The period from January to the beginning of March is the perfect time for longer walks around the plot combined withinspection of the he alth of cultivated fruit trees and shrubsSymptoms of existing diseases, as well as signs of pest feeding during the growing season remain hidden under an umbrella of leaves. In winter, when there are no leaves, you can see a whole lot oftraces of diseases and pests of plantsSee what to look for during the winter inspection of fruit trees and shrubs!
Pay attention to these symptoms during the winter inspection of the orchard
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Beware of frost damage to trees
During thewinter plant inspection in the orchardit is worth checking if there are no cracks on the bark of fruit trees. This is necessary especially if we have not yet performed the whitening of the trunks of fruit trees. If we notice frost cracks on the bark of trees,protect them with garden ointmentso that no infections can enter the wound.
In exceptional cases, it may be necessaryto cut out the damaged branch or a fragment of itEspecially if you can see clear cracks in the bark and wood. We make such cuts on frost-free and dry days. The cut should be treated immediately with garden ointment.
Cut out damaged branches
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Winter disease symptoms
January and February in the garden is a great timeto take preventive measures , which are to prevent the occurrence of the most common and often most difficult to control diseases of fruit plants in the season.I mean the curl of peach and nectarine leaves and the plum cyst, which is more and more common in gardens and plots, which causes elongation and deformation of the fruit. Attempts to fight fungi - the perpetrators of these diseases, when the symptoms are already clearly visible on plants (May - June), are ineffective, and therefore pointless.
To prevent the appearance of these diseases in the coming season, it is enough to spray the peach, nectarine and plum trees before the first leaves develop with one of the following preparations: Syllit 65 WP, Miedzian 50 WP, Miedzian Extra 350 SC or Pomarsol Forte 80 WG. Spraying with a large amount of liquid should be carried out when the air temperature is above 6 ° C (usually it is the end of February or the beginning of March) and at the same time thoroughly spray the preparation on bushes and fruit trees growing in the vicinity, because disease-causing fungi can also winter on them .
Cracks in the bark and leaks being a symptom of bacterial cancer
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The fight against the most dangerous diseases of fruit trees, which are: bacterial cancer of fruit trees and cancer caused by fungi, during this period it consists inremoving branches and limbs with highly developed symptoms of the diseasew form of necrosis of wood with tissue rings. Smaller wounds should be cut down to he althy wood and smeared with garden ointment.
The occurrence of such common diseases as brown rot of stone trees (attacking plums and peaches) and brown rot of pome trees (affecting mainly apple trees, sometimes also pear trees) can be easily prevented througha thorough inspection of the tree crown and removal of dried fruitfrom it, which are the source of the diseases mentioned in the new growing season. It is also very important hereremove all fallen fruitfrom under the treetops and destroy the potential source of infection by burning them or burying them deeply.
Remove dried fruit from trees so that they do not constitute a source of disease in the next year
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Also cutting fruit trees, which makes their crowns visible, plays a huge role inpreventing diseases widespread in most gardens As a result, leaves and shoots dry faster after rainfall and night dew. This is of great importance in the case of perpetrators of diseases such as apple scab, brown rot of stone and pome trees, as well as fine leaf blotch - attacking in conditions of increased humidity.
Pests wintering on plants
When removing older and dried currant shoots, pay attention to the appearance of the budsIf they are unnaturally swollen, then a mite - large currant pollock - develops inside them. If only individual buds are swollen, I just peel them off and smoke them, and if most of the buds have this look, I cut out the entire shoot.
Damaged currant buds must be removed. Inside them, there is a large-flaky currant pest.
The end of winter and early spring is also a great time to dooil spraysuch as Emulapr 940 EC or Promanal 60 EC. Their task isto destroy eggs and other forms of pests hibernating on plantsWe spray not only fruit trees and shrubs, but also ornamental plants. In this way, we will destroy the eggs of the fruit spider mite and the larvae of the plum cup larvae or the armworms hiding on the conifers.
Fruit spider mite eggs - clusters of tiny red balls on tree branches
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If there are a lot of rodents on the plot, February is a good time to reduce their numbers.During this period, grains stored in underground hideouts by voles and voles have shrunk considerably.If you put the poisoned grain in the drainage pipes partially buried in the ground, there is a good chance that rodents will be interested in it. When laying the poison, it should be borne in mind that the garden is also visited by birds and places with decomposed poison must be protected against them. If rodents are very burdensome and we cannot afford their longer presence on the plot, smoke candles and ready-made granulated preparations can be used to combat them.
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