1.   Apply dormant oil on fruit trees to kill insect eggs before leaf and flower buds begin to expand.

2.   But in particularly threatening situations, his company applies dormant oil.

3.   Do I need a dormant oil spray?

4.   Horticultural oil is also called dormant oil and long has been used by orchardists.

5.   One is to spray with dormant oil in early spring, before the canes leaf out.

6.   Spray dormant oil on plants that are susceptible to scale, such as fruit and pecan trees, hollies, euonymus and camellias.

7.   The cooking spray works like a dormant oil and smothers the scales, but will also fry the plant if left in the sun.

8.   This is the time of year to apply dormant oil, and perhaps this will help curb future attacks.

9.   You can use a dormant oil during late winter or a summer oil during the growing season.

10.   You may find some help from a product containing neem, malathion or dormant oil.