Hello all, <br>Those who are not in Delaware County Upstate New York may still like to hear about what is going on<br>here with (potato / tomato) blight as well as what has been working for me so far in my first year experiences <br>
with Rudolph Steiner / Biodynamic Preparations. Read on. <br>Sincerely, <br>Marguerite<br><div class="gmail_quote"><br>Email I just sent out to fellow gardeners, herbalists and Cornell Coop. Extension:<br><br>Hello all,<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">And thank you Karyl for sending us this alert from Cornell Coop. Extension about blight.<br>
</blockquote><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Below is a recipe that seems to be working for Blight.<br> <br>But first, my little true story. Please read and bear with me b/c its all part of my biodynamic experience. <br>
<br>This past Sunday I saw what I thought to be blight on my potatoes. <br><br>And then I second guessed myself and thought I was wrong. However I knew my potatoes were in a weakened state. <br>So I applied some of my home made Biodynamic Compost around the plants to help strengthen them. I did not wait for this. I did this immediately that moment. I was out in the dark hours of the evening till I was done. <br>
<br>Today, I see this email from Karyl Eaglefeathers that she is passing on from Cornell Coop. Extension.<br>I now realize that what I saw on Saturday, was indeed the beginning of blight. <br><br>So I run out to my potatoes plants just a few minutes ago, which I hadn't checked since Monday and ... they are doing better.<br>
<br>?<br>?<br>?<br><br>Yes, I am so appreciative of BD preps !!!. <br><br>Some of the plants that were in an injured state on Saturday, with still the remnants of blight on them, are doing better. And those plants that were not quite touched by the blight yet on Saturday are now perky and doing great! <br>
<br>??? <br><br>I am surely appreciative of the efforts I've put forth in this biodynamic experience. And am grateful for Rudolph Steiners eclectic <br>odd ways. I am so trusting of what I'm learning more and more every day. <br>
<br>Yet I will still prepare one of the BD preps for fungus as a preventitive. As I have done for the last 4 months. <br>I will spray this prep on the leaves of my potatoes and tomatoes and ALL MY PLANTS tomorrow a.m.. Just in case. <br>
<br><b>THE RECIPE: </b><br>1 1/2 oz of Horsetail herb (can get at Good Cheap Foods, Green Earth or Pepacton Health Foods store in Downsville).<br>1 gallon of tap water. <br>Mix well. <br>Put in pot and bring to a boil. Boil gently for one hour. <br>
Strain out herb. <br><br><b>SPRAY MIX RATIO: </b><br>1 part of Horsetail Tea to 9 parts tap water (1:9)<br><br><b>HOW AND WHERE TO SPRAY:</b><br>Put into a fine sprayer and spray all your plants. Not just the potatoes and tomatoes. <br>
All your plants. And the earth too. <br><br><b>LASTLY:</b><br>I have a little more of that Pfeiffer Compost mix &/or Maria Thun Barrel Compost left if anyone would like some to help <br>strengthen their plants. All I ask is for a little help in making more preps in this next year.<br>
<br><u><b>What I need is the following: </b></u><br>1) Male Deer bladder(s) - this coming hunting season. Just put in freeze if you can't get the bladder to me right away. <br>2) Female organic cow horns. (As many as possible.)<br>
3) Female organic cow head. With flesh intact. (Just one.)<br>4) Help with picking Dandelion Flowers - next May. <br>5) As many Quartz crystals as you can donate. <br>6) Help with crushing these Quartz crystals. <br>7) Organic raw cow manure, if possible, without straw in it. <br>
8) Help with picking Horsetail - next June.<br>9) 25 gallon to 55 gallon wooden barrel. <br>10) Organic dried egg shells. <br>11) Organic cow manure. Raw or old. <br>12) Help with picking Stinging Nettles - next May or June. <br>
<br><br><b>Call me if you have any questions - 607-278-9635 </b><br><br>Marguerite <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 11:09 AM, C KD Eagle Feathers <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eaglefeathers_newyork@yahoo.com" target="_blank">eaglefeathers_newyork@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wed, July 28, 2010 9:12:38 AM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> URGENT: Late Blight Confirmed in Norwich, NY- July 27, 2010<br></font>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="arial">I will be going to both Community Gardens today to check for late blight on tomates and potatoes.</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="arial">If I'm really confident that late blight is present I will remove plants. If I'm not sure I'll take a sample and contact you to remove the plants immediatley if late blight is confirmed.</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="arial">Please watch your email and your garden closely.</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="arial">I have attached 3 photos of late blight on tomato plants. Please visit the links in the press release below. The webinar is particularly helpful. If you have potatoes - google images late blight potato plants.</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="arial">CALL ME if you suspect late blight. If you get my voice mail - call back - dial ext 0 and let Cindy or whoever answers know that you think you have late blight and ask her to call me on my cell phone if I am out at the gardens. </font></div>
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<div><font face="Papyrus"><b>Stacie Edick</b></font></div>
