Peach Variety Suggestions for Ohio- 5b

[scottfsmith]

I dug out any borers I found and around mating season I painted the bottom 4" or so of the trunks with 100% raw neem oil. I am now using a combo of raw neem/linseed/sesame oils since its a bit cheaper that way. This appears to be a very effective deterrent to egg laying. Note I also trap the males using pheromone traps.

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Peach-tree Borers!

I am trapping a lot of peachtree borers this spring in my pheromone traps… I’m not sure where they are coming from, but I am a bit worried they somehow managed to find something to eat in my compost bin this last winter - I turned over the bin in mid-winter and saw many worms that looked like dead ringers for peachtree borers. I almost killed them all but thought they must be something else. Only a couple trees had frass so its not my peach trees I don’t think. Anyway I have decided to brew a…

for where it was discussed before.

BTW this spring so far I have only found borers in small peach seedlings I did not paint. I dug up all the seedlings partly to guarantee no borers would escape me.