About this episode
The best way to keep the apple trees for their best. In addition, the Grumpy plant of the week.
Question of the week
“I live in North Carolina and I have a lot of apple trees. They look great in the spring, but as the months progress, the leaves fall and the trees look terrible, even if they always bear fruit. My spouse wants to cut them. I want to save them. Is there something we can spray that will not contaminate the neighboring Curek?”
Response from Grumpy: Well, a lot fungal diseases Assign the foliage and the fruits of the apples. Now, the best preventive is to plant disease -resistant selections, such as freedom, freedom, Priscilla and Redfree. But if you have already planted other types, I recommend vaporizing your trees every 10 to 14 days after finishing flowering with Neem oil depending on the label instructions. But don’t forget, do not spray when the trees flourish because Neem oil is toxic to bees. Neem oil is a natural fungicide that helps control current apple diseases such as apple scabies, rust and mildew. The spraying of your trees with sleeping oil in winter will also help, just like collecting all rotten fruits on the ground and throwing it with the trash. Now keep in mind that fish are very sensitive to natural and synthetic pesticides, so do not spray near the water.
Plant of the week
Each year, I try new plants and I praise those who play and I throw those who do not. So here is my last winner. His name is Solarscape Pink Jewel Impatients. He is a winner of the all American 2024 selections. Now, as the Sunpatian Series that I often get, Solarscape loves the sun, but it also works in part of the sun. And the pink jewel presents these huge magenta pink flowers which measure more than two inches on mounds of foliage without disease which reach approximately 12 to 15 inches high and 18 to 20 inches wide. So you can grow it like a solid border or in containers. It works very well. And a good point about it is that the wilted flowers are self-cleaning. You don’t have to hurt them. They just fall and more flowers come. So you can look for this beauty in your garden center this spring.
About Ask Grumpy
Ask Grumpy is a podcast featuring Steve Bender, also known as Southern Living Grumpy gardener. For more than 30 years, Grumpy has shared advice on what to cultivate, when planting and how to manage just anything in your garden. Connect for short episodes every Wednesday and Saturday while Grumpy answers the readers’ questions, solves seasonal puzzles and provides advice to the gardeners with their very grumpy sense of humor. Make sure to follow Ask Grumpy on Apple Podcasts, SpotifyOr wherever you listen to not miss an episode.
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