Re: Impatiens Downy Mildew

**"* F* <c*@mail.com>**

John wrote:  "Has anyone here written about the developing Impatiens downy mildew problem, and how it will affect home gardeners? If anyone has written about it, a link would be appreciated." I wrote an article for the Feb or March issue of Prime Time Magazine - it's not online yet but I'll send you the link when it appears. (Don't remember which issue becaues I deliver my articles three months in advance. It's crossed off my list, out of my brain, and at the mercy of the editor.) My focus in this article is alternatives since this area was hit HARD by IDM for the past two summers. One point I tried to stress in the article is that the way many Cape Cod landscapes are managed are practically a prescription for IDM: the plants are put in during a month that's still cool and damp in this area (May) because people "Have to get all my annuals in before Memorial Day." Then they are watered by automatic irrigation systems that are set to go off either daily or every other day at th
 e coolest part of the day: 5 or 6 AM! If people insist on planting I. walleriana again this year they should wait until sometime in June to plant and turn off that blasted automatic irrigation! (I tend to rant when it comes to these systems.) I'll pass on the link once it's up.  all the best,
 C.L.

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