Is this little thing really what's destroyed my gardens?

Paradajz · August 31, 2013

ok, the other available fields of actions will be 2. watering and 3. plant tending, but since you are very close to start there we'll deal with it a bit later, now i would like to explain what exactly can be done about the soil.

let's start with basic elements explanation:

* copper. a leading fungicide and bactericide in horticulture, will eradicate most of the reachable villains while it's ions are still active. afterwards it will feed the plants ( btw, after borron copper and iron are the most restrictive feeding elements ). it's specifical activity/non- activity status is to complex to explain, but we generally want it stabile and active for as long as possible, and therefore we want it connected to mancozeb.

* mancozeb. yes, i know the critical issue about it

. once i'll see to explain that it's harmless if you are careful when you use it- doesn't accumulate in the fruits, doesn't accumulate in people. the stuff which is the actual danger ( degradate ) turns to CO2 quite quickly.
anyway, it's manganese, zinc, tied to sulfur. again, it will eradicate ( most of fungus and bacteria ) while stabily active, feed the plants afterwards. very significant sinergetic effects in a combination with copper.

* sulfur. this is the key

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quite long time ago it was noticed in some field tests ( US first i believe, but we did it too

) that plants fertilized with ammonium sulfate have shown decreased V. and F. accidence comparing to the control. it wasn't an expected result, since ammonium turns the soil quite acidic and it would be logical to expect increased infection rates. pointed out that there is something to sulfur... tests still being conducted world wide.
then again, some British chaps have recently decided to check the practical meaning of ''V. and F. resistance gene''. in other words, they analised what exactly those plants do to be resistant to such type of pathogens. the result was a bit of a surprise: those plants somehow manage to have significantly higher amounts of sulfur, in xylem and root area especially.
btw, the first ''anty- soil- born- xylem- invading pathogens'' procedure in our ag was amending the soil with elemental sulfur. it hasn't provided control but it made a significant decreasement with infection occurance

.

* calcium. not a direct fungicide, but it will have significant effects trough Ph control, ammonium control, sinergetic effects ( logistics ) to most of the other elements ( our ''direct soldiers'' ).

to be continued.

August 31, 2013	#11
Paradajz Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Montenegro Posts: 275	ok, the other available fields of actions will be 2. *watering* and 3. *plant tending, but since you are very close to start there we'll deal with it a bit later, now i would like to explain what exactly can be done about the soil. let's start with basic elements explanation: copper. a leading fungicide and bactericide in horticulture, will eradicate most of the reachable villains while it's ions are still active. afterwards it will feed the plants ( btw, after borron copper and iron are the most restrictive feeding elements ). it's specifical activity/non- activity status is to complex to explain, but we generally want it stabile and active for as long as possible, and therefore we want it connected to mancozeb. * mancozeb. yes, i know the critical issue about it. once i'll see to explain that it's harmless if you are careful when you use it- doesn't accumulate in the fruits, doesn't accumulate in people. the stuff which is the actual danger ( degradate ) turns to CO2 quite quickly. anyway, it's manganese, zinc, tied to sulfur. again, it will eradicate ( most of fungus and bacteria ) while stabily active, feed the plants afterwards. very significant sinergetic effects in a combination with copper. * sulfur. this is the key. quite long time ago it was noticed in some field tests ( US first i believe, but we did it too ) that plants fertilized with ammonium sulfate have shown decreased V. and F. accidence comparing to the control. it wasn't an expected result, since ammonium turns the soil quite acidic and it would be logical to expect increased infection rates. pointed out that there is something to sulfur... tests still being conducted world wide. then again, some British chaps have recently decided to check the practical meaning of ''V. and F. resistance gene''. in other words, they analised what exactly those plants do to be resistant to such type of pathogens. the result was a bit of a surprise: those plants somehow manage to have significantly higher amounts of sulfur, in xylem and root area especially. btw, the first ''anty- soil- born- xylem- invading pathogens'' procedure in our ag was amending the soil with elemental sulfur. it hasn't provided control but it made a significant decreasement with infection occurance. * calcium. not a direct fungicide, but it will have significant effects trough Ph control, ammonium control, sinergetic effects ( logistics ) to most of the other elements ( our ''direct soldiers'' ). to be continued.