Too much dawn in my neem spray?
charleswu2
6 years ago
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peach leaves droping after spraying neem oil
Comments (8)Hi Marcantonio, Did you apply the neem oil when the sun was still shining? I have been using neem oil for the last 3 years on my peach, plum and fruit cocktail trees and it works for me. However, I will not give those little pests the opportunity of building up a resistance to the oil so I am incorporating other solutions in my insecticide regime along with the neem oil-like home remedies; a mixture of cayenne pepper, garlic clove, mineral oil and a little dish detergent. When using most insecticides, you want to do it early in the morning before the sun comes up. Because I work until the evening, I do it in the evening although I try to make sure that it doesn't get too cool as to cause other problems like fungus, mold and mildew. I am in the deep south-georgia-and we have a lot of hot and humid weather here so I am always taking care to make sure that I dont spray anything during peak sunshine which is a lot in this location. You mentioned using spectricide as well-could it be that instead of the neem oil? I also allow the daddy long-legs to hang out on my fruit trees as well. I don't dismiss them until harvest time and then I just gently take them out of the trees along with their webs. I don't harm them, I just relocate them to my rose garden. LOL. They consume quite a lot of the little insects trying to make holes in my fruit and flowers as well. I have been gardening for about 8 years steadily and its been a lot of trial and error and it always will be-that comes with the occupation. LOL. However, if something doesn't work for me, I eliminate the product (provided I have done everything according to directions) and I go on to something else. You are in New York and the weather is very different than it is here in georgia so conditions will not be the same. I have always just used just 1 capful of neem oil to a gallon of water and I spray lightly above and under the leaves-within 1 week I saw a difference-that was 3 years ago and it has been a faithful product in my collection of insecticides, pesticides and fungicides since. Marcantonio, keep looking for products to take care of your specific concerns and you will find one-just don't give up because there is nothing like home-grown fruit and produce. It will be worth the effort in the long run! Schucks, a sun-ripened peach is simply indescribable but I guess you know this, thats why you are seeking help. Good Luck....See MoreSpraying my Meyer Lemon with Neem oil
Comments (4)If you only have 1 or a few trees, physical removal is the way to go, followed by a good wash with water from the hose. Since you have already sprayed it, I guess no harm was done; but you always have to be careful spraying any type of oil if the temperature is too warm. For my garden Meyers I rely completely on removal by hand when I see scale; for my field trees I let the beneficials and natural enemies take care of scale, unless I have a big outbreak in a particular area; then I spray with horticultural oil with a little copper added....See MoreDirectly spraying Neem on grasshoppers
Comments (1)If Neem Oil did kill a plant it was sprayed on it was applied improperly, even Insecticidal Soap can kill a plant it applied improperly. Neem Oil is a broad spectrum poison that must be used with due care to prevent harm to beneficials. There is some research that strongly suggests Neem Oil products are only effective against grasshoppers while they are in nymph stage, that is apparently has no affect on adult grasshoppers....See MoreDawn, I'm not liking you too much right now!
Comments (2)lol lol lol You know the weather is messed up when I've had more rain than you've had. That's probably only going to happen once a decade, if that often. I think there's a good chance that by the end of the year, your total rainfall will surpass mine by a mile. Let me see if I can link that rainfall map directly. If it makes you feel better, since I do not spray my tomato plants with a preventive fungicide, the near-constant rainfall and high humidity for the last 30 days has given them all sorts of foliar diseases and they are looking pretty bad. However, they're loaded with fruit and it is ripening and I am canning or dehydrating tomatoes virtually all day every day, so I don't really care how the plants look. If I expected my tomato plants to look perfect, though, I'd be real upset right now. I hope you get rain soon. It has been raining here for about 4 or 5 hours, but it is that very light misty rain that doesn't add up to much in the rain gauge. Dawn Here is a link that might be useful: 30-Day Rainfall Accumulation Map...See Morecharleswu2
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