Tree Tips for March and April
Posted on March 10, 2010 at 1:54 pm
These trees next to the Friends of Trees downspout basin are drawing a lot of attention right now. (FOT file)
These tree tips, specific for the months of March and April, come courtesy of Collier Arbor Care, a Friends of Trees sponsor:
- Evaluate trees and prune, removing dead wood and maintaining structure
- Treat early blooming flowering and fruit trees, like peaches, plums, and cherries for disease problems
- Treat for leaf blight diseases on dogwood, sycamore and flowering trees
- Treat diseases on fruit trees like apple scab, brown rot and blossom blight on cherry trees
- Check trees for leaf-feeding caterpillars and treat if needed
Tags: cherry, education, flowering, fruit trees, peach, plum, tips
We have a plum tree that we pruned in late winter and put in fruit tree fertilizer spikes and now have a great crop, however the fruit is abundant and about the size of large olives, but many are falling off. Is there something we need to do? We live in Pensacola, FL Thank you for your help