[apple-crop] Captan and russet

2014-04-02 Thread Arthur Kelly
Is there other than anecdotal evidence as to Captan/Captec's role in the russeting we saw in 2013? What about the effect of adjuvants such as LI700? Also, who has experience with bloom thinning with ATS? -- Art Kelly Kelly Orchards Acton, ME ___

Re: [apple-crop] Captan and russet

2014-04-02 Thread David A. Rosenberger
I’ll add a bit to what Dan presented below: First, I doubt that anyone has good evidence of captan causing or contributing to russet when it is applied alone. In fact, in many field trials where impacts of fungicides on fruit finish have been evaluated, captan applied at late bloom, petal