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How to use dormant oil spray for fruit trees

Be proactive this spring and do something to control insects or diseases on your fruit trees before problems arise during the growing season.
Growing fruit trees, especially apple or pear trees, can be fun and successful, but understand that you are required to monitor pests carefully. An outbreak of codling moth, for example, from an ...
Winter is tough on fruit trees. Very cold temperatures, heavy snow or ice, pests, and diseases can leave you with damaged or unproductive plants the next year. But if you take the time to winterize ...
Fruit trees don't always need fertilizer. Here's how to tell if they do.