Re: Cold weather & pests

Another thought that crossed my mind, is the effect
such fungi can have in less controlled conditions.....
 
I mean, that in the test-labs and -greenhouses they only make
the comparison between "plant with fungus" and "plant without".....
And this under very "sterile" conditions.
 
I didn't find anything on the other effects that those fungi
could have on other things. Some fungi have the effect that they
don't "let" anything else come near their host. That means :
other fungi as well as insects, snails and worms.
 
I know that some people use other plants to keep insects
away from their favourite crop. Why not fungi ??
 
By the way, did any of you already use a plant to protect
another one from 1 specific insect ?? If so, what was the result ??
I once used onions to get snails away......Just throw them at the little bastards !!!....:-))
No, when you plant onions around a plant, some kind of snails just don't
come near anymore ! ! They don't like the smell.
 
On fungicides, I never used them in gardening....., except to get
some garden-woodwork last longer. Never to keep plants free
from fungi. The things, which do the most harm to plants over
here, are mildew and some kind of black 'leaf-lice' which always
sits in colonies on the leaves. They also attract ants.
 
Greetings.
   
Wim Van Loock
"Mr. Belgium" - I liked that........ :-))  
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Verzonden: dinsdag 9 januari 2001 0:56
Onderwerp: Re: Cold weather & pests

Nice article Mr.Belgium...thanks. It confirms what I thought about this when
it was discussed last year on the list.....that the methods we use of
overfertilization and watering (or at least to excess ! ) ,and the constant
pampering pretty much eliminate the big benefit hoped for. Also,I sometimes
wonder if our preventive and scheduled applications of
Benlate,Benomil,Daconyl ( fungisides), etc would wipe out any high dollar
fungi before any benefits were seen.......just my two cents worth.
Again...thanks for the article..........G
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