Aphids on apples

I am growing or should I say trying to grow apple trees here in central Florida and it so far is doable. The one thing I have had constant issues with is a very small green bug called "aphid" its a simple looking little bug, however it would be a huge mistake to underestimate them. I have found that the new tinder growth is their target and they will stop at nothing to milk the sap out of it. Having said all of that I have found a method to control them and I use the word control very lightly, because that is all I can do is control them. How you ask! Sulfur orchard spray by Bonide.

The Beginning

This blog is to document my trial and error effort of growing apples and pears in Florida. I started this journey with the physical work in the backyard garden/orchard about 6 months ago with the planting of multiple apple trees. I planted 3 different varieties of trees all of which were low chill hour type trees. First is "Anna", second is "Dorsett golden", and finally "Ein shemer". The chill hour requirements on these trees are only about 150/200 hrs below 45 degrees. Hopefully this is the right combination for central Florida. Also I planted 2 varieties of pear trees "Hood" and "Florida home". The pear trees I planted in a espalier fashion and will train them on a 3 wire trellis.