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Spotlight on Black Spot (Apple Scab)
Spotlight on Black Spot (Apple Scab)

Black spot (also called Apple scab) is a fungal disease of apples and pears which causes small black lesions on fruit and leaves. If the infection is severe, fruit can be badly deformed and unusable. Prevention is easy when you know what to do [...]

Spotlight on Blossom Blight
Spotlight on Blossom Blight

Blossom blight is one of the main reasons (other than frost) that you may never have picked any apricots from your tree. It’s a fungal disease, and most seasons is preventable by using the right organic fungicide, at the right time. Read artic [...]

Spotlight on Freckle
Spotlight on Freckle

Yet another fungal disease of stone fruit, freckle doesn’t look great but in all but the worst cases doesn’t affect the fruit under the flesh. Read the article in Spring - Week 5.

Why are healthy trees less likely to be attacked?
Why are healthy trees less likely to be attacked?

Keeping your trees healthy is your best defence against attack by pests and diseases—this month we explain why. Unfortunately, no matter how healthy they are, trees and plants can’t protect themselves against birds, locusts, or the big pests l [...]

Write your spray program
Write your spray program

Spraying is messy and time consuming, and should only be done if and when necessary. But having said that, it’s also one of the key activities you can do that can make a difference between getting a crop  from your fruit trees or not! Being pr [...]

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