Imidan

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You want to wait until petal fall to spray insecticides including imidan. I don’t believe imidan causes fruit drop. I would suggest you take a look at Alan’s synthetic spray schedule which gives a good overview of when and what to spray.

Also I am guessing you have a small amount of imidan which doesn’t have the original label. You want to read the label carefully since it has directions on when and how to spray. There is also safety information on the label and imidan does have some toxicity when it comes to humans and pets. You may want to also consider other insecticides that have lower toxicity to people and other mammals.

Spray Schedule- Synthetic Materials

Alan Haigh- The Home Orchard and Nursery Co. REPRINT PERMISSION FROM ALAN HAIGH REQUIRED Low Spray Schedule for Home Orchards in the Northeast Here’s my spray schedule for the scores of orchards I manage around SE NY adapted for home owners managing a few fruit trees. It has functioned well for me for over 2 decades, although J. Beetles and brown rot of stone fruit increases the number of sprays and necessary pesticides some years some sites. Stink bugs are also an increasing problem,…

Here is the label for one formulation of Imidan

imidan_70-w_10163-169_01-r0919.pdf