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July 14, 2010 | #1 |
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Daconil and Harvesting Fruit
I understand that Daconil just stays on the outside of the plant, so you can wash it off the tomatoes prior to eating them and you won't ingest the stuff. So I basically have to wash every harvested tomato - including all of the cherries - before eating or preserving or selling them. Correct? What's a good method for washing dozens if not hundreds of ripe tomatoes? Suggestions are welcome.
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Read the part about ingestion and note that there's no harm to internal organs although some may experience diarrhea and nausea. Now that's for ingestion of large amounts of Daconil. My plants and fruits were exposed to the 29.6% one from about 1983 to 2004. I ate lots of tomatoes myself as did my mother and her many friends, and in that time period was selling to both chefs and subcontracting to a large Farmstand for fruit sales and I never had any health problems, the chefs never reported any problems and the folks buying the fruits at the farmstand never had any health problems. And believe you me, know some of those chefs I would have heard about it and same from the Farmstand owner whom I knew very well. During that time period I was growing about 500-800 plants each season. The ones sold to chefs as well as the ones sold at the fruit stand were superficially cleaned of any mud or whatever with a soft cloth, but were never washed per se. In my opinion it's not necessary to thoroughly wash tomatoes off the vine b'c my experience was that do to so also shortened shelf life. And while you're talking about dozens to hundreds of tomatoes I'm talking about thousands upon thousands of fruits harvested and eaten and sold over a many year time period. Just my view of the situation, and I can assure you also that most fruits bought at farmstands are probably Daconil treated at some time, and actually most of the time where I live rain comes out of the sky and does the washing while the fruits are still on the vine.
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July 14, 2010 | #3 |
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Some tips on washing produce can be found here: http://extension.umaine.edu/publications/4336e/
I wouldn't worry about ingesting Daconil, but giving them a quick rub-n-rinse under running water immediately before serving them might give you better peace of mind.
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July 14, 2010 | #4 |
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The Daconil seems to leave white spots / streaks on the fruit (and the leaves, but I'm not selling those...). Thanks for the tips on how to clean them!
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