ecmn | brad c - 9/11/2025 10:03
I appreciate the consistent disdain for spraying fungicides and insecticides but at this point in time, spraying is THE option.
As far as sarcastically spraying 4 times a year, 50 bpa x 4 will pencil very nicely but 2 will most likely be sufficient. It’s not something to be reactive to, it’s not a scout and spray when you see it, you have to be proactive about it. It’s pretty easy to see who has dealt with it before and who hasn’t. Just happens to be a much bigger classroom than normal this year.
Can a disease come along once in awhile to justify fungicides. Absolutely
Spraying early and often next year is not proactive. It's just running on the treadmill faster. Proactive would be diagnosing where the breakdown is happening to allow the plants to be week on defense or susceptible.
This many acres with this much damage shows exactly how our system is broken and vulnerable it is.
We have yet to fix a single disease. We're still treating a fungal pathogen disease that's many decades old and in the last couple decades we get a new one every 4 years without learning about the first one yet.
How long do you think three to four pass is a fungicide is going to be normal before resistance sets in
I've already posted a dozen University studies or articles in the other fungicide topics on how universities are telling us that resistance is coming, and our current system is why the health of the plant is not there.
So what are We going to change in 2026 on our farms to make our plants and soil more healthy so we're not so dependent upon a fungicide. Or when a severe disease comes like this, the fungicide would be a whole lot stronger. To wear one pass would make a significant difference.
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