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Peach/Nectarine/Plum Spraying Central Florida

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Sharq:
How much spraying would I have to do to keep peaches/plums/nectarines healthy and producing in the Plant City area? I know that there would need to be some spraying, but if its like once every two weeks or something like that, it doesn't sound like something I would really be interested in doing.

Galatians522:
That all depends on whether you get curculio weevils. I have seen many trees with low and no spray regimes that fruit just fine for several years. The real killers are systemic diseases that you cannot spray for. But if you go into it knowing that you will get about 10 years out of the tree before it needs replaced, you should be fine. The exception to the 10 year rule is Scarlet Beauty plum grafted to native plums roots. Scarlet Beauty seems to have better resistance to plum leaf scald (which is the systemic disease that ultimately kills most stone fruit). I do not know of any resistant peach/nectarines they are only tolerant at best. All the UF varieties are tolerant. I have also seen native Chickisaw plums survive long term. However, they need a partner for pollination and have smaller slightly tart fruit. I recommend grafting them to Flatwoods plum so that they don't sucker across your whole yard.

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