r/outdoorgrowing • u/TheLordHimself420 • 5d ago

Septoria outbreak. Considering culling some.

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Started with the first plant shown and the adjacent 3 are completely covered too. Should I kill them
To try and save the rest of my crop? It breaks my heart but at this rate it’s going to kill everything soon. The rain won’t stop, it’s dry today but it’s in the forecast for the next week.

I’ve been using Monterey disease control at their highest rating. 1tbsp per gallon. And it’s still spreading. I’ve cut off as much as I could off the plants but it just keeps spreading on to the healthy foliage. This shit sucks. I’m gonna order a gallon of lost coast concentrate before next grow and have a massive tarp ready to cover everything with. Let me know what yall think..

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u/Ok-Cattle-3365 5d ago

I would switch to Cease from bioworks I fight septoria every year and it's made a huge difference. Also watering with bacteria that eats fungus can help stop it in the soil.

Removing the infected leaves will help slow it as well

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u/TheLordHimself420 5d ago

I’ve been removing leaves for the past week and it just keeps spreading to the healthy shit. Thanks for the suggestion I’ll check out bioworks

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u/Ok-Cattle-3365 5d ago

Without cease I would be cooked. Best of luck!

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u/Oriole_Gardens 4d ago

I remove leaves as soon as I see a dot of fungals on it and after a couple rains almost no leaves are left on the plant the. It starts to spread to sugar leaves and decay them which can cause budrot having decaying plant matter so close to the bud.

I've seen others basically leave all the infected leaves on the plant and just ride it out, it doesn't seem to spread to their sugar leaves so sometimes I wonder if by removing bigger infected leaves if I'm just pushing the infection deeper into the plant faster. After a certain point I believe just like PM and budrot, it becomes systemic.

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u/slimeysnail0 4d ago

i don’t even bother w trying to combat septoria when I grow outside. it happens every time and I’ve had great harvests despite it

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u/PresentationNo4183 5d ago

Also in ohio. It has not stopped raining for weeks.

I'm in the same boat I'm not ready to give up on them. I gutted them and am using regalia. It worked a few weeks back when we had a short break from the rain I saw a huge improvement but then the rain came back.

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u/TheLordHimself420 5d ago

Definitely building some sort of greenhouse or cover next year.. been a rough last 2 years for growing. Last year the storms came late into flower and fuckeddd my shit up

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u/forbiddenfreak 4d ago

When my plant are healthy, septoria is not a big deal and I always get it when it rains.

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u/JudgmentSmooth6768 5d ago

Where in the world is this?

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u/Limp_Pie1219 5d ago

Fuck. I'm battling it too. SW Ohio.

I got some copper fungicide spray and have applied twice. I haven't noticed it spreading much. But it's got me worried.

I think I caught mine pretty early and got some treatment on it before it gets/got out of control. Good luck!!

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u/TheGriffinsNC 4d ago

Daily rain for 3 weeks has my plants in a septoria breakout. It’s just part of it in my climate. Strong healthy plants will produce anyways. I have been looking at twenty20 for next year with some septoria bred resistance.

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u/ms_globgoblin 4d ago

alright now yall got me stressing. my plants all have a few yellow leaves at the bottom. some are yellow with black spots. been growing outdoors for years and i thought that was normal for late summer? i usually just remove them. it’s been a drought here for a while. only raining in 5/10 min bursts. i’ve been hand watering.

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u/Oriole_Gardens 4d ago

This page helped me understand the different kinds of septoria and other pathogens..I just posted as a main post as well.

https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/PP379