Dorothy,
The main problem with spraying grapes during bloom is the possibility of kn=
ocking off the blooms and thus reducing the fruit set. If the pressure on =
your spray rig is not too strong, you should be okay. If you have any cyto=
kinin sources in your tea, I would think you should get a nice benefit to f=
ruit development. Having some humisolve tm7 and soluble kelp in the tea wi=
ll really green up the leaves on your grapes.
--Thomas Giannou
http://www.tandjenterprises.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Dorothy O'Brien
To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 9:59 AM
Subject: Re: [compost_tea] spraying during bloom-grapes
Laura, Dan, Elaine, et al--
I have read on one of these lists that it is not a
good practice to spray CT at bloom because it has some
sort of adverse effect on the fruit set.
Does anyone have details on this or an explanation as
to what that would be so?
My vines are looking pretty good this year. I've been
spraying about 1x per week. My recipes have been
mostly fungal, using a combination of Alaska Humus and
home grown vermicompost. Occasionally I see a very
few leaves with some black rot type spots.
The Chambourcin, which has a reputation for being very
susceptible to black rot, looks excellent, no spots
there at all.
And thanks to Laura on the organic molasses
source--got some.
Dorothy
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Received on Mon Jun 09 2003 - 14:03:19 EDT