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  1. Paul B

    Apple pruning.

    the safer soap type stuff is exempted, as is moss killer, Bt compounds, copper spray and garden sulphur, not much else. and FWIW, Lysol is a pesticide (bacteriacide), the bans cover 'cosmetic pesticides" as in those things that make your plants or their products (IE apples) look better.
  2. Paul B

    Apple pruning.

    but it doesnt kill frogs and poison many other things including people. The province I live in is sorta like the california of the USA, forward in most green thinking for our country. I think judicious use by trained pros is ok but the homeowner should not be able to buy the stuff, period. Just...
  3. Paul B

    Apple pruning.

    watch them grow or pull them out or use infra red burners to torch em or weed whacker them....
  4. Paul B

    Apple pruning.

    I prune fruit trees lots here, especially at this time of year, for homeowners there aint no sprays left to use, city bylaws have banned most of them and many nurseries and box stores like Home Depot have stopped selling them. IPM is the way to be here, commmercially there are still sprays...
  5. Paul B

    Apple pruning.

    ha! I noticed the cheeky placement of a Twinkie in the movie Wall-E...
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