Gardening > Fruit TreesJune 14, 2010

Organic Solution for an Apple Tree

I have an apple tree, I don't know what kind, the fruit is red green with white flesh. It has had bugs, I think. They are not seen usually. I don't spray because the neighborhood kids will just take one and eat it. They are ripening way too soon and it's thought they have bugs/worms. What kind of organic bug/worm spray can I use?

Hardiness Zone: 5a

By Teresa from Peoria, IL

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06/14/2010

If they've got bugs, probably nothing will help this year.

BUT, read up on dormant sprays for fall, and then for next year and absolutely perfect apples, read up on bagging apple trees, originally a Japanese idea, now very popular with the Home Orchard Society, in Oregon [google words and you will find them], and what they have to say about it. I can hardly wait to try it myself, next year.

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By Angelwings98226 from Bellingham, WA

RE: Organic Solution for an Apple Tree

Before blossom there is a mixture you can use of water, sugar, vinegar, and a banana peel. Wish I could remember the formula. Its for the moth. I put it in a gallon milk jug with a good cut out near the top. I hang it from the tree and it worked great for me. (03/05/2010)

By muttmom

I love all this garden info. Would you have any natural ways to keep worms out of apples?

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