Peach Tree Borer - Twist Tie Solution

Unlike our apples and pears our stone fruits ( plums, apricots, peaches, nectarines) are not organic. However, whenever possible, we use organic solutions to control disease and insect problems.

A new solution we are using is mating disruption to control the greater and lesser peach tree borer. These twist ties release a pheromone that disrupts the pheromone released by the female insect thus confusing the male.  No mating means no egg laying in the bark of the tree meaning no borers killing the branch or tree.

This is one of the few organic allowed solutions that work as well or almost as well as conventional controls.

Peach Blossom Time

This is the time of the year when people pull into our orchard and ask if they can take images of the Peach  and Nectarine bloom.  Some folks take images of individual blossoms, some individual trees and others take images of family and friends.  This gentleman took images of his 1949 22nd Series Packard Station Sedan, also known as a Woody.  Very cool.