<div><b><font face="papyrus">Community Gardens Coordinator</font></b></div>
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<div><b><font face="papyrus">99 N. Broad Street, Norwich, NY 13815</font></b></div>
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> J Rebecca Hargrave<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 27, 2010 5:29 PM<br><b>To:</b> J Rebecca Hargrave<br><b>Subject:</b> Late Blight Confirmed in Norwich, NY- July 27, 2010<br></font><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Friends and Colleagues- please share this information asap. Late Blight has been found in both tomato and potato in Norwich. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">J Rebecca Hargrave</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Horticulture and Natural Resources Extension Educator</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'serif';">For Immediate Release </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'serif';">7/27/10</span></b><span style="font-size: 13pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">For more info: Rebecca Hargrave</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">607.334.5841 x16 – <a href="mailto:jrh45@cornell.edu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">jrh45@cornell.edu</a> </span><span style="font-size: 13pt;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Late Blight Found in Norwich, NY</b><b></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Late Blight was confirmed on both tomatoes and potatoes on July 27, 2010. Grown in a home garden in the city, the sample was collected on July 25 after the entire crop of tomatoes died almost overnight. Nearby potatoes are also infected. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In an effort to avoid the catastrophe that happened last year, please monitor your tomatoes and potatoes in earnest. Look for dark watery lesions on the leaves, stems and fruit. Late blight spreads quickly. Cornell recommends “If late blight becomes severe, remove diseased plants by digging them up. Destroy these plants immediately by one of the following: burying them deeply in an area away from the garden, burning them, or by bagging them in a plastic bag and discarding the bag. These steps will help avoid production of a larger number of spores. Harvest all potato tubers in the garden. If late blight occurs when the tubers have already 'sized up', harvest the crop as soon as possible to avoid post-harvest tuber rot. Again, destroy diseased foliage and stems.”</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;">There are fungicides that can be sprayed to prevent infection, but once severe infection has taken hold, chemical controls will not work. Commercial growers please check <a href="http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/recommends/" target="_blank">http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/recommends/</a> for the latest pesticide recommendations. Home gardeners can follow these recommendations if diagnosis is confirmed: use azoxystrobin (not near apples), <i>Bacillus subtilis</i>, chlorothalonil, copper soap (copper octanoate), or copper sulfate. Protectant fungicides (chlorothalonil or copper products) should be used at first appearance of disease according to the label instructions.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;">The fungus that causes late blight has become a major threat to home gardens and commercial growers because of the migration of new strains (genotypes) into the United States. Verification of a late blight diagnosis and implementation of prompt control measures are highly recommended. The newly arrived strains are more aggressive than previous strains. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Current information about late blight and its management can be found at <a href="http://blogs.cornell.edu/lateblight/" target="_blank">http://blogs.cornell.edu/lateblight/</a> and great webinars on late blight for home organic gardens and organic farms can be found at <span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.extension.org/article/24989" target="_blank">http://www.extension.org/article/24989</a></span>. Details on submitting a sample to the Cornell Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic can be found at <a href="http://plantclinic.cornell.edu/" target="_blank">http://plantclinic.cornell.edu/</a>. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Late blight devastated tomato and potato crops in Chenango County and across the Northeast in 2009.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">Call 607-334-5841or go to <a href="http://www.cce.cornell.edu/chenango" target="_blank">http://www.cce.cornell.edu/chenango</a> for more information.<span></span></p>
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</div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Ban Horizontal 'Natural' Gas Drilling and Hydrofracking in New York State<br><font color="#888888"><br>-- <br><br>Marguerite Uhlmann-Bower, R.N., Herbalist<br>
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Hawthorn Way Medicinal Plant Sanctuary<br>226 Kelso Rd. / Sanders Lane <br>East Meredith, NY 13757<br>(607) 278-9635<br>
</font></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Ban Horizontal 'Natural' Gas Drilling and Hydrofracking in New York State<br><br>-- <br><br>Marguerite Uhlmann-Bower, R.N., Herbalist<br>TheHerbalNurses™<br>
Hawthorn Way Medicinal Plant Sanctuary<br>226 Kelso Rd. / Sanders Lane <br>East Meredith, NY 13757<br>(607) 278-9635<br>