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Spraying fruit trees
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gkowen
Rochester, WA
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January 30, 2011 - 6:34 pm

What is your method for spraying fruit trees? Do you try to follow each and every limb or do you try to just use a mist to cover the tree. I usually use a mist and circle the tree a couple times. I am just wondering how others do it.

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John S
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January 31, 2011 - 6:06 pm

I spray compost tea twice a year when fully leafed out: June and September.
John S
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greenthumb37
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January 31, 2011 - 6:16 pm

Most sprays call for complete coverage, some to the point of beginning to drip. So a mist that completely covers works best for me. I adjust the droplet size as necessary to reach the top of the trees and start at the top and work drop changing to finer droplet size as I go.

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Oregon Woodsmoke
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February 1, 2011 - 9:37 am

Combination of both. I mist from the top, from underneath, from every side, inside the tree and from the outside.

I'll also follow the main branches. It's really more of a project than I can do to follow every branch on my big trees.

I use a hose end sprayer and because it gets everything wet, I can actually see what has been sprayed and what has been missed.

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gkowen
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February 1, 2011 - 9:52 am

That's what I am trying to figure out. How to know I get complete coverage. I have never been successful at eliminating peach leaf curl completely. Thanks for the responses. I am going to have to brew up more compost tea this year too. I have the stuff to make some good aerobic brews.

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John S
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February 1, 2011 - 9:00 pm

I think Elaine Ingham says 70% coverage or more on compost tea is optimal.
JohnS
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