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Old 1-Sep-2007   #19
Vance Wood
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Originally Posted by jfecme
I fretted and fretted about what insecticide to use this year, as I am also concerned about spraying my trees with anything. I initiated a thread in the spring about this subject and asked specifically about Bayer's 12 month systemic.

After somewhat lukewarm replies I took a big risk and used it anyway. guess what? NO BUGS ON MY 120+ TREES AND THE TREES ARE HEALTHY!! PHEW! Use as directed. (ha!)

As for fungicides, I use Safer brand (sulfur based) and for really bad problems, Daconil, without harm to the trees, including junipers. At least so far.

Isn't there any non-copper based fungicide that will work?


I don't believe Daconil is Copper based. Captan is pretty good if you can find it and Benomil.
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