Pest Control
When to Spray Pesticides to Use
Delayed dormant When buds begin to Liquid lime-sulfur break and show (critical for good disease silver. control)
New cane spray When new canes are 6-12 inches high.
Pre-bloom Just before the Benlate + Malathion flowers open.
After bloom Benlate + Sevin
Pre-harvest As fruit begin to Benlate + Malathion color (and every 7 days through harvest.)
Post-harvest Sevin
Days to wait between spraying and harvest. Benlate - 3 days Diazinon - 7 days Malathion - 3 days Methoxychlor - 14 days Sevin - 7 days


