Preventing Moths: Practical Fruit Tree Care Tips
Having a steady supply of fresh fruit from your backyard is wonderful. Many homeowners strive to attain this dream. However, many people fail to know how easy it is to obtain a fairly serious infestation of worms in their fruit. I can’t think of anything more unpleasant than biting into an apple off of the tree you’ve worked over for so long, only to find that you have not been diligent enough with your pesticides.
Even though it seems like a hassle to regularly be spraying pesticides, it is a task that you should never overlook. Spraying pesticides is a fairly quick and easy process, and you shouldn’t have to do it too often.
Spraying might seem like a time consuming job After all, you have to go out and get all the supplies, mix the chemicals, apply them, and clean up everything you used in the process. Sometimes you’ll even need a ladder to reach all segments of the trees. The entire job might take up to four hours if you have several large trees. Doing this every 2 weeks can get very tiresome and irritating. However, you should always persevere. Generally being consistent in your regular spraying will help stop infestations of such things as moths, but sometimes it’s just not enough.
Generally you can recognize if moths have laid eggs on your trees by the ends of the branches. If you notice something that looks like a cluster of moth eggs, you must immediately prune the branch you found it on and destroy it. Check the rest of the tree very carefully. If the eggs were to hatch, you would have a huge amount of moth larvae crawling around through your tree and into your fruits. I don’t know about you, but the very idea of this makes me queasy.
I once had a friend who was dealing with a very bad moth infestation. He couldn’t find a single fruit on his tree that didn’t have a worm inside of it. He ended up having to cut down the entire tree and get the stump professionally removed to get rid of all traces.
I myself live in the same area as that friend I just mentioned, and I have never had a problem with moths. This is because every Saturday during springtime, I make it part of my schedule to spray down my entire tree. Preventing the infestation of unwanted guests is much better than having to cut down a tree and start completely over just because of a little laziness.
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