Fire Blight Disease in Your Fruit Trees
Desert Horticulture
English - May 28, 2022 14:00 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsLeisure Society & Culture horticulture gardening desert arid dry hot mojave mohave sonoran chihuahuan Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Fire blight disease is one of the most virulent and aggressive diseases that fruit trees and landscape plants can get. This past year we've had an outbreak of this disease. Some fruit trees and landscape plants are more susceptible to it than others. In particular Asian pears, Quince and some European pears as well is apples can get it. Walk your landscape and Orchard in the spring months when new growth occurs. If you've had fireblight in the past walked your landscape frequently to check on this disease. Learn more about this disease by listening to this episode of Desert horticulture.