Well due to all the rain and being unable to maintain a good spraying schedule it looks like we have a bunch of tree fruit here with Brown Rot. Have been doing a bunch of pruning trying to stop the spread but think I am losing the battle for this year, just to much wet weather. Pruning the mummies and bad leaves along with herbicide can hep control and even save a years harvest if caught and maintained early on. Once it sits in though it spreads fast especially if the wet weather persists.

The grapes here are not doing much better but I would say the are holding there own. Blackberries and the rest of the berry families are doing fine. It just seems the Peach, Plum and Nectarine trees are the one's that are in a state of yuck, best I can put it. Apples and Pear trees are doing great, loaded with fruit. Sure am going to miss the soft fruits.

So what to do, do you give up, re plant, try to repair, yes this is my choice as the trees are going on 9 years old. You can get rid of this the next year with hard work, careful maintenance and luck. Pruning hardy, making sure to remove all old carcasses from the tree, spraying on time and a whole lot of help from mother nature as in just enough rain, not to much and not too little. I well maintain them this year in hopes of next, if they fail then I can remove and re plant if desired good chance I will not if it comes to that, getting to old now to start from scratch with new trees.

Sure wish I was in a zone that I could plant lemon, Paw-Paw you know some exotic fruits but I am not....

How is your fruit doing??

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