Cedar apple rust prevention on pink lady apple trees

[dreambig@84]

I just planted pink lady apple trees in newly cleared area for apple and pear orchard and was reading about how pink lady is susceptible to cedar apple rust. Does that mean I shouldn't use cedar woods chips and whats the spraying program to keep the pink ladies healthy in orchard as well as anything else outside of that gor building the soil back up from what was cleared? I was planning on adding micro clover around apple trees and Dutch white in rest of plot to help build soil and act to support pollinators

 

[dreambig@84]

I just planted pink lady apple trees in newly cleared area for apple and pear orchard and was reading about how pink lady is susceptible to cedar apple rust. Does that mean I shouldn't use cedar woods chips and whats the spraying program to keep the pink ladies healthy in orchard as well as anything else outside of that gor building the soil back up from what was cleared? I was planning on adding micro clover around apple trees and Dutch white in rest of plot to help build soil and act to support pollinators

I still have lots of cedar trees in this area

 

[habitat]

If you have cedars within a couple miles you will probably have spots on your apples.

 

[IowaBowHunter1983]

Easy to manage... per your fruit tree instructions.

The all-spectrum fruit tree sprays are inexpensive, easy, and affective.

The one thing I have to spray separately is imidacloprid for Japanese beetles. Speaking of Japanese beetles... I never understood that one. Farm in Madison got infested every single year. Farms in other counties never seen one.

 

[habitat]

easy to trap jap beetles,I haven't found a spray that stops CAR or fire blight

 

[IowaBowHunter1983]

easy to trap jap beetles,I haven't found a spray that stops CAR or fire blight

They hsve shown up by the seemingly millions. Beyond the scope of traps.

 

[habitat]

Are you already seeing them this year? In Kansas I don't see around my orchards but see them in town around water

 

[IowaBowHunter1983]

Are you already seeing them this year? In Kansas I don't see around my orchards but see them in town around water

No. They show up later in the season. But only at one location. Strange....

 

[Sligh1]

Rust, blight & really most other fungal issues: Dormant oil spray & copper in late winter, early spring. Covers tons of disease, insect, etc.

Myclobutinul & captan for growing season rust - label will tell u when - usually 2 sprayings.

Streptomycin sulfate for fire blight during season if above dormant with copper didn’t get it.

 

[booneriverbucks]

Yep!! Don’t spray fungicide on them. Most kill the crap out of apple trees

 

[habitat]

Thanks for spray info,if mine gets worse I will use it,I have tried to only plant resistant trees but have found that some nurseries must have got variety wrong.