I made some initial posts a few weeks ago about my peppers showing signs of bacterial leaf spot...so I removed the leaves and sprayed twice with hydrogen peroxide spray and followed with aact foliar sprays. All was well for a while until the prior tropical storm rains which humidified everything down here into near 100% range while temps steadily increased into the triple digits.
Well the spots had seemed to cease until this rain and humidity brought them back in worse effect and this time with the addition of aphids.
So here is where the guidance comes into the picture. I have been trying really hard to establish the food soil web and beneficial bacterium on the leaves by dosing with aact...so I read that salicylic acid (aspirin) can be fed to the roots as well as leaves to promote system resistance to bacteria, fungi, and pests.
Should I add this to my next batch of aact and foliar feed as well as root feed, or should I spray them all down with the equivalent to bonide citrus fruit and nut orchard spray (sulphur and pyrethrins) to take a less natural approach to trying to fix this problem...
Any help is appreciated.
Well the spots had seemed to cease until this rain and humidity brought them back in worse effect and this time with the addition of aphids.
So here is where the guidance comes into the picture. I have been trying really hard to establish the food soil web and beneficial bacterium on the leaves by dosing with aact...so I read that salicylic acid (aspirin) can be fed to the roots as well as leaves to promote system resistance to bacteria, fungi, and pests.
Should I add this to my next batch of aact and foliar feed as well as root feed, or should I spray them all down with the equivalent to bonide citrus fruit and nut orchard spray (sulphur and pyrethrins) to take a less natural approach to trying to fix this problem...
Any help is appreciated.
