From

Location

Message

Date Posted

Lloydminster/AB

I was told that Benomyl is soon to be gone. I hope thats wrong. Without it some of my fruits would never have made it.
If anyone has heard anything please let me know.
Don

8/22/2004 3:25:26 PM

Ohio

Don, whats Benomyl? is that a pesticide?
thanks, Brooks

8/22/2004 3:33:42 PM

Lloydminster/AB

Brooks, it is a systemic fungicide. It comes as a wettable powder. I mix it with just enough water to turn it to a paint like consistency. It works great on stem splits and wounds of the fruit. It has never harmed my young fruits unlike other fungicides I have tried.

8/22/2004 4:17:05 PM

[email protected]

Don,

Most commercial registrations are long gone on Benomyl now anyway. I can't say I'm disappointed. Benomyl is in the same chemical family as Thiophanate-methyl (3336, T-Storm, Topsin, etc). These two fungicides were very effective when they came out. So folks just kept using them without rotation for too long. Now we see resistance problems on some plants the likes of which would have been hard to imagine when they were new.

I prefer Benomyl paste to Captan too. It doesn't flake off as easily.

Since none of the fungicides have ever been labeled for this use, we're going to have to get creative with what we use to replace it.

I suppose using any other wettable powder or even an undiluted flowable fungicide would have a similar effect on splits. Have you considered Eagle 20EW? It's a flowable systemic in a more sophisticated chemcial family.

8/22/2004 5:14:34 PM

Lloydminster/AB

Thanks Steve. Looks like I will have something to do this winter. I have enough for this season. I sure like the way Benomyl dries out wounds though. It is going to be tough replacing it. Don

8/22/2004 11:52:41 PM