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Dormant Oil Spray

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Dormant Oil Spray

Combine the Following:

1/2 c. fish oil

1 c. liquid detergent

1/2 c. mineral oil

Blend well. Add:

2 gallons water

Pour the liquid into a sprayer. Apply when tree is dormant, anytime from winter to late April, Prior to bud development. Be sure to cover the tree in a single spraying.
Pests this works on: aphids, thrips, mealybugs, white flies, pear psylla, red spiders, and various forms of scale.

Use it to destroys eggs of codling moths, oriental fruit

moths, assorted leaf rollers, and cankerworms.

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