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SPRAYING FRUIT TREES

 

 

STAGE

TREATMENT

Dormant Spray

February to March

Orthorix (Lime Sulfur) & Dormant Oil

Green Tip

(When branch tips show green tissue)     Repeat at 10 day intervals until pre-bloom

Captan or Ferbam

Pre-bloom

(blossom buds begin to show)   Repeat at 10 day intervals until full pink

Captan or Ferbam

Full Pink

(blossom buds show full color before opening color before opening) Repeat at 10 until intervals until full bloom

Dragon Fruit Tree Spray

Full bloom

Do not spray pollinators.

Use fungicide only, such as Captan or Ferbam

Petal Fall

(When last petals have fallen from blossom)

Dragon Fruit Tree Spray

First Cover Spray

7 - 10 days after petal fall

Dragon Fruit Tree Spray

Second Cover Spray

14 days after first cover spray

Dragon Fruit Tree Spray

Remaining cover Spray

14 days after 2nd spray.   Repeat at 14 day intervals until 14 days prior to harvest

Dragon Fruit Tree Spray

Post harvest to leaf drop

 

Dragon Fruit Tree Spray