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The 2009 Pest Management Guide has now been posted on the Virginia Tech web site and can be found at http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/pmg/index.html.  The Guide is in PDF format and each individual section can be downloaded as needed.  It covers both Home Growers and Commercial growers as well as Organic.  It has a good section on brown rot and would support your use of Captan.  The great thing about Captan is that it is labeled for both stone and pome fruits.  Be sure to check the label for your state as is the case with all chemicals.  Hope this helps!

 

Dennis Norton
Royal Oak Farm Orchard
Office (815) 648-4467
Mobile (815) 228-2174
Fax (609) 228-2174
http://www.royaloakfarmorchard.com
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----- Original Message -----

From: <rmelrose@danvilleVT.net>

To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>

Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 3:14 PM

Subject: [NAFEX] Control of Brown Rot

> Okay folks, I have finally decided to try to tame the Brown Rot 
scourge
> that I have here in Vermont (Zone 4a) starting this Spring. The 
BR hits the
> cherries and plums hard, starting with blossom blight, 
depending on how wet
> it is (but it is usually damp around the time of 
cherry and plum flowering)
> and typically culminates in almost complete 
fruit destruction and some twig
> damage. I am trying to be diligent about 
cleaning up mummified fruit and
> pruning out damaged wood, etc and last 
year I got a few plums (Alderman was
> best by far but also Hildreth) and 
quite a few cherries (Erdi Jubileum was
> best but Meteor was also 
useful); of course this success was probably due
> to exceptional weather. 
Anyway, having got this far I am keen to do
> better. Despite being 
organically inclined (maybe lazy), my current
> thinking is to use either 
Captan or Indar but I am seeking advice,
> especially based on experience 
and/or knowledge!
> 
> So, if I am to spray, what do people suggest? 
The two I am thinking about
> seem fairly low on the toxicity scale and 
maybe effective. I am personally
> highly sensitive to many compounds in 
the benzene department, so I will be
> very careful.
> 
> Your 
thoughts are appreciated.
> Richard
> 
> 
>