[Apple-Crop] Ideas on FB

[kuffelcreek at kuffelcreek.com]

A long, cool spring here in Southern California allowed quite a few FB
strikes, three days in the low to mid-90's stopped it in its tracks. 
Formerly limp shoots with sticky ooze and now crispy and dry, and pruned
stumps do not get re-infection.  That's all I'll see of it until next
spring, weeks of 100+ weather and 5% humidity sees to that.  Unfortunately
it doesn't slow down the CM a bit, which is my next nemesis on the
calendar.

Kevin Hauser
Kuffel Creek Apple Nursery
Riverside, California
Nakifuma, Uganda

On Mon, 22 May 2017 02:45:06 +0000 (UTC), lee elliott <pippmsxx at yahoo.com>
wrote:
> 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
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