etsavir: Well, it depends on what you are spraying with. Permethrin would take care of them. What did you use? Don Yellman, Great Falls, VA

I wish I could help you but I honestly don't know too much about growing these fruits. They are all planted in my area, peaches are more challenging because there flower buds come out early(actually cherries too) and they get killed by frosts. People here mostly plant grafted trees. My grandfather planted a peach pit and even though it produced fruit, the fruits were very small and sour. You could just go to a reputable garden center/nursery and ask, or call some of the more reputable fruit tree catalogs and get there opinion. Good luck, and once again, sorry I couldn't be of more help! Andrew

drew- Peaches here ooze (the trunks) like crazy... My thought has always been its due to winter injury. Maybe its cold days like today (4F and sunny) and cold nights... Remember...this area is not for growing peaches (3 out of 5 winters probably drop to -20F or colder). I'm pushing my luck and its why i grow in containers. I still have a few peaches out in the yard (seedlings) but don't expect much out of them. I actually had a peach seedling (nectarine i found out later) make it through a winter here and flower...the fruit was probably a California grown nectarine...i almost wonder if a seedling of Contender or Reliance would be even hardier...who knows. Olpea- You're probably right. I'm sure the differences to a home grower are minimal. On a commercial scale i'm sure a few more pounds per tree can make a lot of difference. I just thought i'd mention it because i've come across it a few times when researching rootstocks. I personally would lean towards Citation over the others in a colder climate. I have Krmysk coming from Raintree and plan on giving that a shot with some multigrafted fruit trees. The problem with Citation is that is not available! I plan on trying Krymsk or a plum seedling of some

A couple of years ago we purchased a property (Sunshine Coast, Qld) with 6 established bowen mango trees, each fully mature and very tall. We moved in at the end of the summer season while the trees were still fruiting. The next season we had 2 mangos (total) from the 6 trees. Last year we had about 6 or 8 fruit (total). This year, all trees have flowered profusely and baby fruit are starting to form. Millions and millions (probably a slight exaggeration :-) .. all 1cm to 3cm in size so far. Now my problem is that they are all turning black and falling off, even the end of the branch (the last 30cm or so) is dropping from the trees. What is going wrong? I was so excited to get so many fruit. Any help appreciated.