We had a couple of days with some light rains and overcast afternoons the past few days and surprise, surprise most of my black varieties of tomatoes had gray mold on them yesterday. I sprayed with the bleach solution yesterday evening and will give them a dose of copper today along with another spray of the Permethrin, Dawn, and DE. The spider mites are not totally gone but they have definitely been knocked back. I'm hoping this will be the last time I have to use this mite spray this season as the weather forecast is for more rain over the next ten days and hopefully it will be enough to actually soak the ground. I can't remember ever going four months without enough rain to really get my beds wet enough to give the plants a boost but that has been the way it has been here.
Bill
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