Green Light Fruit Tree Spray - Anyone Used It?

LionInZion

Member
So I bought a new-to-me bug spray concentrate. It is call Green Light Fruit Tree Spray. It is .25% Pyrethrins, 2.50% Piperonyl Butoxide, 70% Technical Clarified Hydrophobic Extract of Neem Oil, and 27.25% Other. Says it can be used right up until harvest. It also states on the front that it has Miticide in it. I want to control a spider mite infestation, but I am about 4 weeks into flowering. If anyone has any experience with this, please post them here. Thanks!

http://www.greenlightco.com/products/fruittreespray/index.cfm

 

wagontail

Active Member
I used this outside all summer, only stopping once they were well into flowering. Between the Neem and the pyrethrins, it's going to knock out almost any pest you encounter. The problem with using this while flowering is that Neem is not water-soluble, so it can persist on your plants for weeks in spite of rain, and if it's still there when you harvest you're going to smell/taste that distinctive Neem scent.

If you're late into flowering and you don't think you'll make it without treating, use something without Neem, but containing either pyrethrins or spinosad.
 
I have this same Green Light Fruit Tree Spray with the 0.25% Pyrethrins, 2.50% Piperonyl Butoxide, 70% Technical Clarified Hydrophobic Extract of Neem Oil, and 27.25% Other.
My question: does anyone know if it will help w/ this problem I'm having w/ my 3 peach trees which is called Leaf Curl. I've been lucky for the past 3 years and it has not shown itself, but not this year, and the three trees have some 400 peaches on them and I'm really concerned that I'll lose them.
And here's a couple photos - well, it won't let me upload a word doc w/ the images in them.
Ron
 

lio lacidem

Well-Known Member
I havent used this specific product but agree 100% with wagontail using neem in flower will result in neem flavored buds. If you make concentrates this foul flavor will magnify and make the extracts terrible.
 
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