Does anyone do a regular spray programme to prevent bugs and fungal is
Velleta Tardiel
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Comments (15)Billy: It never occurred to me that you might be trying to tie the footies around the peach itself. The footie is tied tightly over the branch or twig the peach is attached to, so the length of the stem is irrelevant, in fact, the shorter the stem the better. Peaches do not fruit on very thick, older branches, so it is nearly always possible to do this. Before installing, stretch the footie a little, so that the bottom of the material is at the bottom of the peach, freeing up material above to form your tie. If there are leaves on the other side of the stem where you want to make your tie, take them off. The material is so stretchy it will grow with the peach even if it initially appears pretty tight. It is not necessary to tie a granny knot, a square knot, or any real knot at all. Just a single tie, since the friction of the material will hold it tight, and there will be no entry points for insects. Austransplant is correct that I have given up on growing nectarines here. Nectarines rot right on my trees, whether they have been visited by the oriental fruit moth or not. However, I can grow big, beautiful peaches. Kandituft: I wouldn't call installing footies an art, but it's not really science either. However, you have to actually read the suggestions I have made and try to replicate them. You will get better at it with practice. If you just grab a footie and charge out to the orchard to tie it on without a clear idea of how to do it properly, you may repeat mistakes I have already made. Don Yellman, Great Falls, VA...See MoreAll in one preventative spray?
Comments (22)Wow, thanks for all the replies and debate which definitely made me think twice about what and when to spray. Really, the only thing I sprayed consistently was a neem oil mixture on my plants because the year before I found all my leaves got eaten and by the time I used the neem it was too late as it takes awhile to work unlike something like Pyrethrin. I've actually read that neem doesn't kill off the beneficial insects because those are no munching on the leaves of the plants. It seemed to help a lot more than harm my plants so I will probably use it this coming year as part of my routine, heck, it even rid my house of fungus gnats by spraying the soil and leaves of the indoor plants which somehow got infested even though I sterilized everything. Maybe it was that pointsettia my girlfriend gave me :). From what I gather on this post I guess spraying baking soda as a regular regimen isn't the way to go about preventing powdery mildew or mosiac virus so I'll have to rethink my ideas and keep a close eye on things. I really wasn't intending to soak my plants with pesticides regularly but my thoughts were if they needed to be sprayed and I also wanted to say foliar feed them with some liquid fish emulsion or seaweed would there be any hard in combining the ingredients and the answer here I guess is quite possibly so I'll avoid any mixtures. Thanks again to everyone for all the help, Rob...See MoreQuestion on preventing bugs and deseases on Violets
Comments (12)Velleta, There is no best way to water. You experiment a bit and find out what works best for you and your plants. Think of it this way-when you are growing a plant the closer you can emulate a plant's natural growing conditions, the more successful you will be. African Violets in nature get watered from the top when it rains and also from the bottom when they absorb water from the soil. Either one will work. Wicking is not particularly better; I just find it more convenient as I have LOTS of plants. If you are vigilant about watering, you can maintain the even moisture that violets prefer but you can do this with top or bottom watering as well. This is also a good time to debunk the old wives tale about not getting water on the leaves. Violets regularly get wet leaves when they are rained on. What they don't get is COLD water. Most growers, myself included, regularly wash their violets. Just use warmish water and dry away from the sun. Leaves have pores on them (stoma) through which they do a gas exchange. These pores can get clogged from dust, soil and various other things. Just don't let water sit in the crown. I use Marathon for insects-mealies, etc., Phyton 27 for a fungicide-botrytis, etc., Forbid for arachnids-mites, etc., and Avid for thrips. The trick is to find these in small quantities as they are sold in large containers with even larger prices. Forbid I found on E Bay and the rest from Cape Cod Violetry. They were in small quantities but affordable and enough to do many plants. Don't let the list of terror creatures put you off. As I said, I had relatively few problems until I was unable to care for my plants. Just keep your eye on them and they will tell you what they need! And don't apologize for questions!!! As you can probably tell, I love talking plants! :) Linda Here is a link that might be useful: Washing African Violets...See MoreDisease Prevention -- Tomatoes -- Fungicide
Comments (25)Fastnik, spraying the entire plant, both the top and bottoms of leaves is the way to go. I hear you! Once the plants get large, it is a chore to spray each plant correctly. These fungicides are contact types, which means that if the fungicide does not contact the spores, it does not kill. They are not systemic. This is one of the main reasons why I have started to prune my plants to 3 stems. It makes it such less of a chore to do it correctly. I may get a little less fruit from each plant, but I can plant 33% more plants, so it makes up for it....See Moreirina_co
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