Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: Apricot Tree - leaf disease 7Apr 06, 2011 7:34 am well its been a few weeks now, and ive been mixing and spraying on the Yates one and it hasnt done anything! The tree always has a thick layer of mulch, but its grass clippings. I will look for another pesticide with spinosad in it this weekend and give that one a shot. thanks TOUGHEN UP PRINCESS Apricot Tree - leaf disease 8Apr 06, 2011 10:41 am Not a good idea to use lawn clippings as a mulch. It will be making the trees time no so much fun. Best to not use a catcher on lawns and let it return back to the soil it came from. For this to work you can't use mainstream advice or chemicals/fertilizers. The results are better than ever. Re: Apricot Tree - leaf disease 9Apr 06, 2011 10:46 am Fu Manchu Not a good idea to use lawn clippings as a mulch. It will be making the trees time no so much fun. Best to not use a catcher on lawns and let it return back to the soil it came from. For this to work you can't use mainstream advice or chemicals/fertilizers. The results are better than ever. im in the middle of selling the house, so dont want the clippings all over the lawn. i'll put them in the compost bin then from now on! thanks TOUGHEN UP PRINCESS Re: Apricot Tree - leaf disease 10Apr 18, 2011 5:22 pm Bacillus thuringiensis based killer definately did not work. Have started course of spinosad based killer today. Will see how its going in a week! (says they are meant to drop off the tree within 3 days) fingers crossed! there is some new clean growth on the tree, but these little blighters are still there in numbers Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ TOUGHEN UP PRINCESS Re: Apricot Tree - leaf disease 13Apr 20, 2011 11:26 pm No biggie though because you'll go to all that effort only to have the leaves drop pretty soon anyway Good mulch Hello. I just bought a few acres in Habana, Mackay, and my horses seem to love hanging around under this tree. I would like to name the paddock after this tree. Can… 0 9528 Fellow Perth dweller. Looks like pruns nigra. It's a dark leaf flowering plum. Doesn't get massive and is easily trimmed deciduous tree. Very popular in small gardens in Perth 7 2760 |