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Georgia

I had some splits in the stems of my pumpkins it appears they were just growing too fast. I painted Garden and Dieses control on them"chlorothalonil" and its rained here preety good. Theres some residue still on the stems and I have a new bottle of captan. Can I apply Captan on the stems now or do I have to wait. Will these two substances mixed together be harmful. Thanks for any replys.

7/27/2007 12:24:04 PM

San Jose garysand@pacbell.net

you can alway take an old tooth brush and water to remove the old chlorth, then put captan, to be safe

7/27/2007 6:33:59 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Tom Beachy swears that liquid chlorothanonil works better than Captan powder on splits. You might be better off reapplying the Daconil.

7/28/2007 12:11:40 AM

Long Island,New York

Captan is nasty stuff...best to find something less dangerous. Lets face it...we all squish the stuff into cracks with bare hands sometimes or get some on our hands while paintbrushing it on...or the dust. Permanent eye injury from Captan is a big risk when powdered sulfer, garden sulfer, or daconil can be used relatively safely.

7/28/2007 7:19:16 AM

Georgia

Thanks for the replys..I think ill just put some daconil back on them.It just seems a little safer I have two bottles of Captan that I havent touched yet.

7/30/2007 8:45:48 AM

Windsor, Ontario, Canada

I just used liquid daconil and baking soda to form a paste. Seems fine. Anyone have any experience with this?

7/30/2007 9:26:00 AM