Monterey - Florel Plant Growth Regulator - Fruit Tree Spray - Florel Fruit Eliminator Spray for Trees - Apply Using Sprayer - 1 Quart

This product works great. Spray it on early.

This stuff does work to prevent fruiting of trees but timing is everything! We have four crabapple trees lining our driveway. They are beautiful when they are flowering but then nothing but a mess as the crabapples fall on the driveway and get smashed by tires and shoes and get tracked into the garage and house. I sprayed them last year and must not have timed it right but did notice a slight decrease in the amount of fruit. This year I must have hit it right and so far, no fruit. I am ecstatic. It is important to spray when the trees right after they have flowered. This bottle was enough to spray four crabapple trees but I only spray the branches that hang over the driveway and not the entire tree, probably about 1/3 to 1/2 of each tree so it probably would be enough to do 2 full trees.

We hired a landscape architect to specify plantings around our pool. He put in a Texas Ebony and a Palo Verde within 10 feet. After the trees matured they dropped debris for 6 months out of the year causing multiple swimming pool maintenance problems. I wonder what landscape school he attended? Anyway, I didn't want to remove the trees so I asked for help from the largest tree service in Phoenix. They told me nothing could be done but a local nursery suggested Florel. I use this in mid-March when the old leaves start to drop which signifies the beginning of blooming and a couple more times during the year. It isn't perfect but I would say reduces the problem 90%.

apply early spring before leaves

I sprayed a large pear tree (that produces bad-tasting pears) last spring. This fall, instead of gathering up 500+ pears off the ground there were maybe 75. So, it wasn't 100% - but it really simplified this fall's cleanup.However, the second year we were out of town and came back and sprayed right near the end of the blossoming time - didn't do a thing this year (perhaps made it worse).Who has a good way of knowing just when to spray it on?

Last year I sprayed our crabapple once after the flowers had been out for a while. We had the worst crop (and mess) ever. This year I sprayed when the flowers first appeared, and then sprayed again a few days later. I won't know until later, but the amount of debris that has fallen indicates I may have gotten them. My son spent many hours cleaning up last year (and me every year before). The neighbor planted the tree (long since passed away) and the current owners don't clean up the apples on their side. Aside from the apples, it is a beautiful tree. The leaves appear to be unaffected by the spray. It is nice as it has no odor.I will try to report back on how it actually turns out later this summer.

Did not kill the mistletoe in mosquite trees in Arizona.

The product arrived late due to shipping problems (USPS). It appears as if it will work ok and arrived well packaged and in good shape. Due to the late shipping, the product could not be used this year. The blossoms were nearly gone and the weather had turned windy and cold so the product could not be used in those conditions. I am hoping to use it to thin my apples trees. I can not get a firm answer as to whether the apples that set and mature after thinning will be safe to eat. They should be ok because this is not a systemic product and should not get into the fruit....I hope. I just want to thin the apples and not eliminate the entire crop.