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Re:Overhead Watering

Troy,

I strongly disagree with your idea that you should never overhead water
unless you want to spray fungicide everyday. Don't get me wrong, I think
your very accurate in your statement as it applies to certain geographic
regions but as a generalization no. Out west when your dealing with temps
that run 98F to 106F or higher and 15% to 30% relative humidity, wet leaves
of a plant dry in minutes. The evaporation helps cool the plant. If you
don't shade or overhead mist, sprinkle, new growth will  become French
Toast in as little as 20 min. A mature plant will suffer and die within
hours if not overhead sprinkled or misted at these temps. I applied Daconil
once every 10 days until Sept then stepped it up to once every 5 days, no
fungus!

Chris A.
Moraga, Calif.

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> From: Troy Nayler <troy.nayler@odyssey.on.ca>
> To: Barrucci, Donald <donald.barrucci@FMR.Com>
> Cc: pumpkins@athenet.net
> Subject: Re: A couple questions.
> Date: Saturday, January 22, 1994 1:47 PM

>P.S. never overhead water your pumpkin plants, unless you want
> to spray them with fungicide after every watering....I spray every week
or
> after every rain fall.
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