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Apple/Pear Trees

Brushed some trees with the canopy of the tractor while mowing weeds last weekend and got explosions of Japanese beetles. What do you spray? They denuded a couple of wildlife apple trees 2 years ago and I would like to avoid a repeat.


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As Skip mentioned, Imidacloprid.

I spray both these together. Seems to do the trick on all.
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I like how you write the dilution on the jug. If I read the instructions once, don’t care to do it again.


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Brushed some trees with the canopy of the tractor while mowing weeds last weekend and got explosions of Japanese beetles. What do you spray? They denuded a couple of wildlife apple trees 2 years ago and I would like to avoid a repeat.


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I’d do 3 things:
Imidacloprid & two more…. Carbaryl, malathion or bifenthrin
I pry would do a fungicide at same time like: captan, Merivon, agri-phos, etc. Captan be cheap and effective to make Simple.


I looked up some university info on it. I didn’t read through but this has Japanese beetles & fruit trees in article….
 
That Bonide is what I have been using. Sprayed on Monday again as I saw some Japanese beetles on the leaves. Seems to work pretty well.
 
Where are you guys getting your arkasas black trees with the good root stock for Iowa? Would love to put in a couple of them.
 
Where are you guys getting your arkasas black trees with the good root stock for Iowa? Would love to put in a couple of them.
ACN out of pa, Van well nursery in WA has them. Start there. Get Elma-111 rootstock. If no Luck - fire back.
 
No rain in 5 weeks. Not a drop. Nothing in forecast. The good ol hole-in-the-bucket method of watering in action.

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As someone that struggled with getting fruit trees established, although I haven't messed with them for several years now. Several times I was foiled by drought and also by poor choices as to where to place the trees and how to effectively protect them from critters, etc. But mainly drought got me.

But, I am anticipating trying again in the future, so I am curious about your method above. How big of a hole do you make and how long does the 5 gallons last? I assume that you have had success with this approach...it looks like it could work. I thought about doing something similar with a small section of soaker hose and a larger bucket, but have yet to implement that idea.
 
I have ten gold rush and enterprise apple trees in my food plots that are just starting to produce apples. I prune them but don’t spray. I‘v seen some things about drenches for insect control on fruit trees. Anyone have experience with them?
 
This Enterprise or Liberty sure makes a purdy no spray apple.

Tag was swiped by something, but I remember it was one of the two varieties.

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Pics from today. Regular open apple tree. Then a Younger apple I grew from seed, in tube, has apples. One thing I like about tubes…. Keeps the coons out. Coons are yet one more obstacle to fruit trees. Want every last one dead! ;).
 
That's super impressive! I planted 20 trees this spring (Rockingham Red, Yates, Keener, Virginia Winesap) from Century Farms. All have been doing awesome and are caged with 4ft wire and mulched. Already have another 20 coming next spring (Newtown Pippin, Hewe's Crab, Blacktwig and Swiss Limbertwig). Been focusing more on some of the later dropping varieties. I have to ask what your fertilizer schedule looked like, those are doing fantastic!
 
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