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Home Orchards: Table 2.4. Plant Protection Materials

Informational table showing pesticides available for home garden use on various fruit crops.

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June 21, 2023

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Gerald Holmes, California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo, Bugwood.org

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This table includes examples of products available to home gardeners for use on various fruit crops in Pennsylvania. This list was current as of April 14, 2005. Other formulations exist with the same active ingredients as some of the products listed above that may or may not be labeled for the same uses. Always consult the label before making pesticide applications.

Caution: Broad-spectrum insecticides (those with a large number of pests listed on the label) have significant potential to be harmful to non-target organisms such as bees and other beneficial or predatory insects.

Active Ingredients Contained in Products	Examples of Products Containing Listed Ingredient	Company	Apples	Pears	Peaches	Nectarines	Plums	Apricots	Cherries	Grapes	Strawberries	Raspberries	Blackberries	Blueberries	Gooseberries	Currants	Elderberies	Hardy Kiwi
Calcium Polysulfideb	Sureguard Lime Sulfur Solution	Value Garden Supply, LLC	Y	Y	Y		Y		Y	Y			Y	Y
Captan	Fruit Tree Spray	Bonide	Y		Y				Y	Y	Y
	Captan 50WP	Bonide	Y		Y					Y	Y
	Agway Complete Fruit Tree Spray	Agway	Y		Y				Y	Y	Y
	Ferti-Lome Liquid Fruit Tree Spray	Voluntary Purchasing Groups	Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y
Chlorothalonil	Fungonil Multipurpose Fungicide	Bonide			Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
	Garden Disease Control	Ortho			Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Copper^b	Liquid Copper Fungicide	Bonide	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y^c		Y	Y	Y
	Copper Spray or Dust	Bonide	Y	Y				Y	Y	Y	Y
	Tenn-Cop 5E	Griffin LLC	Y		Y	Y			Y^c	Y	Y	Y	Y
Mancozeb	Mancozeb Flowable	Bonide	Y	Y						Y
Myclobutanil	Immunox	Spectracide	Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Neem Oil^b	70% Neem Oil	Monterey	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
	Fungicide 3 Concentrate	Garden Safe	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Oil: Petroleum/ Paraffinic^b	Ultrafine Year-Round Pesticidal Oil	Sun-spray (Sunoco)	Y	Y	Y				Y	Y	Y			Y
Sulfur (Sulphur)^b	Sulfur Plant Fungicide	Bonide	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y
	Dusting Wettable Sulfur	Hi-Yield	Y	Y	Y		Y		Y
	Garden Fungicide for Flowers, Fruit, and Vegetables	Safer	Y	Y						Y	Y

^b Certain formulations of these active ingredients exist that are suitable for organic production. They may be listed with the Organic Material Review Institute (OMRI), and their classification may be acceptable or restricted. For specific information, check the Web sites www.omri.org or www.paorganic.org.
^c Sour cherries only

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