Does anyone spray their raspberries with a fungicide and do you also use a spreader sticker to apply it? My father in law sprayed our berries while he was spraying his apples and now they look burned. He thinks that what he did didn't cause the problem and every year they seem to look like this after he goes through the garden we still get berries but I'm wondering if the sticker spreader is causing this. ( he is pretty defensive if we mention this, so we really can't discuss the issue with him. The berries were planted by him many years ago and so I just let him do what he wants to them.) this is also a preventative spray, not a problem already.
My fungicide of choice is powdered agricultural sulfer. I drop some in a 'dustin mizer' and go to town. Works wonders on cukes and squash to prevent/stop powdery mildew. Also in my experience, I don't use any dust, powder, or spray as a preventive measure. If it ain't broke, don't fix it, sort of thing. tOSU extension agency site has a bunch of information about bramble culture. Maybe you or your hubster could get the FIL to look that over. :?:
Thanks FBG, this is for my self's information. My FIL is always right. I am not going to accomplish anything by trying to educate him. EVERYTHING must be sprayed. I agree with you, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". All the wild blackraspberries seem to keep thriving wherever they are without the spray, but he thinks he can make them better Whatever.
Raspberry Rust. Now I am really bumbed out! Last year our Raspberries got an orange looking coating on the undersides of the leaves. It even formed on the berries themselves. I figured it was because we had had such a wet summer and that if we had a dry summer this year they would be ok. But it has been wet,wet,and wetter. Well I had no idea that it was Rust fungus and that you needed to spray for it in the early spring before the leaves were out. I had read that one should remove the infected plants and destroy them. That would be my one patch which is 50ft long and 3ft wide. I have another patch of different Raspberries at the other end of this one that is a different variety and the rust didn't seem to infect that one. Wouldn't you know that it would be the better tasting Berry that has the rust. :'( Well I guess if I see it forming I will have to remove them as it is to late to spray them. They aren't even crowded and have a lot of air circulation. Go figure. :'( :'(
too bad, I hope yours do better this year. Some plants are more susceptible than others, that probably why you didn't get any on the other plants.
