When To Spray Dormant Oil on Fruit Trees and Why

Today I am showing you the reason why I am spraying dormant oil on my fruit trees.
After last year, I realized that I couldn't just leave my fruit trees to be and be able to harvest fruit from them. One tree, in particular, was severely damaged by insects and ruined all of my fruit. Also, while pruning this year, I noticed some insect eggs on one apple tree.
This year I am trying to be more proactive in my approach so I am trying to spray my trees to protect them as much as I can while avoiding harsh chemicals.
I try to be as natural as I can, I know some don't believe in anything added in but I believe in some inputs that are needed. I will be spraying this year with dormant oil and possibly a fungicide in a few weeks. We will continue to build out our fruit tree guilds and continue to add companion plants to help deter what bugs and fungus we can. We will also add in spraying compost tea as well.
The beneficial bacteria in compost tea are supposed to benefit the trees as well as kill some funges also.
As we have stated many times, this is all trial and error for us as this is our first fruit orchard. It is all a learning process and we are sharing our experiences with you so you can learn too.

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[EssayonsFG]

Great information, Ronnie.. The horticultural oil really helps.

[MySliceOfHeavenoutdoors]

Great information Ronnie, I need to pick up some of that.

[waltonboys]

Hey 👋🏾 Ronnie very informative video I hope that helps nothing like putting all that work in and having nothing to show for it 😢

[CalvinsCorner]

Good deal. I have never tried that. Maybe I should. My Apple tree haven’t put out in a while. I need to fertilize them too.
Hey Man. How’s your egg makers doing? 😉

[danielz]

So it’s basically mineral oil with some stuff to help it spread. The oil smothers any critters or Jack that will otherwise spread

[waltonboys]

Maybe you can do some beginner fishing videos too Or would that not pertain to farming?

[gardentours]

We had good results with spraying the trees with garlic water.

[gdoggscreations]

I learn something new from you and Thank you. I will try that for our trees. Thumbs up! 12

[DeanFamilyAcres]

Thanks for the reminder. We pounded that 👍 for ya! Is it spring yet??

[MBHeritageFarms]

Awesome info Ronnie hope all is well your way brother!

[MinuteontheMountain]

Looking forward to seeing how your trees do this spring and summer. Have a great weekend.

[swampstalkeroutdoors]

That stuff works pretty good, we used to use it when we lived in Fl. I only have one question buddy how much did you get on the camera? 🤣 Hopefully y’all can get a better harvest this year I know it’s always something with fruit trees. If ain’t bugs and diseases it’s deer and Raccoons… Best year we had with our peach tree, raccoons came one night and stripped the whole tree. I watched that tree every day checking the fruit to see if they were ripe enough, we was so mad🤣