We decide whether to spray for buck moth caterpillars based on how large the population was in your trees last spring, adult populations observed in the fall, the observation of many caterpillar ...

After a few years of watching and waiting for a peach tree I planted to bear fruit, it finally did this year. Unfortunately, it was unable to produce during those first few years because of peach leaf ...

Q: We have several fruit trees in our backyard. One of them is a plum tree. For the first time, we have lots of plums on the tree. The problem is that the plums keep falling off as soon as they get ...

Spongy moth caterpillars are crawling — or falling — back into Park Ridge this summer, and the city is preparing to counter the hordes with two rounds of targeted spraying in an attempt to prevent ...

This is the perfect time of year to be thinking about spraying trees during their dormant season. I’ll give two examples of conditions which warrant spraying: fungal infection and pest infestation.

Q: When should I be dormant spraying my fruit trees? Earlier this year I asked about peach leaf curl on my peach tree and was told that prevention in the form of at least two dormant sprays was the ...