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Lewiston, NY

HI All,

I have had several fruit stems turn into brown mush and start to smell real bad and attract lots of fruit flies. I decided to try to repair (don't want several hundred pounds of mush). So I cleaned with a toothbrush then used a paste of captan and joint compound used for gypsum wallboard. It is compoed of limestone or gypsum, so it is going to bemostly calcium so I thought it would work alright. Well the stem has begun to dry out and the paste hides the smell so the bugs stay off. Anybody else try joint compound?

8/18/2004 2:42:46 PM

Have had this disease, and have considered it to be gummy stem blight. Have had a great response to a paste made from Kocide and water. Captan didn't work for me. Have never used joint compound -- Chris

8/18/2004 11:31:28 PM