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Westmoreland, KS

Friendly reminder especially to all of us southern fellas. With the 80-90 degree weather it is time to start your bug/disease sprays.

5/10/2018 1:50:35 PM

Torrance, Ca.

Did you hear that Spence?

5/10/2018 6:20:32 PM

Upa Creek, Mo

Noted. At 91 today and are forecasted for 96 on Sunday. What happened to spring? Went from cold to oven.

5/10/2018 8:37:13 PM

Home of happy lil plants

still too cold here dont know if its ever going to warm up

5/10/2018 10:13:58 PM

Home of happy lil plants

shhhhh im sneaking up on it first

5/10/2018 11:12:57 PM

Israel

If it's any incouragementm it's 90+ here everyday with showers, the diseases are raising their ugly heads, but started early with the fungicides this year and at present I got a approx 880 LB on one of the plants.:-))) Every year I find myself hunting the right stuff to treat downy mildew. :-(

5/11/2018 8:06:38 AM

Westmoreland, KS

I feel your pain Luke...Cold April, freaking hot May. I think I chose a good year to install a greenhouse. Plants are fine so far but lets wait for the 100+ weather!

5/11/2018 9:17:01 AM

Westmoreland, KS

Holy Pumpkin you need to take some pictures and post them online. Especially if you have some mildew issues. There are a lot of smart people who would be happy to help you out if they can. And 880lbs is great keep her grow'n!

5/11/2018 9:30:41 AM

stoughton WI

Just a heads up for those of you who don't know. My understanding is downy mildew and powdery mildew do not over winter in your soil, they are however carried in by the winds. They may have a map that let's you know where they are popping up. You may have to do a little research to find it for your area.

5/11/2018 11:25:10 AM

Upa Creek, Mo

Rick, I personally never see PM until late June here. Root diseases are terrible from now until late summer since temps are so high and we still are in rain season. An Actinovate drench and foliar is in the works for this evening.

5/11/2018 11:53:13 AM

Dillonvale, Ohio

ipmpipe.org is a/the website to track downy mildew in cucurbits. As of today, there have been no comfirmed cases.

5/11/2018 2:05:06 PM

Torrance, Ca.

I'm just glad I don't have to deal with disease like Rick.

5/11/2018 5:58:29 PM

stoughton WI

Thanks jeff for posting the site, it may be helpful in heading downey mildew and powdery mildew off. I was looking at the outlook charts on the site and it seems like it may start in alabama. I'm blaming spence lol

5/11/2018 8:46:26 PM

Upa Creek, Mo

Yup, I heard Nick Saban is growing a 2145 this year.

5/11/2018 8:59:27 PM

Home of happy lil plants

you only get downey or powdery if you slack off on the spraying here ...

5/11/2018 9:20:44 PM

Israel

Hi Jake. Any suggestions on where I could post some pictures on line of the mildew issues ? Thanks :-)

5/12/2018 10:50:36 AM

stoughton WI

Holy pumpkin, post here on bp. I'm sure somebody will be able to help out.

5/12/2018 10:57:01 AM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

Hey Luke, if you used Bravo with Weatherstik, you’d likely never see PM in the patch again if you added it to you rotation.

5/12/2018 4:37:41 PM

Upa Creek, Mo

Thanks Glenn, I’ll check it out.

5/12/2018 5:11:35 PM

Home of happy lil plants

dithane(manzate)/daconil and tebuconazole for the pm (AND downey) control knockout and bury. i dont break out the mefenoxam(eagle) once you actually have it or pressure is highhhh as pretty harsh to the plant itself

5/12/2018 9:57:40 PM

Westmoreland, KS

Holy on the bigpumpkins.com home page click grower diaries and on the right hand side you'll see submit to your own diary NEW.

Click that link and you can upload your pictures.

5/12/2018 11:09:14 PM

Torrance, Ca.

I'm so glad I'm all organic.

5/12/2018 11:09:51 PM