Using organic sprays is one piece in puzzle when you are trying to keep your fruit trees healthy and productive. In this video, Orchard Consultant Mike Biltonen of knowyouroots.com talks about fruit tree sprays through the seasons with Susan Poizner of the fruit tree care education website www.orchardpeople.com. Photographs of apple tree bud phenology are by Jeff Nielsen Photography. #orchardpeople #fruittreespray #growingappletrees

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:13 When does the dormant season begin?
03:03 Types of fruit tree sprays for the dormant season
04:13 Phenological stages leading up to blossom time
06:56 Why to avoid foliar spray at blossom time
08:37 Fire blight spray options
12:30 After petal fall: spray applications

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