Q: I have had wormy apples in my Honeycrisp apple tree. Last year, I had the same problem. I was told to spray a fungicide. I also sprayed neem oil. I waited until the apples started to form. I still ...

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If you have fruit trees, now’s the time to be on the lookout for codling moths. This is the time of year — mid-March to early April — when the adult codling moth, a little grayish-brown lepidopteran, ...

Codling moth (Cydia pomonella) remains one of the most persistent and destructive pests of homegrown apples and pears. Understanding how to identify it, how it develops through the season, and how to ...

Everyone is familiar with the “worm in the apple”, but gardeners need to know the worm is the immature stage of the codling moth. Codling moth is present in apples and pears throughout Idaho in ...

We successfully created mass confusion again in a small part of Missoula this summer. Using mating disruption to confuse male codling moths so they couldn't find female moths, we kept 200 apple trees ...

Q. We have had two questions related to growing apples this past week. The first reader asks why their Gala apples are not turning red even though they taste ripe. The second reader sent a photo of an ...

Don't skip these apple care tasks! A few easy chores in May will help the trees to thrive so you'll get a tasty harvest when ...

With more forethought, Adam might not have bitten the apple and I might not have planted apple trees. But he did, and I did, and we each must deal with the consequences. For my part, I hadn't realized ...