Q: We have several fruit trees in our backyard. One of them is a plum tree. For the first time, we have lots of plums on the tree. The problem is that the plums keep falling off as soon as they get ...

Question: What is dormant spray? I was told to use it on my fruit trees, but I don’t know what it is. Thanks. Answer: Dormant sprays are sprays used on fruit trees during the winter, the dormant ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Beetle kill is real. My fear of losing majestic pine trees around our neighborhood and in our yard is palpable. Witnessing the loss of seven big trees on a ...

The almost-daily rain we had this spring really put a damper on fruit tree spraying. Pesticides work best if they are applied at least 24 hours before a rain. When a rain happens before the next spray ...

This is the perfect time of year to be thinking about spraying trees during their dormant season. I’ll give two examples of conditions which warrant spraying: fungal infection and pest infestation.

Maybe gardeners aren’t busy in Minnesota or Iowa during the winter, but for gardeners living in the Mojave Desert, it is probably our busiest time of year. I’m asked about spraying dormant oils on ...

SILVERTHORNE, Colo. ” The chemicals local towns and neighborhoods are spraying to prevent the spread of the pine beetle could be contaminating local water supplies, according to the ...

CARBONDALE ” The Carbondale trustees on Tuesday took another look at their June 19 decision to spray pine trees on town prop­erty, and this time the vote went the opposite way. Two weeks ago, the ...

Jun. 2—A government-funded campaign has begun spraying insecticides and biological agents on 240,000 acres of Maine's North Woods infested with spruce budworm, a voracious forest pest that killed ...

DILLON – The Dillon Town Council has given the town’s public works department the green light to spend $5,000 to administer a chemical spray to prevent pine beetle kill on 500 lodgepole pines in the ...

WASHINGTON — The District’s annual effort to quash the stench of ginkgo fruit is set to begin Monday, May 1. Each spring, the District Department of Transportation sprays female ginkgo trees with a ...

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