Are you looking for the best fungicide for fruit trees? We review all of the top sprays and give you our recommendations. Fungi will infiltrate fruit trees if you’re not vigilant, causing a range of problems from fruit rot to poor growth and tree death. Defensive gardeners use fungicides as a form of biological control to prevent these issues. We’ve reviewed the best fungicides for trees to help you choose the right one for your needs. Fruit trees are a great addition to any garden. But they can be short-lived if the wrong pests attack them. The best way to prevent these types of problems is by using the right pesticide on your fruit tree to prevent and control fungal diseases, mites, scale insects and other pests that can affect your fruit production.

Best Fungicide For Fruit Trees

Introduction

The best fungicides for your fruit trees are always the ones that are appropriate and safe for the specific disease you are combating in your tree, orchard or landscape plantings.

Copper Fungicide.

Copper fungicides are effective against many different types of fungal diseases, including powdery mildew, black rot and apple scab. Copper can be used in combination with other fungicides such as sulfur or lime sulfur to treat fruit trees with more than one disease at a time.

Copper is also safe for humans and animals when used as directed on the label. Many people have concerns about copper because it can be poisonous if ingested orally in large quantities. However, the amount required to kill an adult human would be far more than what you would use on your fruit trees (typically 1-2 teaspoons).

Proper application timing is crucial with copper products; they are most effective when applied early in the disease cycle (before infection begins), so they should not be used later in the season as preventative measures or as a replacement for spray applications after symptoms appear on leaves or fruits.

Serenade Garden Disease Control.

Serenade Garden Disease Control is a systemic fungicide that is used for the control of powdery mildew and rust on ornamental plants and vegetables.

Serenade contains azoxystrobin, a new class of fungicide that controls many important diseases on a wide range of crops. It is also effective in controlling leaf spot diseases such as anthracnose, early blight and leaf spots caused by Alternaria species, Phoma species and Septoria musiva.

Spectracide Immunox Multi-Purpose Fungicide Spray Concentrate.

In order to ensure that you are using the correct product for your needs, it is important to know what a good fungicide for fruit trees looks like. Here are some of the most common characteristics of a fungicide that you should look for:

• Broad-spectrum fungicide. The best fungicides will be able to combat several different types of fungi and diseases at once. This way, if one type of fungus or disease get in your garden and starts growing, this broad-spectrum fungicide will be able to help fight it off quickly so that it doesn’t spread any further than necessary.
• Safely works on many plants and trees. When choosing a product like this one from Spectracide Immunox Multi-Purpose Fungicide Spray Concentrate (which we’ll talk about more later), make sure that it has been proven safe for use on the plants you want treated with it! Some products can actually damage certain types of greenery when they come into contact with them; so make sure yours won’t before buying anything like this one above all others!

Daconil Fungicide Concentrate.

Daconil is a broad-spectrum fungicide that controls a wide range of diseases, including powdery mildew, rust, leaf spots and blights. It is non-phytotoxic to plants and safe for the environment. It should be applied to the trunk of trees twice per year from spring through fall (and again in winter if needed).

Eagle 20EW Specialty Fungicide.

Eagle 20EW Specialty Fungicide is a water-based liquid concentrate that is used to protect fruit trees and vines from a variety of fungal diseases. This product is a systemic protectant fungicide that can be applied as either a drench or spray, depending on what you’re treating for at the time. Its active ingredients include 3% copper oxide, 2% propiconazole, 0.5% thiophanate methyl, 0.5% mandipropamid and 0.25% carboxin for fast-acting results against a wide range of plant diseases including powdery mildew and black spot on roses, apple scab on apples and grapes/peaches/cherries/apricots (stone fruits), bacterial canker on almond trees among others

Monterey LG6135 Garden Insect Spray.

Monterey Garden Insect Spray is a broad-spectrum insecticide that’s effective against many common garden pests. The active ingredients in this spray are acephate, which is a stomach poison and pyrethrins, which are contact poisons. It also contains an insect growth regulator called pyriproxyfen, which disrupts the life cycle of insects by preventing them from reaching maturity. This product also has a systemic action so it works throughout the plant to prevent future infestations instead of just killing existing ones on contact.

You should use Monterey Garden Insect Spray if you have any problems with beetles such as Colorado potato beetles or fleas like cabbage loopers and imported cabbageworms on your plants

Bonide Liquid Copper Fungicide RTU.

Bonide Liquid Copper Fungicide RTU is a copper fungicide that is effective against a range of fungal diseases and is systemic, meaning it’s absorbed into the plant’s tissues. The active ingredient in the spray is 0.6% by weight of cupric hydroxide pentahydrate. The product also contains an emulsifier, polyvinyl alcohol; wetting agent, sodium lauryl sulfate; inert ingredients such as deionized water, methyl paraben (preservative), polyethylene glycol 400 and propylene glycol n-butyl ether

Bonide (BND212) – Fruit Tree Spray, Insecticide & Fungicide Concentrate.

• Bonide (BND212) – Fruit Tree Spray, Insecticide & Fungicide Concentrate

Bonide (BND212) – Fruit Tree Spray, Insecticide & Fungicide Concentrate is one of the products that I have successfully used to control diseases in my fruit trees. This product will also be useful for controlling insects on your fruit trees as well.

Monterey LG6150 Garden Fungicide II RTU.

Monterey LG6150 Garden Fungicide II RTU is a disease-specific fungicide that targets powdery mildew, rusts, blights and scab. It’s water-based, non-phytotoxic and can be applied in direct sunlight. The product works as both a foliar spray or soil drench to help protect your fruit trees from:

• Powdery Mildew (Podosphaera leucotricha)
• American Blight (Phomopsis gossypii)
• Brown Rot Shothole/Black Rot Black Spot/Cherry Leaf Spot (Glomerella cingulata)

Bayer Advanced 701285 All-In-One Rose and Flower Care Granules.

Bayer Advanced 701285 All-In-One Rose and Flower Care Granules is a fungicide that can be used to control diseases and insects on roses and other flowering plants. The granules are easy to apply, controlling pests like leaf rollers, spider mites, aphids, whiteflies, scale insects, thrips and mildew. It also helps protect against blackspot fungus on roses.

The best fungicides for your fruit trees are always the ones that are appropriate and safe for the specific disease you are combating in your tree, orchard or landscape plantings.

You should never use fungicides as a cure all for your fruit trees. Fungicides are not a replacement for good cultural practices, but they can be used to help treat specific diseases and prevent them from ruining fruit crop yields.

Fungicides should only be used as a last resort if the tree is dying or you have no other options. Otherwise, it’s always best to focus on prevention first by using proper irrigation methods, proper pruning techniques (including removing dead branches), avoiding over-watering during hot weather conditions, and applying organic amendments such as compost around the root zone of your plants to improve soil quality.

Conclusion

The best fungicides for your fruit trees are always the ones that are appropriate and safe for the specific disease you are combating in your tree, orchard or landscape plantings. This can be a multi-step process when it comes to choosing the proper fungicide, and there is no one answer that is correct for everyone. Talk with a local extension office to help you identify what might be causing the issues with your fruit trees before taking action against any fungus problems, because without knowing which fungi is causing an issue, there’s no way to know what fungicide will best treat it.