Early season fungicides - a sound investment

摘要

One of the facts of growing pecans in the Southeast is disease prevention. Sure, there are "dry spells" and even dry years when the pressure and concern of fending off a scab infection is less challenging, but from East Texas to Florida and all pointsin between, those are generally rare.Pop-up showers and thunderstorms can happen seemingly out of nowhere when the humidity and temperature are high in early summer. Even more problematic are low-pressure systems and tropical weather that bring days and nights of rain and give the sun little opportunity to return leaves and shucks to their previously dry state. The saying that "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" should be taken to heart by pecan growers in high humidity regions. Preventing a disease from ever happening is more effectively accomplished with the pecan fungicides available today than curing one after the damage has begun, and many pecan orchards have been hurt by skipping early season fungicide sprays.