Its time to do leaf analysis again but I have seen a lot less FB in the last
couple of years,
On Mon, 5/22/17, Jon Clements <jmcext...@gmail.com> wrote:
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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
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!
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
