Fruit Tree Spray: Natural or Organic or Homemade
An organic or a natural or even a homemade fruit tree spray is every bit as capable of gettting rid of the overwintering insects and insects eggs lodged in the bark of your trees before they hatch and begin multiplying.
Any of the following natural & organic fruit tree spray will do the job: A Dormant Spray mixture, the horticultural oil and water mixture only, a natural homemade spray mixture.
1. Organic Fruit Tree Spray: Dormant Spray Combination (“Combo”)
The Dormant Spray Mixture is a very well-known organic fruit tree spray. Its downside is that it must be used only in early spring while the tree is still dormant and before the buds break.
This organic fruit tree spray , the Dormant Spray, is usually comprised of two ingredients which must be mixed according to specific instructions.
The first ingredient, the horticultural Oil, is used to smother all overwintering insects and/or their eggs (one of the reasons why the spraying must be done in early spring before the insect eggs hatch).
The second ingredient, lime sulphur, is a natural fungicide which kills dormant fungus spores or bacteria on the plant. This organic fruit tree spray can be used as a combination of the two ingredients (Horticultural oil and lime sulphur), or you may choose to use the horticultural oil only.
2. Another Organic Fruit Tree Spray: Horticultural Oil/ Water Only
Horticultural oil fruit tree spray
If you have no fungus or bacteria problem, you may want to spray with the agricultural Oil and water mixture only. Different amounts of agricultural oil can be bought at your local gardening center.
I did use this Dormant Spray Combo on my peach, pear, apple, plum, and cherry trees for a few years, but since I was working every day, I found it difficult being able to do the spraying when the weather was just right.
Therefore, I then switched to spraying with only the horticultural oil/water mixture especially since horticultural oil can be used all summer as long as it is not sprayed when it’s really hot outside.
3. Homemade Fruit Tree Spray
However, one day I came across this homemade fruit tree spray recipe which I could make with ingredients found in the kitchen or at a gardening center. Not only could I use this natural homemade fruit tree spray early in the spring but also throughout the summer whenever I felt it was needed. I had to test it on new foliage, but generally speaking, the fruit trees just loved this fruit tree spray which was made up of natural ingredients, easy to make, and easy to spray.
I got to the point where I kept this spray on hand and used it on all my plants except evergreens. For example; I used it on all my fruit trees, ornamental trees if needed, and all my roses (everblooming, tea roses, miniature roses) — wherever I felt insects were present and I wanted to get rid of them.
I felt this spray was better for the environment and I did not have to worry about residual poison on my fruit or killing the bees. I could spray fruit trees even in the daytime, although I would not recommend spraying when the temperature is above 80 degrees F.(30 Celsius)
If you are interested in finding out more about this natural homemade fruit tree spray, you will find the recipe and detailed explanations at my other blog, PestControlOptions.com and look for the article “ Homemade Fruit Tree Spray” .
So rather than using synthetic insecticides/ pesticides which can be detrimental to you and the environment, you may want to consider using one of the environmentally safe Natural or Organic or Homemade fruit tree spray.
Marcie
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Thanks iMy apple season is over now. After harvest can I do any spray to my apple tree.
Hi Vinay
This homemade spray can be used any time in spring, summer, or fall. Do not spray when the weather gets below zero because the freezing/thawing of the water on the trunk of your trees will cause it to crack open and then the bugs will get in.
Marcie
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Hi marcie I want to know what is the right time to pruning I have stil some leaves on tree can I do right now ? What spray I can do after prune my tree? And what is solution for trunk dissess?
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Hi Vinay
First of all different trees or shrubs each have its own special
time when it should be pruned. Some are pruned in the fall, others are pruned after they flower in the spring, and some it doesn’t matter. I suggest you check with your gardening center and identify your tree. Then you can research on the internet by first typing google.com and once you get that page type in the name of your tree. Another option is to go to an online nursery such as
http://A1gardening-landscapingsupplies.com, and go to the proper category and look up the information on your tree.
As for spraying your tree, if you have rough winters like we have in Canada, it’s too late to spray your tree. You must wait till spring to do that. If you look on your right hand sidebar, you will see links to articles explaining how and when to do your spraying.
Personally, I always like to spray as early as possible in the spring when the temperature remains above zero at night. Although any of the natural, organic, or homemade sprays will all work fine, my preference is the homemade spray which can be used from spring till fall. It can be found at http://www.pestcontroloptions.com
and look on the sidebar index on your right for homemade fruit tree spray.
All trees and shrubs I used it on loves this homemade spray.
If the link does not work, copy and paste into the browser.
Marcie
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Hi i want to know that can i mix dodine with dormat oil for my first spray of apple.
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Hi
I have no idea what dodine is so I cannot give you an answer on that one. It’s much safer for your trees if you get the kit which contains the two items which can be mixed from a nursery. In these kits you will find the right products to mix together.
Frankly unless you have serious fungi problems with your tree, my first choice would be the homemade spray even for the first spray. The recipe is found on my pestcontroloptions.com blog http://pestcontroloptions.com/.....tree-spray My second choice would be horticultural oil with water, and the mixture would be my last choice.
I presume you’ve read the two articles about how to spray and what to spray which are listed on the right.
When I did use the mixture, I always bought my kit. As mentioned, I hated spraying with sulfur, and in the end when I found out that my homemade spray did just as good a job, I used the homemade spray for all my spraying and the trees loved it.
Just be careful with the stuff you mix. Be sure that the chemicals can be mixed before you do mix them. After all, you want to kill the bugs, not the trees. And if you use the homemade spray, you will be nourishing them as you are protecting them.
Marcie