Q: When should I be dormant spraying my fruit trees? Earlier this year I asked about peach leaf curl on my peach tree and was told that prevention in the form of at least two dormant sprays was the ...

Celebrating seasonal holidays usually pulls us away from routine garden maintenance, often happily so, but as it happens winter holidays happen to coincide with a spray schedule for dormant fruit and ...

The chill in the air reminds gardeners that it’s time to start winter chores. Spraying of dormant oils on deciduous fruit and nut trees, roses and other ornamentals can diminish the incidence of ...

If you have a fruit tree, you know that gardeners are not the only ones who enjoy the bounty of the harvest. There are many pests — such as scales, aphids and mites — that feast on the tender plant ...

CORVALLIS – Just when you’re ready for a long winter’s nap, it’s time to tend your fruit trees. If you don’t, chances are they’ll struggle in the coming season. Giving them attention now helps ward ...

After a few years of watching and waiting for a peach tree I planted to bear fruit, it finally did this year. Unfortunately, it was unable to produce during those first few years because of peach leaf ...

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 ...

Q: For the past couple of years I have sprayed my peach and pear trees with a dormant spray but I have still been plagued with peach leaf curl or fire blight. What can I do control these diseases? A: ...

Prevention is the best medicine for fighting diseases on apples and other fruit trees Face next season's fruit tree disease and pest problems by making a preventative strategy now. Since late winter ...

There are a multitude of ways of killing bugs and insects and such in our gardens and on our fruit trees or bushes. One way is to use an insecticide that kills the bug or insect on contact or when the ...

Dormant – in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation. I know this is referring to plants at rest in winter but, all I can see is that ninja fighter making a spectacular mid-air kick and ...

[Celebrating seasonal holidays usually pulls us away from routine garden maintenance, often happily so, but as it happens winter holidays happen to coincide with a spray schedule for dormant fruit and ...