Hey all,
My bulk C.Annuum's seem to be getting bacterial leaf spot for the third year in a row. I had always discovered it late in the past, and it tended to cause pretty serious disruption till i'd finally get it to 'manageable' level. It affected both pods and leaves.
About a week ago i noticed the first spots again, yanked as many leaves as i could find, then sprayed everything down with a Physan20 + neem oil mix. This got everything 'manageable' last year, and i hope i caught it early enough this year. I noticed a few more spots pop up in the meantime, but not many, so of course i sprayed everything down again, and will keep doing so.
I noticed all the infected plants/leaves were right next to each other, about a dozen plants total right smack in the middle of the entire plot. The far edges have no infected leaves yet, but those plants were sprayed down anyway, and so were the plants in my other plots about 40 to 50ft away. I didn't want to take any chances...
Does anyone have any pointers for me, a more proven product perhaps? Something off the shelf would be great since i'd like to try it out right away. Something copper based maybe?
The few forum discussions i dug up didn't produce much, it almost seems that this isn't a big problem for most. But in my case it severely affected my pepper crop for two seasons straight. Many pods were useless and virtually every leaf on every plant was affected.
I already know to keep the leaves as dry as possible, so i have that base covered.
My bulk C.Annuum's seem to be getting bacterial leaf spot for the third year in a row. I had always discovered it late in the past, and it tended to cause pretty serious disruption till i'd finally get it to 'manageable' level. It affected both pods and leaves.
About a week ago i noticed the first spots again, yanked as many leaves as i could find, then sprayed everything down with a Physan20 + neem oil mix. This got everything 'manageable' last year, and i hope i caught it early enough this year. I noticed a few more spots pop up in the meantime, but not many, so of course i sprayed everything down again, and will keep doing so.
I noticed all the infected plants/leaves were right next to each other, about a dozen plants total right smack in the middle of the entire plot. The far edges have no infected leaves yet, but those plants were sprayed down anyway, and so were the plants in my other plots about 40 to 50ft away. I didn't want to take any chances...
Does anyone have any pointers for me, a more proven product perhaps? Something off the shelf would be great since i'd like to try it out right away. Something copper based maybe?
The few forum discussions i dug up didn't produce much, it almost seems that this isn't a big problem for most. But in my case it severely affected my pepper crop for two seasons straight. Many pods were useless and virtually every leaf on every plant was affected.
I already know to keep the leaves as dry as possible, so i have that base covered.
