There are many great blight-resistant varieties out there with good culinary properties acceptable to consumers. It is also effective as a dormant season spray to help control black rot of grapes as well as other fungal fruit diseases.

Products approved in the UK are assigned a registration number, printed on the pack – MAPP numbers for pesticides for use on plants and HSE numbers for household products. Copper carbonate dust (at 2kg/tonne) or Maneb Flowable (2 litres/tonne) gave a less effective control of the disease.Here in France they use a "tea" made from soaking horse/mare's tail in water, just as you would for a nettle or borage tea. Copper sulphate and lime mixture is a traditional yet extremely effective fungicide originally developed in the Bordeaux region of France for control of downy mildew on grape vines. The RHS welcomes any move that increases our knowledge and understanding of the factors that may play a role in the decline of pollinators and other wildlife. Application Areas: Many Fruits, Vegetables, Turfgrasses (algae control), Live Oak (moss control) and Ornamentals Yields: Rates vary greatly depending upon use.

This follows advice by the Expert Committee on Pesticides (ECP) not to authorise the copper hydroxide product in line with recommendations from the CRD risk assessment due to environmental concerns, in particular aquatic toxicity. Please contact your sites administrator if you believe this other user or machine has unauthorised access. A copper-based blight fungicide has been given emergency approval following lobbying of Defra minsters by the Soil Association to retain its use. I don't know if the Growing Success product contains the same rooting hormone as a regular powder, or just some substance like honey or willow extract which has some rooting properties without being a pure hormone.A copper-based blight fungicide has been given emergency approval following lobbying of Defra minsters by the Soil Association to retain its use.

A maximum number of four applications is permitted, with a 10-day interval observed between treatments.I'm currently alternating between that and the Bayer product Bobby posted for regular preventative spraying.