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Monday, October 21, 2013
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Captain 97
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Stanwood, Washington
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6.Used fungicides and insecticides for the first time. I have never used them before and have never really had much of a problem with disease. I got some Downy Mildew in early July and ordered some Agrifos and Daconil. It stopped it in its tracks and the plants stayed healthy the rest of the year. I will be doing a preventative rotation next year for sure.
7.Added a drip irrigation system about half way through the year. I have always watered overhead wth a hand sprayer with the ferts mixed in. I think that always having the leaves wet may have contributed to the Mildew problem and so I added a drip system to two of my plants in the middle of July. This makes things so much easier. I will be doing it on all plants next year. I need to find a better way to inject ferts though. the syphon injector I bought was basically worthless and wouldn�t draw the ferts into the line.
8. Started foliar feeding with a hand sprayer. This has its benefits and its drawbacks. In the past I just used my hose sprayer with the fert bottle and tried to get low as i watered and get the bottom of the leaves as best as I could. I think that the coverage was pretty poor. Using the hand pup sprayer allowed me to get the fertilizers focused exactly where they needed to go and really cut down on the amount of fertilizer I needed to use. The down side is that it takes forever to do.
Next year my focus is going to be on improving the soil and keeping the plants healthier. I have already started in on this. I am also going to grow some heavy hitter seeds.
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