Finding half a worm. For an apple-tree-owner, worse still is finding a worm – or worm holes – in every single fruit on your tree. That's a frustratingly common experience for Seattle homeowners.

For example, apple trees will need to be sprayed again in the summer and fall. Using insecticide is an effective way to protect your fruit trees against worms, but there are more ways you can ...

Question: I read that apple trees should be sprayed for worms at petal fall. Is it too late to spray? Do I need more than one ...

Joking aside, worm damage to apples is no laughing matter ... Or simply hang actual red apples from the tree, coated with the material. Average-sized trees should have five or six traps for ...

I waited until the apples started to form. I still have these worms in every apple on my tree. A: I am guessing that you are dealing with codling moth. This is a common pest of apples and pears.

The second reader sent a photo of an apple with a worm in it and complained that the majority of the apples on the tree were damaged by wormholes. A. First I will address the the problem with ...

I garden organically with only moderate success. Most of the apples on my prolific tree have worm holes. Is there an organic strategy that would help? I cut around the holes and am curious as to ...

Worm Resurgence Troubles Apple Farmers Organic apple farmers keep their fruit free of worms by spraying their trees with a naturally occuring virus. But insects in some orchards in Germany have ...

Dear Dr. Dirt: We have an abundance of apples on our apple trees this year but cannot use ... are the work of the apple maggot or railroad worm, Rhagoletis pomonella, which was the subject of ...

Q: We have two apple trees that are 5 years old, and multiple apples are falling off. When we cut the fruit open, we find the blackened damage shown in the photos. Any advice would be appreciated.

Many people hold to the romantic idea that apples used to taste better in the “good old days,” and just naturally resisted disease and worms. After all, orchardists didn’t spray their trees ...

Q: I hope I can make myself understood about my problem with my King apple trees. The apples are large ... One is the larva of the codling moth. The other "worm" is really a maggot, the larva ...