> Our stone fruit and apple trees were hit hard last spring with brown rot and I > see the preventative treatment is spraying Captan, sulfur or similar > fungicides. Would prefer to have a decent harvest than see another wasted > year BUT- Captan is a bit scary, so would a sulfur spray be the safest or is > there something better Hi Mary, ATTRA has some excellent publications on organic fruit tree production. Start here: http://attra.ncat.org/publication.html#horticultural Regards, Diotima ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "If there is a better solution...find it" Thomas Edison Virtual Assistance: The better solution for small business. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Diotima Booraem, CPVA Virtual Executive Assistance http://www.virtualhelp.biz E-mail: [log in to unmask] *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm