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Re: Spruce Gall

I find a once a year application of malithion in early may takes care of
the spruce gall.  I do this each may and never have any galls on my trees.

    Steve  graf@aldus.northnet.org
    usda zone 4b/5a in the beautiful Champlain Valley of NY 
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On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, Mary R. Henry wrote:

> I know that it is often tried here in central Minnesota, but the results
> are not notable and the chemicals appalling. You would be better off
> picking them until the tree is too large. BTW if the other spruce is too
> low, it should be suffering worse gall damage than the healthier one.
> They usually go after stressed trees.
> 
> Hal Lanktree wrote:
> > 
> > Is there a systemic remedy for spruce gall?  Of the two trees my wife asked
> > me to plant, I have pulled off well over a hundred galls so far this year
> > from the healthier tree.  The other may be planted too low...it has never
> > looked happy.  If she were not attached to them, the spruce would be long
> > out of here!
> > Hal Lanktree
> > Michigan (Zone 5b)
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