As Skip mentioned, Imidacloprid.
I spray both these together. Seems to do the trick on all.
Apple/Pear Trees
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I spray both these together. Seems to do the trick on all.
Ha.... yup. I do that with everything just to avoid screwing up. I tend to be in a hurry.
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….
Managing Japanese beetles in fruit crops
View the different control methods and insecticide, including organic, options for minimizing Japanese beetles on your farm.
www.canr.msu.edu
This is what is in that Bonide fruit tree spray.
3rd years trees growing in my nursery. To say they are doing well is an understatement.
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.
Hardwood11
It is going to be a good fall!
That is a serious drought ! Unbelievable. How are the crops in your area ?
Bad. Beans won't make much if somthing doesn't change. Corn is curling and I saw some turning brown.
Daver
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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.
SB3
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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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How did it taste?
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sirrloin
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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!