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fruit trees
Horticulture
Peaches and Apricots
Many parts of Kansas will have a peach and apricot crop that wasn’t badly hurt by late frosts. To take advantage of this good...
Horticulture
Fruit Tree Sprays and Rain
A spreader-sticker should be used in fruit tree sprays to improve the distribution and retention of fungicides and insecticides on fruit and leaves. However,...
Horticulture
Fertilizing the Home Orchard
Fruit trees benefit from fertilization around the bloom period, but the amount needed varies with the age of the tree. Normally, trees primarily need...
Horticulture
Apple Tree Sprays
Two common diseases on apple trees are cedar apple rust and apple scab. Though some apple varieties are resistant to these diseases — including...
Horticulture
Dormant Oil Sprays for Fruit Trees
There are a number of dormant sprays used on fruit to control
various diseases and insects, but a dormant oil spray is designed to
control scale...
Horticulture
Approaching Time for Peach Leaf Curl Control
If you have ever seen emerging peach leaves that are puckered,
swollen, distorted and reddish-green color, you have seen peach leaf
curl. Uncontrolled, this disease can...
Horticulture
Fruit Trees and Frost
Spring in Kansas is often unsettled with apricot and peach tree flowers being the most vulnerable to late frosts. Of course, the tree itself...
Horticulture
Fruit planting preparation
If you plan to develop or add to your fruit garden next year, now is a good
time to begin preparing the planting site. Grass...
