We also experience scab and mildew. My advice is to look at the university research on scab and also on mildew. They are associated with temperature and wetting periods (rain) and therefore require treatment based on their reproduction around rain and temperature. Scab will get worse, the longer it ...

I'm in need of some fungicides and my local elevator can order specialty products, but only in minimum quantity lots that are more than I need. I have around 800 trees and I'm doing IPM so I'm targeting specific problems with specific products. Anyway, anybody getting products from a wholesaler that...

I did notice that this condition does not appear on any tree that has been cut back. I only cut back the trees that were damaged in shipping. We've had plenty rain and they're irrigated, and there isn't really any vegetation in the field yet. I should have mentioned that these are semi-dwarf.

I went out into my orchard yesterday and noticed that my Zestar apple trees have some type of disease or die back on the top of the central leader working its way down. The orchard was planted about a month ago and only the Zestar are showing this issue. Probably about 10 or so out of 72 Zestars hav...

Anybody use heavy construction paper around their new apple trees to discourage rabbits etc? How did/does it work?