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Wise suggestions Brad. I'll try and take is slow and perform "micro-coats", particularly on the branches, doing my best to limit exposure on the leaves (if that's possible). Here are some updated pics of my front-yard trees (2 of 3). One of the three seems to be recovering and pushing out new growth (last set of pics), however the first two are still struggling. I've no sense of new growth, and one has very yellow limbs showing.
I dont know about lime but white latex paint/water 50/50 makes a better sunblock for bark than surround IMO. A fine dusting of surround on the foliage during a 105F+ heatwave makes sense to me. Less than that, ai wouldnt bother. I may use a fine coat of surround on my watermelon plants this year to keep ants and aphids off them. Problem is how to coat the undersides of the leaves.
Sure Kris. I just purchased two bags to help with shipping. If you want to split the price, you're welcome to one of the 25lb bags. It would be nice to meet you and visit sometime. You ever get into placer county?
Quote from: spaugh on May 01, 2019, 02:30:45 PMI dont know about lime but white latex paint/water 50/50 makes a better sunblock for bark than surround IMO. A fine dusting of surround on the foliage during a 105F+ heatwave makes sense to me. Less than that, ai wouldnt bother. I may use a fine coat of surround on my watermelon plants this year to keep ants and aphids off them. Problem is how to coat the undersides of the leaves.I find it covers and sticks well to avocado branches and leaves at a rate of about 1 - 2 TB. per qt.
I may use a fine coat of surround on my watermelon plants this year to keep ants and aphids off them. Problem is how to coat the undersides of the leaves.
is there a bug spray for this or manually squash them?
Lovely pic Mark. Question, do you see heavy leaf drop in the Spring (or after post-winter seasonal warming) on your Avocado trees? My outdoor trees seem to drop nearly 100% of their leaves over several months going into the Spring/Summer. If they're happy, the put on new leaves and branching shoots to replace those, but there's a good period of time where the trees are brought down to a skeleton of itself. Scary on a number of levels.