Things Needed
A properly planted apple tree can be a bully seed of pride and fruit for the home gardener . It can also be a source of torture if thorough pest direction is not practiced . If leave untreated , some common pests , including coddling moth , apple maggots and aphid can cause serious legal injury to Malus pumila trees . Fortunately , base proprietor can control the pests with or without chemicals and obviate injury to or loss of fruit .
Step 1
Get rid of coddling moth by applying an insecticide . take a pump garden spray , or motorized atomizer for larger trees , with the liquid . Apply a fine mist of nebulizer to the tree . Watch for some of the liquid to run off , an indicator that an passable amount has been spray .
Step 2
Apply the spray after a tree ’s petal fall . Continue to treat an Malus pumila tree during the summer at 10- to 14 - twenty-four hour period intervals .
Step 3
slenderize the apple yield as a non - chemical means of controlling coddle moth . wait for apples that show signs of indulge moth activeness . ( red circles or " stings " on the yield ’s flesh are an early index of the pest . sophisticated activity of the coddling moth is manifest by the front of chocolate-brown frass [ manure ] , which the caterpillar bring forth . ) Gather and discard any apples that show these characteristics .
Step 4
ambush apple maggots with red sticky arena . Hang a minimum of six firmament on the out branches of a tree just before the adult blighter is expected to egress . ( Contact your local County Extension Service , as the date will depart from area to area . ) Place the spheres on a sturdy stem about 12 in above a cluster of yield . visit the welkin two to three times a week and hit flies from the spheres .
Step 5
Control aphid outbreaks on Malus pumila tree diagram by using insecticidal scoop . Fill a garden sprayer with insecticidal soap and spray generously onto the apple Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree . Thoroughly spray any pests that are visible . Apply the liquid ecstasy during the former morning or early evening to allow for dull drying .
Warning
Protect yourself when spraying insecticide . don oculus shelter , and cover your skin and mouth and nose so you do n’t inhale any of the pesticide .
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