--- In [email protected], new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "suziezuzie" <msilver1951@> > wrote: > > > > Spoke with a professional gardener and he told me that if I didn't want > > worms in my apple tree, I would have to spray because the larva is > > inside the apples. I asked him what the organic growers use and he > > said, "they use the same spray as the non organic growers use, but > > less, instead of spraying 12 times a year, maybe around 6 times a > > year. "REALLY", I asked? "Yea", he said, "because there is no other way > > to get rid of the worms". "WOW", I said, "You mean this whole organic > > thing is a scam"? I asked. And he said, "yea, pretty much". "I bet > > hardly anyone knows this, that they think organic means NO sprays at > > all", I said, and he said, "Yea, that's right. Is he right? > > > > Marcos Von Trumpeter > > > Its true. I know an organic apple grower, and she has to spray > occaisionally, and this IS ALLOWED under the Organic Standards, > because there is no other known way to get rid of these apple worms. > Actually, she "fumigates" same pesticide, I imagine. > I don't grow apples for a living, so the economics are different, but I have a fuji apple tree and the way I avoid the worms is to look at the apples when they are about an inch in diameter. The worms are visible from the bottom so I just pick off the wormy ones, which is OK because to get larger fruit I thin out about a hundred apples at that stage anyway. Also have avocados and lemons and everything is 100% organic, no spray of anything, ever.
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