“There are more ways of killing a cat than to
choke it with butter”. This old proverb may well apply to controlling husk
spot with fungicides in macadamias.
There may be more holistic ways to reduce the impact of husk spot than reaching
for a drum of fungicide.
A trial using the
natural plant bio-stimulant PandA provides good reasons to be optimistic. Over
the last two seasons at Branson Park,
Whian Whian (near Lismore) Frank,
Joy and Ryan Hathaway have been co-operating in evaluating PandA on the A16
variety and comparing it against the conventional treatment of Spin (Carbendazim) and Copper.
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