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just a small side question for Pat:
I thought Daconil (Chlorothalonil) was a contact chemcial, not a systemic. It is a curative agent, but may not act to prevent infection. I had just looked through my grower catalogs to answer this very question for a customer, so it was fresh in my mind. The grower catalogs can be wrong... I was just wondering if this were the case. In contrast, the Cleary's 3336 is listed as a systemic that has both curative and preventative action. According to one of my charts, between these two chemicals, you catch every listed fungus your orchids are likely to encounter except a Pythium infection. Add the Phyton (Preventative, curative contact) and you still miss Pythiums At least one Pyhtium species (P. ultimum?) causes what we commonly call "Black Rot" in orchid plants. Turban, Subdue, and Aliette are listed for Pythiums. (Of course a lot of fungus and bacterial organisms can be behind what we call "Black rot" and frequently one organism opens the door to others and probably several are ultimately involved in any large scale infection as the tissue starts to die.) Phyton is a copper based chemical. (Copper sulphate? in some kind of polymer carrier) It is really helpful for bacterial problems. However, make sure you know how the other chemical and fertilizers you may be spraying on your plants will interact with it. Most labels tell you if you need to take extra precautions with copper the based products in your arsenal. For gene's suggestion, you might verify if the pool installation has put anything caustic in the environment by checking other plants in the area (besides your orchids) for similar damage patterns. If you want to rule out mites for some of that tip damage, get a magnifying glass and look for them. Mites can open wounds that serve as entry points for fungal and bacterial infection just like all the other beasties that feed on leaves. Even with a magnifying glass some species of mite instars and eggs look like tiny semi-opaque dots that are sunken into the pits of plant tissue; not like insects at all, especially if you have already killed off the larger easier to spray population. Phals tips and leaf margins are places where you often find newly planted mite colonies. "Pat Brennan" wrote in message ... Hi Diana, I do not know what is going on. I, like Rob, Gene, and Ray, wonder if it is not some culture issue. Hard, dry and very fast moving is not your normal creeping crud. I do not think it is the Steve infliction, it is moving too fast. I checked the weather for you for the past month, it sounds like it has been lovely and not a single night would have cause this. The sun is at a very low angle now. I would carefully check to make sure shading is still right. Has anyone been using roundup or grass weed & feed? Do you have a bush snail problem? I have seen bacteria/fungus problems show up very quickly moving into plants via open bush snail wounds. If these were my plants here is what I would be doing: First Day, First, depot one or two and make sure the roots are ok. Since one of the plants was mounted, I know this is not a problem. But one of the first things I always do is check roots. Second, I would flush everything. A real good flushing of two or three passes. Third, I would spray with a systemic fungicide cocktail. There are a couple I use, Spectro (Cleary's 3336 and Daconil) is very good and the components should be available in consumer sizes. This spraying will be absorbed into the plant and remain effective for about a month. Fourth, I would put out something if bush snails might be an issue. In a couple of days, I would spray down the plants. After the leaves are dry, I would start a weekly spraying of Phyton 27. The first couple of times I would use it at the higher recommended level and after that move down to the lower recommended level. Phyton 27 is also sold in consumer size. After the flush, the next time the plants needed water, I would do it with a weak fertilizer solution. The time after that I would use a trace mix. Trace mixes can be found at the local garden center as an Iron supplement. Read the labels, many of the iron supplements are really formulated to address all trace problems. Lastly, I would isolate. Put everything with any signs of the problem in one area. The bad leaves are not going to get better and dieing tissue is going to continue to die. But over a short period of time we would like to see problem areas quit growing with no new ones showing up. Plants in the healthy area should stay healthy. If healthy plants continue to get sick, we have not addressed the problem and it is time to move to plan B. Pat |
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