5 garden tips for this week, May 5-11

1 Fighting fruit tree pests
Fruit tree borers are moth larvae that eat tree tissues under the bark, causing bark to flake off on the upper side of affected branches and seriously weakening or even killing the trees.
Prevent new springtime infestations by spraying apricot, nectarine, peach and plum trees with Spinosad or other products that contain carbaryl or malathion twice in May, seven-10 days apart, as new larvae hatch and try to get a foothold.
In winter, control them further by removing se