Re: [gardeners] Raintree Nursery Apples?
Wendy Arons (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Mon, 29 Jan 2001 10:21:01 -0500
David--you don't have to spray!!! It's expensive and bad for you and
bad for the environment!!!
Just a few months ago the magazine Organic Gardening ran an issue
with the cover story "Confessions of an Apple Grower" about how to
get fruit from fruit trees w/out spraying. And this month's issue
has a followup (I just read it, but I don't remember all the
details), encouraging fruit tree growers to resist the urge to spray.
There are organic alternatives, esp. a new pheromone bait that pulls
the disease carrying bugs away from your trees and onto sticky traps.
I don't have the article in front of me (it's at home, I'm at work)
but I'd be happy to give the reference/details if there's any
interest.
Wendy