Pea seed dressings
- Thread starter Neddy flanders
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Has the seed been tested for seed-borne disease?
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Hindsight
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- Location
- Lincolnshire
Where did you get it tested - lab should be able to guide. Pop into PGRO at Thornhaugh to chat through the topic. If no history of peas then soil borne Downy Mildew should not be an issue if a susceptible variety.
Have a chat with PGRO, they are very helpful.
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
To my knowledge you can't put any fungicide seed treatment on at the moment except Wakil. And that is usually only put on stock that needs it or specialist human consumption varieties like Sakura or Kabuki as it pretty expensive.
Thiram was the standard but that is just another useful product that has gone out the window!
Thiram was the standard but that is just another useful product that has gone out the window!
so what did thiram protect against that will now devastate my pea crop?
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
It was there to protect against Damping Off, which I agree is not a major issue on peas but for the sake of about £10 a tonne I thought it was worth it.
My comment on Thiram was as much in relation to lots of crops; veg, linseed, osr, sugar beet etc In some of those crops it controlled or helped control Alternaria and other seed borne diseases. In some cases we have no alternative or if we do it is very expensive compared to Thiram.
My comment on Thiram was as much in relation to lots of crops; veg, linseed, osr, sugar beet etc In some of those crops it controlled or helped control Alternaria and other seed borne diseases. In some cases we have no alternative or if we do it is very expensive compared to Thiram.
Bogweevil
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Wakil seems to make emergence of early sown peas much more reliable. The metalaxyl, active against water moulds, perhaps stymies the pythium and phytophthora that rot off seeds in cool wet ground.
A Feb/March showing in this dry district and sandy loam usually crops much better than later sowings.
A Feb/March showing in this dry district and sandy loam usually crops much better than later sowings.
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