Waylon05
Leafing Out
Hi all - I've been lurking around the forum for a while but finally took the plunge and registered.
Just for a little background, I am pretty fortunate to have grown up around agriculture all of my life. I grew up on a working rice farm and cattle ranch outside of Katy, Texas (which is about 40 miles west of Houston). In addition to farming rice, my family has always had vegetable gardens on the side. We're lucky enough to have a lot of room, so our vegetable garden is about 2500 sq. ft. and we usually have about a half acre pea patch.
We haven't changed things up alot over the years, but after doing some research on the internet, I've definitely realized there's alot of things we can improve and we've got LOTS to learn.
We've got about 50 tomato plants this year and, despite not having any rain and having constant 10-25 mph winds since we planted in mid-March, they are doing surprisingly well. However, in the past week or so, the leaves on some of the plants are developing some brown spots and turning yellow. Given the complete lack of rain (it has literally only rained once in the past two months) and the fact that we use drip irrigation, I didn't think we would have so much of an issue with fungus. However, based upon the symptoms of some of the plant, it looks like I was wrong.
Texas A&M University recommends copper fungicides (such as Kocide 3000) for use against other foliage and fruit-infecting bacterial pathogens. I purchased some CuPro 205 T/N/O (basically the equivalent of Kocide 3000) to try out. However, the directions aren't very specific when it comes to describing (i) how much product should be mixed per gallon or, (ii) how heavy or light the mixture should be sprayed on the plant.
I was hoping that someone on this forum might be able to help me out. Does anyone have any experience in using copper fungicides on tomatoes? If so, any recommendations on how/when I should apply the product?
Thanks in advance for your help (and sorry for the long-winded post),
Blake
Just for a little background, I am pretty fortunate to have grown up around agriculture all of my life. I grew up on a working rice farm and cattle ranch outside of Katy, Texas (which is about 40 miles west of Houston). In addition to farming rice, my family has always had vegetable gardens on the side. We're lucky enough to have a lot of room, so our vegetable garden is about 2500 sq. ft. and we usually have about a half acre pea patch.
We haven't changed things up alot over the years, but after doing some research on the internet, I've definitely realized there's alot of things we can improve and we've got LOTS to learn.
We've got about 50 tomato plants this year and, despite not having any rain and having constant 10-25 mph winds since we planted in mid-March, they are doing surprisingly well. However, in the past week or so, the leaves on some of the plants are developing some brown spots and turning yellow. Given the complete lack of rain (it has literally only rained once in the past two months) and the fact that we use drip irrigation, I didn't think we would have so much of an issue with fungus. However, based upon the symptoms of some of the plant, it looks like I was wrong.
Texas A&M University recommends copper fungicides (such as Kocide 3000) for use against other foliage and fruit-infecting bacterial pathogens. I purchased some CuPro 205 T/N/O (basically the equivalent of Kocide 3000) to try out. However, the directions aren't very specific when it comes to describing (i) how much product should be mixed per gallon or, (ii) how heavy or light the mixture should be sprayed on the plant.
I was hoping that someone on this forum might be able to help me out. Does anyone have any experience in using copper fungicides on tomatoes? If so, any recommendations on how/when I should apply the product?
Thanks in advance for your help (and sorry for the long-winded post),
Blake
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