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Originally Posted by harveyc
My two unknown Asian pears (both were here before I bought the place) get fireblight just about as bad as my Bartlett.
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Perhaps they're the Asian x European cross? You would know from the skin texture.
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Originally Posted by venturabananas
With all this talk about spraying, I'll ask two slightly off topic questions about spraying. What would you guys recommend to deal with brown rot in nectarines (a problem for me both of the last two years) and rust in plums and apricots (a problem last year)?
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My approach would be to spray with copper ammonium during dormancy (using a surfactant if it is a rainy week) and also some time after harvest. Spray with Spinosad (western US) or BT (eastern US) after bud set to eliminate vectors.