Thanks Win,
We only have a little over 2 acres so painting it on may make the most
sense rather than a dedicated tank and pump. We have been regularly
trapping both GPTB and LPTB this year and I have been using Baythroid in my
cover sprays for that and a trunk spray of Lorsban in the fall after
harvest. To date we have not experienced trunk injury from the cold.
Unfortuately the pheromone mating disrupter twist ties are not available
in Maine. I expect to get up to 4-5 acres of peaches until they all get
killed some winter as they did in 2003-04 but at 2+ acres I may be the
largest peach grower in Maine.
Art Kelly
ps What are we all doing on the internet on a sunny Sunday morning?
On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 11:25 AM, Win Cowgill <[email protected]>wrote:
> Art- Stone fruit trunk spraying is primarily for Southwest Injury to the
> trunks. We also paint apples for the same reason but find that it also
> helps prevent rodent injury as well. In the past we have added Thiram
> technical to the apple mix to assist with rodent control but I no longer
> see an apple label for Thiram. Only the Chemtura Thiram has a NJ label for
> stone fruit. Thiram has been loosing its labels for years and is hard to
> find.
> - Make sure to check your state lables before using Thiram.
>
> On paint mixing, my guidance is always use the cheapest exterior white
> latex paint you can buy- the reason is the cheeper paint has the lowest
> acrylic content meaning less toxic to trees- I find the cheapest paint is
> usually the turf paint (used to paint lines on athletic fields) in 5 gallon
> pails. Shop around.
>
> We make a white wash of 60/40 water to paint and use a handgun sprayer
> with dedicated tank and roller pump to make the applications. You can
> adjust the ratio to make the right consistency to use in your sprayer.
>
> We also use the same tank setup for Borer trunk sprays on stone fruit.
> You want a nice white trunk and make sure to cover the lower
> branch/crotch's in stone fruit, they are most suceptable to winter injury.
>
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> On Jul 14, 2013, at 8:45 AM, Arthur Kelly <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Does anyone know the recipe for trunk painting including joint compound?
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