RE: what's the white stuff?
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: RE: what's the white stuff?
- From: M* N* <M*@optiosoftware.com>
- Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 12:45:24 -0500
Joe,
Captan can cause permanent eye damage. It can also generate allergic
reactions upon contact with exposed skin. It has caused cancer in
laboratory rats and mice (what hasn't?). Use glasses and gloves when
using this!
Captan has proven very effective in preventing fungal infections but not
effective in eradicating existing ones. I believ there are other
products on the market that work just as well but are safer to both you
and the environment.
As I have mentioned before, rules leniency varies from site to site. I
have seen pumpkins with gaping holes and gobs of Captan and Sevin pasted
to them qualify and take ribbons in WPC and GPC events.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mills, Joe [SMTP:MillsJ@doaks.org]
> Sent: Friday, January 30, 1998 11:59 AM
> To: 'pumpkins@mallorn.com'
> Subject: RE: what's the white stuff?
>
> I have played with captan like it was plaster! What are the dangers.
> They have to wash it off because technically they would be
> disqualified
> at a GPC or WPC weigh-off, no foreign substances on the pumpkin.
>
> Joe
>
> >----------
> >From: Mike Nepereny[SMTP:MikeN@optiosoftware.com]
> >Sent: Friday, January 30, 1998 2:05 PM
> >To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> >Subject: RE: what's the white stuff?
> >
> >Joe,
> >
> >You are right. The substance is probably Sevin or Captan. This should
> be
> >washed off before weighing as skin contact with Captan can be very
> >dangerous. I believe many growers are shying away from it's use for
> this
> >reason.
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Mills, Joe [SMTP:MillsJ@doaks.org]
> >> Sent: Friday, January 30, 1998 10:35 AM
> >> To: 'pumpkins@mallorn.com'
> >> Subject: what's the white stuff?
> >>
> >> I have seen many pictures of AGs that seem to have some white stuff
> >> applied to the stem and blossom ends. I guess this is Captan. Am I
> >> right? Is this a common practice? Why do they do this. Shouldn't
> this
> >> material come off before it is officially weighed? (Marv, I am sure
> >> you
> >> will have something to say on this one)
> >>
> >> Joe Mills
> >>
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