spraying apricot & cherry trees
This is our second season with apricot and cherry trees and so far it has been a learn-as-we-go experience. This year, we're dealing with tiny black specks on the leaves (I think they're aphids?), and tiny caterpillars. We did not apply any type of insecticide during its dormant period because we didn't know we needed it.
So what can we do at this point? The cherry tree is blossoming, so I assume that we need to wait to spray it... but when is it safe to start spraying it?
The apricot tree doesn't have any blossoms yet, but the leaves are starting to emerge. Can we spray that one now, before it blossoms?