Strange weather - Will it get our blooms and fruit?

[scottfsmith]

Yes I use my low-impact spray schedule:

Low Impact Spray Schedule (old version)

I have been promising for some time to type up a draft of the “low impact” spray schedule I use. Here it is, drafty but it will be refined. My rough guide for low impact is no wide-spectrum poisons. Spinosad is about as broad a poison that I use. I don’t personally draw the line at organic vs not, but this schedule is mostly organic and I will suggest some substitutions if you want to be 100% organic. If you want to have a philosophical debate over what to (not) spray, please put it on a dif…

Apricots are the easiest stone fruits if they don’t get frozen out, they ripen early enough that rot is not as bad by then. Cherries have a similar rot factor but they split, canker, etc.