I ended up spraying copper tonight. I sprayed until drip. Now that’s it’s dried I can not see it. What is it supposed to look like?
Don’t know what copper you used. Kocide is blue powder. When it is mixed with water, the solution is blue. When I spray it with sticker, I see traces of blue on the trees.
Kocide seems to have a stronger copper blue color, than the regular copper. If I use Kocide I see blue if I use my old liquid copper there is no sign of blue.
Oh okay. I used southern ag copper. That’s probably the difference.
As long as you add sticker, it will stay on longer.
I don’t know about everyone else, but when I spray copper my tree rows smell vaguely reminiscent of blood when the trees get damp for a while. Maybe if you don’t see something you can still smell it.
Thanks but if there is one sense I lack that is the sense of smell. I don’t totally lack it but why wife and daughter are always talking about things they can smell and I can’t smell anything. I have eagle eyesight and great hearing but my nose is lacking. My wife and daughter listen to the TV with the volume around 15. When I watch it I turn it town to about 7. lol
Dave,
What is the target for using the Copper on the Peaches?What disease or pest? Brady
To prevent peach leaf curl and potential brown rot. This will be the first year I should have any fruit and my neighbor reported to me that last year he had some brown rot on his plum harvest. So just a preventative measure.
Brady,
Copper is fungicide. It helps prevent or reduce occurances of several common peach problems such as peach leave curl, bacterial spot, shot hole, canker, etc.
So it is quite common to use copper on peaches.
Yes,but Peach Leaf Curl needs to be treated while the trees are dormant and no leaves are showing,but if Dave is using it for Brown Rot,then that’s appropriate. Brady
I only meant to say those are what copper is for.
When to use it for what, one needs to follow the label.
Per Kocide label, you can still treat PLC at pink bud at a bit lower strength.
Kocide allows you to treat some diseases such as shot hole and bacterial spot at different stages of growth with different strength of copper.
The thing I read was,there is about a half inch of green leaf.From what I’ve read so far,that’s too late for any treatment against PLC,this season. Brady
This whole spraying thing is so damn confusing. I have the Bonide Copper Spray and am in Zone 8B. I am intending to spray all my fruit and nut trees with the copper in dormancy since it is VERY humid here most of the year and it seems it is a place where all fungus should be kept at bay it appears you may want to do it again in early spring?. I also bought SEVIN spray I am going to use for insects. I am assuming from the bottle that will be a Early Spring spaying regiment I will want to start. I really want to be careful and not use to much stuff but I also want to make sure to be preventative in the right way…
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Sorry folks but if anyone could just say those are fine? Or not? This whole spraying thing is getting my goat going…Sorry. This is what I am thinking after reading a LOT of this type of info. here in this forum…
Am I going the the right direction here? Thanks folks…
Yes, before bud break, late winter/early spring
That is oil, not copper, but you can add the copper to it. I would suggest doing so.
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If you’re spraying copper for Peach Leaf Curl, make sure you spray in the fall after the leaves drop and again in the late spring. Don’t make the mistake I did and forget to do the fall spray!
I dutifully sprayed this spring and I still had PLC. It was then that I learned the hard way that you should also spray in the fall.
I don’t think you should spray any insecticide until spring after petal fall (unless there’s a current insect problem you’re trying to deal with)
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Sorry. I already have the copper i forgot to put a picture…
I have a lot of grasshoppers and i think some stink bugs. My leaves have a lot of little holes in them but it doesn’t seem to be stunting any growth.