[Apple-Crop] Ideas on FB

[lee elliott]

For the first year ever I havent seen any FB here is western Illinois, could it be th 86 degree days we had burned it out, I believe FB burns out after a few hot days, some dont believe this but experience has taught me it is true, Shoot bligt and root sucker blight has allways been a problem, I am sceptical that these antobiotic sprays work at all, only good for the blooms and chemical dealers, Copper does work well on young hursery and non-bearing trees that get shoot blight where your not woried about fruit finish, My person opiniion, low soil levels of copper, (do a leaf anayisis) make the tree stressed and contribute to FB. Just my 2 cents worth, Lee Elliott, Upstart Nursery, Winchester Illinois