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Sunday, July 22, 2018
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Matt D.
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Connecticut
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July 22nd, 2018
In the image the patch looks great, but if you look closely you will see a few brownish leaves. It seems the heat and humidity are catching up with my plants as there is some Fusarium is starting to set in. Each plant has at least some symptoms of Fusarium, but my timing has been good with a fungicide application the day before the first leaves were seen. The progression has been minimal so I just may have caught it early.
Personally, I think this is a prime example of being willing to accept a little damage and not getting into an over spray or fungicide application pattern. If you do not follow rotations and spaced applications you can breed resident forms of disease which will create a much worse situation in the future. I am not able to change all of my soil, so I have to carefully manage what I am fortune to have. It is also important to not start applying every fungicide you have access to, once you identify an issue applying best match product(s) is the most effective approach. Also, many of the leaves that are having the issue were initially developed in the cold-frame, and it seems, these leaves tend to be slightly less hardy so this also needs to be taken into consideration.
Time will tell if this strategy will work out, but in the past, this mind set has served me well.
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