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Woburn, Ma

Last year I had an awful battle with Powdery Mildew. It went on for weeks and weeks and finally kicked my butt and my plants. I do not want to go through that again this year. It has been really wet up here in the N.E and I would like to know when I could begin preventative appliciations. From the boards I know what to apply just not sure when to start. Thanks... Blaine

6/8/2004 9:33:47 AM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Mass? First week of July or last week in June would be my instinct. I start early & aply weekly using lower than label rates to avoid tip injury.

6/8/2004 9:56:41 AM

Cologne / Germany

It´s always good to use some foliar feeding products intended to make your plants stronger and more resistant all over the season.
Most products I can buy over here are just to defeat mildew if it´s there so early applications are not preventative with that kind of stuff.
Bayer has a pretty good range of new fungicides against common diseases, my father told me he had success saving his ill tomatoe plants which used to be really difficult in the past.

6/8/2004 12:43:42 PM

Woburn, Ma

Thanks for the tip on lower than label rates... I probably wouldn't have done that. Floh, I planned on doing a more frequent foliar feeding this year with lower rates instead of the weekly feedings I did last year. I also spent a couple years: 1970-1972, in Bitburg, Germany.... I have a lot of nice memories from that time...

6/10/2004 8:11:05 PM