden.
What kind of spray do you use on apple trees?
Dormant Sprays or dormant oils are a horticultural oil sprayed on the tree trunk and limbs during your apple trees dormant cycle. The horticultural oil kills insects wintering in the bark of your apple trees. It is good for killing scale insects, mite eggs, and aphid eggs. Typically, this only requires one application.
How often should I spray my apple tree with dormant oil?
A dormant-oil spray will suffocate any insect eggs, like mites and aphids, that may have survived over the winter. Spray with dormant oil every two to three weeks over the growing season. Do not spray during the blooming period, as it will affect–and possibly kill–the pollinating bees.
What kind of fertilizer to use on apple trees?
Fertilizers are available in various forms including liquid sprays and slow-releasing granular. A foliar spray fertilizer designed for apple trees needs to thoroughly coat the leaves, but do not apply it in an excessive amount where the fertilizer drips off the foliage.
Which is the best fungicide to use on apple trees?
Both these fungicides work well for preventing apple scab. Both products are listed for apple, cherry, peach, plum and grapes. Myclobutanil is very rain fast so excellent to use in May when rainy weather is frequent (applying both Captan and myclobutanil together in the tank mix when forecast is wet in spring provides great apple scab protection).