Bill - Sorry to hear this. I have felt your pain many times, which is why I've been pruning and using the drop line method I learned from you this year. In fact I'm over due to start dropping some plants down and pruning is a constant need. You may remember I have some plants in earthtainers and some in the ground. I haven't pruned in the earthtainers and disease has been harsh. I've still had tremendous production in both gardens because of favorable conditions this year, but my container plants are suffering badly from disease in spite of multiple bleach sprays, multiple fungicides. My pruned plants on the other hand look pretty doggone good. Disease has been much less, harmful insects less prominent. I think what this method taught me is that it is easier to spot quickly, remove and isolate disease when the plants are well pruned. When they are bushy, the diseases are rampant by the time you are acting on them. That's my hypothesis anyway. Good luck in the battle!
Dewayne
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