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Apples

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Codling Moth

Caterpillars may bore into fruit, leaving small brown holes with visible frass outside the hole, but causing interior damage and rotting. Fruit is usually ruined for consumption.

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Solution

Yates Success Ultra Insect Control - Concentrate

Yates Success Ultra Insect Control - Concentrate

Helps control common caterpillars, thrips, codling moth and tomato potato psyllid. Contains spinetoram derived from beneficial soil bacteria.
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Leafroller Moths

Leafroller caterpillars can tunnel into fruit or stems to feed, causing lots of damage to fruit.

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Solution

Yates Success Ultra Insect Control - Concentrate

Yates Success Ultra Insect Control - Concentrate

Helps control common caterpillars, thrips, codling moth and tomato potato psyllid. Contains spinetoram derived from beneficial soil bacteria.
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Woolly Apple Aphids

White, fluffy insects that cluster on branches and stems. They look a bit like clumps of cotton wool stuck to branches.

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Yates Nature's Way Organic Citrus, Vegie & Ornamental Spray

Yates Nature's Way Organic Citrus, Vegie & Ornamental Spray

Unique organically certified pyrethrum and plant-based oil combination insecticide, with twin modes of action against garden pests.
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Aphids

Insects clustered on new growth.

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Solution

Yates Nature's Way Organic Citrus, Vegie & Ornamental Spray

Yates Nature's Way Organic Citrus, Vegie & Ornamental Spray

Unique organically certified pyrethrum and plant-based oil combination insecticide, with twin modes of action against garden pests.
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Powdery Mildew

White, powdery mould on leaves, particularly the young growing tips.

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Solution

Yates Fungus Fighter Fungicide - Concentrate

Yates Fungus Fighter Fungicide - Concentrate

A new generation fungicide that prevents and controls powdery mildew, blackspot and rust on apples, grapes, ornamentals and lawns.
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European Canker

A fungal disease of apple and pear trees. Lesions form on branches, ruining fruit and causing wilting and dieback. Lesions develop into large, sunken dead cankers.

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Solution

Wait for dry conditions, then remove affected branches or cut out and burn all infected plant parts. For larger cankers, use a knife or chisel to slice out the infected tissue. Sterilise tools between cuts, to prevent the disease spreading.

 

 

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