Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 17:07:30 +0000
From: Debbie Roos
Subject: photos: check fruit trees now for scale pests
If you have fruit trees, now is a good time to inspect them for scale insects. White peach scale and San Jose scale are serious pests that can kill fruit trees within a few years if not controlled. They can be a problem on peach, nectarine, apple, pear, cherry, and plum trees. Many woody ornamentals are also host plants. Scale insects feed on the bark, leaves, and fruit of the host plant and can cause stunting, leaf drop, fruit lesions, and eventually death of branches or entire trees if populations are high and left untreated.
Visit Chatham County Cooperative Extension’s Growing Small Farms website for photos and control recommendations for scale pests: http://go.ncsu.edu/fruit-tree-
Have a great week,
Debbie
Debbie Roos
Agricultural Extension Agent
Chatham County Center
North Carolina Cooperative Extension
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