Q. What if I can’t do 5
consecutive weekly sprays to control brown (corky) spot on pear? My problem Kiefer pear is at a second home and I am
not usually there that long at a time.
A. Five sprays at least
one week apart as the fruit is enlarging is recommended. Get as many applications
on as you can, at LEAST a few days apart, as the fruit is enlarging.
one week apart as the fruit is enlarging is recommended. Get as many applications
on as you can, at LEAST a few days apart, as the fruit is enlarging.
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| Use food grade calcium chloride and not deicing salt or salt used in water softeners. | You are going to eat this. |
If you can’t be there when the fruit is enlarging, then
it will be a problem. You cannot spray the fruit after it is large or when it
is very small and expect to correct the problem.
it will be a problem. You cannot spray the fruit after it is large or when it
is very small and expect to correct the problem.
Try substituting calcium fertilizers such as calcium
nitrate during your Spring application of fertilizer. You might try applying gypsum
to the soil in spring since it also contains calcium.
nitrate during your Spring application of fertilizer. You might try applying gypsum
to the soil in spring since it also contains calcium.
Organic approaches would
be to apply organic labeled gypsum, shells, dolomite and marl. These sources of
calcium must be very finely ground, like flour, to be effective the same year
it’s applied.