Re: CP fungicide options

Paul Seymour (paulseym@ozemail.com.au)
Sun, 19 Nov 1995 21:32:54 +1100 (EST)

Brett Lymn wrote,

>You can still get it here in Australia though, personally, I do not
>bother with it since from my experience benlate is not very effective
>in controlling fungus. I use fongarid when I have to - it is a
>systemic fungicide and seems to be quite effective.

My supplier recently told me that Benlate had been taken off the market
here in Australia also. I have tried Fongarid, but it seems unable to
control Botrytis, which in my opinion limits its usefulness with CP's.
I have recently been trialing Mancozeb, which is effective against
Botrytis, and is listed as a Benlate substitute.

Regards,

Paul Seymour