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johnthedev | 22:39 Fri 16th Jun 2006 | Home & Garden
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hi all, last year my victoria plum tree bore an abundance of fruit, unfortunately nearly all had a small maggot inside.don`t want this to happen again this year.any ideas as to which pesticide to use.the tree is about 7 years old.thanks

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It looks to me that you may have plum sawfly (Hoplocampa flava),sorry for the technical jargon, spray with pirimiphos-methyl, permethrin or fenitrothion within 7 days of 80 per cent ofpetal-fall. On small trees pick and burn damaged fruitlets to prevent it spreading. Good Luck.
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thanks for that.probably too late to do anything now then.

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