2017 Spray Guide for Home Fruit

Disease and Insect Management Section

prepared by K. S. Yoder, D.G. Pfeiffer, J. C. Bergh and Mizuho Nita, Virginia Tech

For mixing small volumes and General Purpose Mix, see Table

Disclaimer and Pesticide Warning - Please Read

Apples and Pears	Pears	Stone Fruits	Grapes	Caneberries	Strawberries	Blueberries
Dormant	Dormant to green tip	Dormant	Dormant	Delayed Dormant	Blossom buds visible in crown	Dormant
Delayed Dormant	Green cluster bud	Pink	Bud Swell	New Cane	Pre-Bloom	Delayed Dormant
Pre-Pink	Pre-pink	Blossom	New Shoot	Pre-Bloom	Bloom	Bud break til blossoms open
Pink	Pink	Petal Fall - 5th Cover	Pre-Bloom	Post-Bloom	Post-Bloom	Leaf bud break til petal fall
Bloom	Bloom	Preharvest	Post-Bloom	Postharvest		When 3/4 buds have fallen
Petal Fall - 2nd Cover	Petal fall - 2nd cover	After-Harvest	Pea-size spray			Postbloom
3rd-5th covers	3rd-5th covers	Peachtree borer sprays	Berries touch in cluster			Postharvest
6th-7th covers	6th-7th covers		Late covers
			Grape root borer

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