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Better Fruit with Wise Organic Spraying
Protect your fruit with safe and effective organic spraying
Organics is all about not using sprays or chemicals, right? That’s true, but there are also some sprays that are allowable, and perfectly safe and effective when used properly, which can save your precious fruit from a range of pests and diseases.
$19.00 incl. GST
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Too many people reach for a bottle to fix a problem on their fruit trees without realising how much damage they may accidentally be doing to their garden (and their health). Even when using organic sprays, they should be used safely, it’s best to limit the amount of spraying as much as possible, and it should only ever be used as a back-up plan to support “best practice” organic pest and disease control methods like hygiene, biodiversity and healthy soil.
However, spraying the right thing at the right time can mean the difference between getting fruit, or not. This short course explains when, why and how to spray without doing any damage, while preserving the health of you, your family and garden. You’ll learn the pros and cons of using different types of sprays, and use the suggested complete organic spray program to create your own tailored program.
The course also includes detailed video instructions for mixing Bordeaux spray (one of the most useful and common organic sprays), plus recipes and instructions for more than 10 effective and safe home-made sprays.
What’s included in this course:
- Unit 1a Different types of organic fungicides (article)
- Unit 1b: Different types of organic fungicides (audio)
- Unit 2: Making Bordeaux fungicide spray (video)
- Unit 3a: Make your own organic sprays (article)
- Unit 3b: Make your own organic sprays (audio)
- Unit 4a: Recommended organic spray program (article)
- Unit 4b: Write your organic spray program (activity)
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geoff darr –
a wonderful resource to help you get the most and best fruit from your fruit trees