The alternative, however, is having fire blight in orchards for 10 to 15 years, he said. Acimovic advocated for aggressive pruning of fire blight cankers during the annual Pear Field Day at Oregon ...

The first step to success is pruning off affected wood at the earliest signs of fire blight. Read more: Plants To Prune In ...

Many new crabapple varieties are also resistant to fire blight. Prune and discard infected twigs and branches with cankers. You can either prune as soon as infection is noticed to help remove ...

There are specific management techniques that you can follow to save your tree, but you must act quickly and prune correctly, because fire blight is a fast-spreading, destructive disease.

A: The past few years have been really rough for fire blight. The fact that only one of your five trees came down with it is encouraging. Prune out the dead branches on the pear. Make each cut ...

But if it is attacking plants not in the rose family, then you would rule out fire blight. Pruning is really the only alternative. Prune a good 12 inches below where you see problems. Sanitize ...

Prune these conditions at any time of the year: dead, diseased, crossed or rubbing branches, and hazard or structurally damaged limbs that may fall. Exceptions are trees prone to fire blight ...

Prune out branches pointing inward. If fire blight bacterial disease has been a past problem on an apple tree, then pruning during late winter’s full dormancy is still recommended. Fire blight ...

Fire blight is a serious disease that is highly ... I would cut these trees down and get the pruning off of the property. You cannot use this wood for wood chips or anything near plants or it ...

Okra (Hibiscus esculentus) is a warm-weather crop whose seeds should be planted now. As a member of the Hibiscus genus, you might be expecting attractive flowers, and you will not be disappointed with ...

According to our Fire Blight of Ornamental Pears publication ... Control: During winter dormancy, use sanitation pruning to remove infected wood. Cut an infected branch 4 to 6 inches below the ...

Three years ago, I planted a little orchard of 20 dwarf cider apple trees. This spring I replanted — six of the little trees died last summer. Now I am wondering about my ability to grow apples at all ...