apples are very pesticide spray intensive. I wouldnt even bother planting one in my
yard because next door they got a big apple tree and DONT spray and every pest on
earth is breeding right there and would swarm mine.

My mother had an orchard and she sprayed every 10 DAYS starting with dormant oil in
spring before it flowered.

OTOH, you dont have to spray if you 1. put mosquito netting around the entire tree
after blossoming (you need the bees to pollinate) and 2. you put a wide band of
tangle foot at the bottom to stop anything crawling up under where you bunch and tie
off the netting on the trunk. Ingrid

On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:37:13 -0700, "Zootal" wrote:

Here is yet another apple tree question. My old apple tree has a bazillion
apples on it. Question: Exactly what do I do to it to keep worms from eating
the apples? Every year, almost every apple has one or more worms in it. Is
there a spray that can be safely used? And - here is the important question
that I haven't found an answer to - exactly how do I go about applying it,
IE what equipment do I need? This tree is 30-40 feet tall, and 30+ feet
across, it's quite large. My wife bought me a hand sprayer (bless her soul
LOL), but it isn't quite up to the task. How do I spray a huge apple tree?