Revised March 2005

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Contents

• How to use this guide
• Cultivar selection
• Application equipment
• How much pesticide?
• Pesticide safety
• Common insecticide and fungicide brand names and days between last application and date of harvest
• Measuring and mixing

Fruits

• Apples and pears
• Blueberries
• Cherries
• Gooseberries and currants
• Grapes
• Peaches, nectarines, plums, apricots
• Raspberries and blackberries
• Strawberries

Related pages

• G1917, Personal Protective Equipment for Working with Pesticides
• G6020, Fire Blight
• G6021, Home Fruit Production: Apples
• G6026, Disease-Resistant Apple Cultivars
• G6085, Home Fruit Production: Grape Varieties and Culture

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Pesticide recommendations are subject to change at any time. Before purchasing any materials, make sure they are still approved for recommended use.

Missouri Poison Control Hotline
800-392-9111

All Poison Control Centers in Missouri are coordinated through Cardinal Glennon Memorial Hospital in St. Louis. This facility has a 24-hour Poison Control Hotline staffed by professionals. The Center will refer you to your closest Poison Control Hospital for treatment.

In case of accidental poisoning involving a pesticide, follow the first aid directions printed on the label of the container and consult your physician immediately. Additional information concerning treatment and course of action can be obtained from your nearest poison control center.

Pesticides in this publication are listed by common name. Some brand names usually available in Missouri are listed in the chart. Undoubtedly, other brand names are available. No discrimination is intended, and no endorsement is implied. Consult the labels for appropriate rates.

Fruit Spray Schedules for the Homeowner

Gooseberries and currants

• Dormant spray
• Cover spray

Gooseberries and currants
Dormant spray

Apply before new growth starts. Needed on currants only.

Scale

• Material
  dormant or summer oil

Leaf spots

• Material
  sulfur
• Apply as leaves appear and unfold, repeat application at 10 day intervals up to day of harvest.

Gooseberries and currants
Cover spray

Apply 10 to 12 days after leaves appear and start unfolding.

Aphids, currant worm

• Material
  malathion
  or pyrethrins and rotenone
• Comments
  Malathion may be applied up to day of harvest.
  For pyrethrin and rotenone premix, repeat application every 5-10 days or as needed, do not apply within 1 day of harvest.

Leaf spots

• Material
  sulfur
• Comments
  See comments in "dormant" stage.

G6010, revised March 2005