How Do You Treat Pear Scabs

Pear scab responds to the same organic controls as apple scab. These include treatments of sulfur, lime-sulfur, or Bordeaux mixture (copper sulfate plus lime) applied early in the growing season. Spray with sulfur or lime-sulfur as soon as the buds show green.

How do you treat apple pear scabs?

1. Protective spraying. Protective spraying keeps the susceptible parts of the tree covered with fungicide. …
2. Curative spraying after infection periods. …
3. Postharvest foliage treatment. …
4. Spray program. …
5. Fungicide resistance.

Can I eat pears with pear scab?

As you note, the lesions do not prevent consumption of the fruit. Just peel and eat unless the infection gets so bad that the fruit cracks or becomes misshapen and secondary rot organisms destroy it.