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Fire Blight of Apples, Crabapples and Pears, HYG-3002-94
... thorough job of pruning out blighted wood in the dormant season and not in summer. Follow proper pruning and fertilization practices. Excessive nitrogen fertilizer and heavy pruning will promote ... bloom. Commercial growers should consider following a recommended spray program for fire blight. Sprays for fire blight control are generally not recommended for backyard growers. Instead, backyard ...
ohioline.osu.edu

FPHG -
... nearby trees. When pruning out blighted shoots, breaking out the shoots by hand is better than pruning them off since the bacteria that cause fire blight can be spread on pruning tools. Break out shoots 8 to 12 inches below the obviously blighted or killed wood to ensure the removal of all of the diseased wood. If pruning ...
ssfruit.cas.psu.edu

Fighting Fire blight
... usually consider pruning out blight when it is severe, I think that great benefit comes from pruning out blight in years when there is only a little blight. Experience ... blight" event. The "ugly stub" method would work better than leaving the diseased strikes in the orchard until winter. Dave Rosenberger, in the Hudson River Valley, advocates the "ugly stub method". Pruning Out Blight: Pruning out ...
www.canr.msu.edu

Deciduous Fruit for North Florida
... die back. Occasionally, the bush becomes too thick for easy harvesting. This is corrected by pruning out several of the leaders or branches. Blueberries require acid soils (pH 4.0 to ... be pruned severely. Moderate annual pruning is preferred to heavy pruning every 3 or 4 years. Heavy pruning causes less flowering and excessive vegetative growth which can promote fire blight. Peaches, nectarines and ...
edis.ifas.ufl.edu

lilac_care
... the arrangement in a cool area out of direct sunlight. Insects and Diseases Bacterial Blight This disease is appearing more often than in the past. Lilac blight as it is referred to, occurs ... Benomyl or another fungicide called Bordeaux which is a copper sulfate mixture. Pruning out infected areas is very important and pruning should be done 6 inches below infected areas and pruners must be ...
lilacs.freeservers.com

Cane Blight of Raspberries, HYG-3202-94
... which are reproductive bodies of the cane blight fungus, develop in the brown cankered bark. In wet weather, large numbers of microscopic spores ooze out of the pycnidia. This ooze gives the ... splashing rain and wind to nearby primocanes. Under moist conditions, the spores germinate and penetrate pruning wounds, insect punctures, fruit stem breaks and other wounds. After entry the fungus rapidly ...
ohioline.osu.edu

Shrubs I
... severe enough to warrant control measures. Prune out heavily infected foliage if it becomes unsightly. Southern Blight (fungus - Sclerotium rolfsii): Southern blight primarily attacks elaeagnus in the seedling stage ... a sunny area; (2) not crowding the plants; (3) avoiding overhead watering; (4) pruning out and destroying heavily disease branches; and (5) raking and destroying fallen leaves. ...
plantpathology.tamu.edu

FPHG -
... almost any dead, woody tissue and frequently is found in tissue killed by fire blight. Early leaf infections often are visible as a cone-shaped area on the tree, ... ; properly dispose of prunings by burial or burning. Remove all mummified fruit. Control fire blight by pruning out infected wood or controlling insect vectors. College of Agricultural Sciences | Extension | Publications Copyright -- ...
ssfruit.cas.psu.edu

Fire Blight Pruning
... Blight Pruning HORTICULTURE Prune Out Fire Blight in the Winter Mark Longstroth SW Michigan District Extension Educator for Horticulture & Marketing I often wonder where fire blight comes from in the Spring? I have ... very susceptible to fire blight and if you ignore the problem when it is small and manageable, it will grow into a disaster if conditions are right. Pruning out strikes during years ...
www.canr.msu.edu

FDIN002 Disease and Insect Management in the Home Orchard
... that sunlight can penetrate through the tree. Pruning should also be done to remove damaged and diseased wood and to stimulate new growth. Pruning out dead wood and removal of mummied fruit is ... . Apples During the early part of the growing season, apple scab, powdery mildew and fire blight are the principle disease problems. Apple scab affects both the fruit and foliage and infections ...
www.ces.ncsu.edu

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