Blog thread in from Weston Hazelwood
Hi Folk
Pristine has been on the market in grapes for a few years controlling the 3 major diseases, Botrytis, Powdery Mildew and Downy Mildew.
In a previous life I supervised a large 400ha grape growing operation being responsible for disease control and assisting in day to day running of these vineyards. If one got a problem in a block that size it was a nightmare, so we had to work on preventing problems occurring. This made us pro-active instead of re-active, prevention is better than any cure.
In those days we used Euparen; Shirlan for Botrytis control, then came along Scala first, and then Switch both with a huge increase in performance against Botrytis.
Later Pristine appeared with the same high performance against Botrytis, but putting on my grower hat, I see it also had great performance against Powdery and Downey Mildew, not just a side effect but true control.
Also Pristine contains 2 actives one being pyraclostrobin, like all applications of Strobilurin chemistry to crops, there is a health benefit to the plants.
So some questions for discussion?
Have you had good Powdery Mildew control?
Have you had good Downy Mildew control?
Have you had good Botrytis control?
Have you noticed your vines / plants looking better?