Serenade?

[Tracydr]

I have a bottle of Serenade laying around that has never been used. I bought it the summer before last. Wondering if it would be a good preventative, if it would still be any good and how to use it.
Anybody use it routinely?
I here a lot about actinovate but not that much about Serenade. I'm not sure when or why I bought it.

[Wi-sunflower]

Here is a link that might help a bit
http://www.gardeners.com/Serenade-Ga...efault,pd.html

It's a disease control spray. Not sure if it would work as a preventative tho. I've never used it so I can't say.

Carol

[b54red]

It didn't work for me but it might be more useful where the humidity and disease pressure are lower.

[Tracydr]

Thanks. I may just try it since I have it. I haven't had too many diseases, although my eggplants got something this winter. They seem to be growing out of it. I think they get stressed when it's too cold, not really a cold weather plant. I lost a habanero during January too. They are the touchiest of my peppers in the winter, too.

[b54red]

You should grow a Pappadew. They seem to do their very best when the weather cools off a bit. They also make the best mild hot sauce.

[rsg2001]

I've been using Serenade for a few years now as a preventive. It is much better as a preventive than it is once you have a disease progressing. I use it every other week once the plants start to take off. It does have a little bit of an odor but not as pungent as Daconil.

[Tracydr]

I've never tasted a pappadew. I'll have to look for them.
I'm so frustrated with the c.chinois varieties. What is with germinating them?

[b54red]

I have had many peppers take well over a month to germinate; but I don't use heat mats. Once spring weather arrives peppers will germinate much faster but they really benefit from an early start so I try to start most of mine beginning in December and January. I will still start some later on but usually because of damping off or for early summer planting for fall production. We have a long hot season here and some peppers will die or quit producing during the summer so I like to have some seedlings available for later planting.

[roper2008]

I have heard good things about serenade. I bought a concentrate bottle to
try this year. I'm hoping it will help me with blight. I guess I should spray
before I see disease.

[rsg2001]

Definitely start spraying with Serenade BEFORE you see disease. And you'll also have the reassurance that you're not using any deleterious chemicals.

[Tracydr]

I'm going to try using it this year. We don't have much of a disease problem here.
I'm also going to try it on my new roses.

[DogsandDirt]

Has anyone every experience leaf burn after applying Serenade? I just applied it at the highest concentration (4 oz/gallon). I sprayed Exel LG and Actinovate on Thursday, had a light rain on Friday. Today I saw some yellow spots on a few plants and decided to add another product to the war on diseases. The directions say it "may be applied any time of day, in full sun and high temperatures, without stressing or burning foliage." Afterward, I read a review on Amazon that it burned someone's veggies (didn't say what veggies). Hope I didn't just kill all my tomatoes.

[DogsandDirt]

Sunday I sprayed with Serenade (4 oz/gallon) around noon. Temperature was about 80 degrees, low humidity. Monday I noticed spots all over the Black Prince. Is this leaf burn or something worse like bacterial speck? The fruit seems unaffected. No other plants have this appearance.

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