brown, wilting leaves - updated

[digitS']

I don't know for sure but Dave may have been talking about phosphorus for the slugs. Sluggo is iron phosphate and it works fairly well until it is washed into the soil (where it amounts to a phosphorus fertilizer). I believe it is now considered an organic pesticide and is supposed to be safe to use around children and pets.

Epsom salt is magnesium sulfate. I don't believe that there is any phosphorus in it - just checked the box on my bathroom shelf and Wikipedia .

I hate to suggest a synthetic fungicide :/. They aren't used in my vegetable garden. I also haven't had to contend with late blight.

I do use synthetics in the ornamentals. I've been out twice to spray the mildew tormented climbing rose with chlorothalonil (Bonide Fung-onil). Just like my use of Daconil before, the stuff doesn't work worth a dang!

Mildew and black spot can really damage the roses and zinnias; rust can kill the snapdragons. Chlorothalonil just doesn't seem to work for me!

Myclobutanil (Spectracide Immunox) has really put a stop to rust on the snapdragons during the last couple of seasons. It has also stopped that mildew on the climbing rose. Immunox is supposed to be of use on veggies but since it seems to suggest a systemic persistence - I don't know . . . You gotta wait 30 days before the vegetable can be harvested!!

I don't have any good idea of what to do about blight in your tomatoes at this point. There are blight resistant varieties of tomatoes. That seems like a good course to take in the future.

Legend is in my garden this year and I'm happy to have it back. It is supposed to be blight resistant.

Steve

 

[obsessed]

BLIGHT SUCKS!

 

[SuperChemicalGirl]

Wow you're right about Epsom, and I knew that. That's what I get for being up way past my bedtime (I'm usually up around 4, so 9 PM I'm worthless).

I decided last night to at least give the Daconil a try. Of course it's going to rain today, so I won't be applying until Monday. The way I see it is the Daconil vegetables of my garden have got to be better than my grocery store vegetables with super broad spectrum pesticides. I still hate the thought. Hopefully next year I won't have this dilemma.

Will let everyone know how it goes.

 

[SuperChemicalGirl]

So I did the evil deed. I went out, cut most of the bad stems/leaves off that I could and sprayed gently with the evil that is Daconil. Like everyone else said it was really hard to use, it was more like spitting on the plants, not spraying. I've only done it that one time.
Lo and behold, some of my cukes/zuchs/etc are improving.

And some arn't (although this one got restyled by my stupid groundhog).