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26-07-2006, 11:48 AM posted to rec.gardens
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is it possible to grow fruit trees organically
"sherwindu" wrote in message
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simy1 wrote:
wrote:
I have been trying to do this for about 5 years in central NJ with
minimal
success. I won't say it can't be done but it seems impossible from my
experience. For example.
Without some sort of fungicide most peaches and plums are lost to
fungal disease. Without pesticides most apples are extensivly scarred
and
However, on the West Coast plums often make it without any pesticides.
Really, dry air cuts disease down dramatically.
I can see dry air reducing the fungus problems, but what about the
insects?
If you have none, you are truely blessed.
Sherwin D.
Maybe a nearby neighbor has something which interests the bugs more than his
own fruit trees.
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