From: "William C. Garthright" <billg@inebraska.com>
To: dmnorton@royaloakfarmorchard.com, North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Captan/Sulfur
Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 23:08:20 -0500
For Captan 80WDG the max per season is 40 lbs. per acre per season no
matter what rate you use.
What would you recommend for Apple Scab, in addition to Captan? I
wouldn't want to use the same fungicide all season, but I'm having
trouble finding anything else. I did find some Mancozeb, but it's not
rated for apples. This is just for me, not a commercial orchard, but I'd
imagine there's some reason apples aren't on the label, right? I've seen
Ferbam recommended, too, but I've never seen that anywhere.
I did use a lime sulfur dormant spray, but I don't want to use Captan
alone for the rest of the summer (and my Honeycrisp apple was hit really
hard by scab last year). Any suggestions?
This isn't my only spray problem. Here in Nebraska, it's hard to find a
day calm enough to spray. And my fruit trees and plants are crowded
pretty close together. It's hard to spray one without hitting something
else. That's particularly a problem when the 'something else' is
blooming (at least, for some sprays). I didn't think of that when I
planted them...
Bill
Lincoln, NE (zone 5)
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