<Our stone fruit and apple trees were hit hard last spring with brown rot... Would prefer to have a decent harvest than <see another wasted year BUT-  Captan is a bit scary..............



According to the publication "How to Reduce Bee Poisoning from Pesticides", http://cru.cahe.wsu.edu/CEPublications/PNW0591/pnw591.pdf 

Captan CAN apparently cause some brood problems if mis-applied so it must not be applied to blooming crops or weeds (follow label directions, of course).  I doubt milk will give much protection.  Would like to see the data.  MOST fungicides are safe for bees when applied according to label directions.

Our Master Gardeners recommend the materials in WSU Hort Sense, http://pep.wsu.edu/hortsense/ , but your State may have different materials registered.



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