Hello everyone,

I hope you guys will watch with an open mind & can learn something new. Enjoy!

Thought I'd bump this to get more discussion on the topic.

Sorry I missed this one when you posted it another great video lots of information if I may give you one tip you should slow down with the camera I suffer from motion sickness when I watch videos with the camera moving back and fourth fast I actually get a little wozzy "great job keep the videos coming" 

Ross- There has been a very active discussion on this item. Please check out this thread.  http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/fmv-maybe-mites-yes-7059821?&trail=50

Thanks for your great video, love it, I am wondering what spray you use for your  trees? 

I use Surround: http://www.groworganic.com/surround-25-lb.htm

There's a lot you can use, but I have Surround to fight Japanese Beetles/many other insects for my apples/stone fruit.

I bet Surround does make life rough for them. When I had the mites I planted a whole bunch of trees and sprayed with Surround for heat stress, and that seemed to slow them down compared to trees that were not sprayed. I sprayed many times while the figs established, 2-3x a week for 2-3 weeks, but the spots/mites still came back.

Aphids can make similar spots and I saw some this spring, not as uniform as the fig bud mite though and with more deformities. Unfortunately many trees will not show any typical FMV symptoms after being infected until they wake up next spring. Chopping seems like the best method to deal with that, tough decision to make but if all the buds break sick it the trunk will be runted.