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Spanish Ontario

noticed 2 small crack,s where stem meet,s fruit applied heavy coat of sulfer paste over crack,s all i can do is wait an see

8/15/2003 10:00:18 AM

Choctaw, OK

Many growers helped me out with my stem split problems and the re-occuring theme was -- scrape out the paste and apply the fugicide in dry powder form. What i found easy to do (told to be by glenn needham) is to blow dry fugicide in there with a straw or connection of straws (really depends how big the split is and amount of oozing, lots of oozing is not good from my observations, just FYI). Try to get a fan on it to keep the area dry at all times. Support the vine somehow so none of its weight is on the stem (this is of utmost importance!).

Casey

8/15/2003 8:47:35 PM

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Um.....I really don't like the straw thing. You really don't want to get fungicide in your mouth or especially lungs. Businesses that supply professional pest control companies (like us) sell cheap squeeze bulbs that are very effective at dispensing with dusts safely. We sell the Centro Duster in 8 & 14 oz sizes. I find the 8 oz is fine. They run between $11.50 & $14.00 depending on where you buy them.

Picture of Centro Dusters:

http://www.bugspray.com/catalog/products/page258.html

Just a thought.

Steve

8/15/2003 10:46:33 PM

Long Island,New York

Captan and a straw will give you a REALLY bad reputation....G

8/16/2003 4:24:16 PM

Key West, FL

Turkey basters will also work.

8/16/2003 4:43:16 PM

Choctaw, OK

Glenn.lol. I heard basters will work as well. I have a connection of 10 straws...i am mighty careful...dont worry...i havent not breathed any in. Steve, thanks for the url to the sqeeze bulbs.

8/17/2003 11:17:40 AM