I have been adding copper (Kocide) to my glysofate tank when spraying weeds in
an effort to get more copper into the soil, Kocide is cheap, water soluable,
Every time I have done leaf anayisis copper is way deficient in the leaf, I
think this defieciancy makes the tree more suceptable to FB, do
My guess is that it’s not so much the heat as the humidity, Kevin. I think when
you get as dry as it gets in Riverside on a hot day, it may indeed kill off the
epiphytic bacteria, and make further transmission difficult. Today and tomorrow
it looks like your dewpoint is 47 to 52 F (8 to 11
Hi!
it would be interesting to define “cool” in the southern California context. ;-)
Temperature in the mid-90 (35 ℃ for the rest of the planet) (or more) clearly
isn’t favorable for blight. Flowers age faster at that temperature, while the
bacteria is slowed down.
Plus, if the trees are
Strep works very well for blossom blight, until abuse brings it down
(resistance). Sticking to bloom sprays and making sure it’s applied only when
it’s needed is key.
> sceptical that these antobiotic sprays work at all, only good for the blooms
> and chemical dealers,
Hi!
I have no idea about the effect of copper content in soil on FB management.
That’s a new one for me. I tried to look it up, but couldn’t find anything.
For FB, removing “any” stress is not a silver bullet though. As mentioned in
previous posts, some water stress can save your trees when
