Dwayne wrote:

You have to spray them prior to bloom, during bloom, and each week after
bloom for a couple of months.

Each week may be a bit of overkill. You can stretch it out to two or three
weeks,
but it depends on how badly the trees are being attacked. For certain
pests, there
is a critical time to kill them, and that would be the period to hit them
hard. For just
general maintenance and protection, you can let it slide, a bit. Don't wait
too long
though, as you may miss the entry of something nasty that you weren't
expecting
and miss the window to stop it.

If I understand that right, that is just for
the worm that goes to the core. Then you have apple maggots that come later
and probably something else.

You can also put traps in your trees to get a lot of them. Some have a
sweet liquid to draw the bugs in and then they drown. Another is covered
with sticky stuff and when the bugs get on it, then they cant get off.

Gardens Alive has a good line of stuff for sale. I have bought from them
but cant vouch for everything they have.

I have given up on the pheramone traps from Garden's Alive because the lures
are too expensive, and I don't find them any more effective than sticky
balls.



I get apples and pears from trees that have not been sprayed and cut out the
worms.

That works fine if you are the only consumer, but you don't want to give away

any damaged apples to your friends and neighbors. Reminds me of the old
saying
that what is worse than finding a worm in an apple? Answer: not finding it.

Sherwin D.



Dwayne