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Fruit Tree Spray - Bee Friendly
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Posted by nick_17815_pa NE_PA z6 (My Page) on Wed, Apr 9, 08 at 17:03
Please help, do any of you have fruit trees that you spray and don't hurt your bees? I'd like to spray my trees, and I went looking for some dormancy oil (which I couldn't find) and I did find some disease and fungus prevention spray, but it said it wasn't good for bees.
Please help!
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RE: Fruit Tree Spray - Bee Friendly
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| That's a real problem. Dormant oil spray (often mineral oil and lime sulfur) is good to use only before the tree begins to leaf out, and I think you're too late. Typically, bees are only around fruit trees during blossoming, but spraying into the atmosphere at other times can still affect bees which have to share the air. |
RE: Fruit Tree Spray - Bee Friendly
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I'm not too late here in PA. The buds are barely thinking about swelling on my trees. So I'm guessing if I can get some dormant oil spray ASAP I should be good to use it with bees on my property.
I was hoping there was some type of organic spray that will keep spots and that type of them in check and not be an insecticide. |
RE: Fruit Tree Spray - Bee Friendly
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| No - pesticide residue remains, bees will avoid it but they'll still pick it up best I can recommend is research "Peaceful Valley" and others that sell lacewings, praying mantis and ladybugs... for fungus, mildew and those things I wash the plants and trees well with water from a hose then use straight baking
soda start identifying single issues and finding the organic treatment for that one thing dishsoap - is especially effective sprayed directly on bad bugs |
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