I'm not big on chemicals but we had a really bad infestation of Japanese beetles on my Plum & Cherry trees & Aphids on my Apple trees a few weeks ago. I bit the bullet & bought some GardenTech Sevin spray & mixed at 4 oz/gal. like it said. I also sprayed my Pear trees but noticed my Pear tree leaves area now a brownish green instead of the bright green they were a few weeks ago. All my Pear trees are roughly 3 years old. Is Sevin not good for Pears? Is there something else I can do or something else I can spray my trees with that's not as potent as Sevin?
Spraying trees
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tlh2865
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Not sure about the others here, but my pear trees are pretty maintenance free. I have to spray my apple trees for Japanese Beatles every year, but I never spray my pears for anything and the look better than the apple trees.
So to answer your question, I just wouldn't spray the pears
So to answer your question, I just wouldn't spray the pears
g squared 23
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I have a few pears that get scab every year, so I normally do those those along with my apple trees in the area, but the japs seem to skip the pear leaves for whatever reason. I might spray my more disease resistant (kieffer and wildlife group pears) once or twice a season for fun, but I’m not sure I’ve helped them any.
I did have 4 crabapples turn brown after spraying this year. I think I got confused on the label and mixed it up too hot. They’re going to make it, but it surely set them back. I might just not spray my crabs or my pears next year as the japs don’t hit either very hard. Or I could use permethrin as none of them are fruiting yet.
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I did have 4 crabapples turn brown after spraying this year. I think I got confused on the label and mixed it up too hot. They’re going to make it, but it surely set them back. I might just not spray my crabs or my pears next year as the japs don’t hit either very hard. Or I could use permethrin as none of them are fruiting yet.
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Copy that, thanks everyone. The JBs weren't on the pears, I just figured I'd spray them when I sprayed the other 40 trees. Won't do that again... I did some research & apparently soapy water or a mixture of detergent & neem oil diluted w/ water would work for the aphids so I'll try that next time. Also heard Peppermint oil deters a lot of insects but I'm almost afraid to spray that since it might attract the bears...
