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At that point , caterpillars have grown to about 1 to 2 inches in length . At planting time you should also provide two to four inches of an organic mulch such as wood chips , pine needles , or compost . Alternatively , use one hand to hold the short , thick fruiting spur that bore the apple , and the other hand to lift and twist the fruit . Reducing the deer population is a temporary solution at best , and an option not available to fruit growers except those in rural areas . Discard the infected plants and soil , do not compost them . When planting new materials , choose those which have resistance to powdery mildew , and space them far enough apart to allow good air circulation and adequate light . At this time , topographic data of the appropriate quality for change detection are not available for much of the Southern Hemisphere . Second , minimize foliar wetness to reduce the spread of the nematodes between plants . Pruning the trunk back in this way is intended to induce branching that will result in scaffold branch options the following year . The good news , however , is that the main differences between grocery store pears and those we can grow here are size and fresh fruit keeping ability . Most garden soils in Minnesota have pH readings above those that are optimum for blueberries ( most soils are too alkaline ) . The new shoots will eventually replace the older stems . Landers earthquake study area ( see next section ) due to an approximate 250-m systematic error in the topographic data . For this reason , cultural control should be the primary form of powdery mildew management . Slice the stem lengthwise to help you diagnose this disease . The quality of the fruit from these disease-resistant trees is acceptable , although it may not measure up to that of some other varieties recommended in Table 1 for zones 4a and 4b . While no plants are immune , fleshy-leaved plants are more likely to suffer from oedema than those with thin-leaves . Observation of little roundworms is a key diagnostic feature of this disease . Excessive pruning should be avoided because it greatly reduces the crop for that year . Plants do not store at all well after this dipping regime , so it is best to treat plants about the time they would be breaking dormancy . After the initial pruning at planting , fruit trees should be pruned on an annual basis in late winter — preferably after the coldest weather is past — before they break bud . Dwarfing and Standard Rootstocks When purchasing an apple or pear tree , one is actually selecting a plant made up of two genetically different individuals grafted together , the " scion " and the " rootstock ” ( Figure 1 ) . By this we mean that , within a given pixel , the position of radar scatterers has not changed to any significant degree , but the ensemble of scatterers ( i.e ., the entire ground surface within that pixel , as well as some adjacent ones ) has moved up , down , or sideways in some correlated fashion . Unfortunately , because the nematodes can survive saprophytically in the soil , the long-term efficacy of this approach is questionable .