Re: Fungicide

On Thu, Feb 18, 1999 at 11:50:43PM -0500, Pumkinguy@aol.com wrote:

> In some areas, the fungi like powdery mildew strains have become resistant. 

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> Nothing is really
> great at this time for powdery mildew. Best results is probably achieved by
> alternating these sprays, plus Bravo. You will need to rob a bank to get all
> of them. Atlantic giants do not get hit as bad as field pumpkins when it comes
> to powdery mildew. The Maxima family shows a little resistance to mildew.

I would like to encourage growers who have the room to grow multiple AGs
who discover stock that is resistant to powdery mildew or other diseases
to save seeds from such plants and make them available to other growers so
that those of us who are interested in breeding with them can do so.  You
can tell if a particular plant is resistant if you are growing several in
close proximity under similar conditions and one plant survives or thrives
while the others are wiped out or severely damaged by a pest or disease
such as vine borers, powdery mildew, etc.  Preferably these plants would
come from growers that aren't using pesticides.  Having strains of
pumpkins resistant to various diseases could reduce the cost of growing
giants, both out of pocket and to the environment.  Additionally,
increased vigor from the ability to naturally resist pests could be
channeled by the plants into a few additional pounds of gold pumpkin
flesh, something we are all eager to have.

If anyone has seeds from plants they think were disease-resistant,
especially if they were selfed, I would really love to hear from you
and get some of your seed, no matter how large or small a pumpkin the 
plant produced.

Shaun in Spokane

--
Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute
rejection of authority. -Thomas Huxley (1825-1895)

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