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Sunday, August 18, 2024
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Richmond Dave
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Richmond, BC, Canada
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This a picture of the 2404 Barron growing inside the greenhouse. The PM had started inside 2 weeks before the outside plant. I was trying to be proactive and had sprayed the plant 6 times with agricultural grade fungicides. As with past growing years I knew that those fungicides would only slow the PM but not stop or eradicate it. This year was no different. The PM continued to develop. Since this year I wasn't going to grow a pumpkin( but I did!!), I experimented with a few different things and on Aug 2nd I gave the plant a heavy spray of "Hygropunch" oil fungicide delivered through my overhead mister system. 16 days later there is no sign of PM !! About a week after the initial spray, I could see the "shadow" areas of where the Hygropunch had not reached the leaves. I hand sprayed those areas. I have never had such a clean looking plant. My biggest worry using the oil was clogging the stomata or some other function of the plant and slowing the pumpkin growth. BUT... since Aug 2nd the pumpkin has gained over 400 lbs !!
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