Flyspeck prevention, Group A fungicides (strobilurins and Topsin M):  August-September spray dates

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Weather data for Middletown RI.  Forecast values begin April 28, 2013
    Continuous protection from June 20 until 30 days before harvest is recommended.  Flyspeck infections that begin before August 22 are likely to become visible around September 20.  Infections that begin before September 7 are likely to become visible around October 20.  But warm wet weather in September can accelerate flyspeck development resulting in earlier dates of flyspeck appearance before harvest.
     Application a strobilurin or Topsin M fungicide within 50 wet hours after the 'Protection end date' of the previous fungicide application may provide postinfection control.
Weather data for Middletown RI.  Forecast values begin April 28, 2013
Inches Rain Spray Date
Estimates assume that fungicide was applied before rain on spray date
Protection End Date
for full-dose
Flint, Sovran, or
Topsin M
(deadline for postinfection strobilurin or Topsin M)
Date flyspeck infections could appear
(Left side = estimated flyspeck show date if weather beyond end of forecast range is in top 20% of years for both temperature and wet hours.  An "x" means there is no need for this scenario because show date is within forecast range.
    
Right side = estimated flyspeck show date for small, open canopy, low-risk trees.)
Thu, August 1 Aug. 16  (Aug 20) (Sep. 5) September 13 (Oct. 2)
Fri, August 2 Aug. 17  (Aug 21) (Sep. 6) September 14 (Oct. 4)
Sat, August 3 Aug. 18  (Aug 22) (Sep. 7) September 15 (Oct. 6)
Sun, August 4 Aug. 19  (Aug 23) (Sep. 8) September 17 (Oct. 8)
Mon, August 5 Aug. 20  (Aug 24) (Sep. 9) September 18 (Oct. 10)
Tue, August 6 Aug. 21  (Aug 25) (Sep. 10) September 19 (Oct. 13)
  Wed, August 7 Aug. 22  (Aug 26) (Sep. 11) September 20 (Oct. 15)
Thu, August 8 Aug. 23  (Aug 27) (Sep. 12) September 22 (Oct. 18)
Fri, August 9 Aug. 24  (Aug 28) (Sep. 13) September 23 (Oct. 21)
Sat, August 10 Aug. 25  (Aug 29) (Sep. 14) September 24 (Oct. 24)
Sun, August 11 Aug. 26  (Aug 30) (Sep. 15) September 26 (Oct. 28)
Mon, August 12 Aug. 27  (Aug 31) (Sep. 16) September 28 (> Oct. 31)
Tue, August 13 Aug. 28  (Sep 1) (Sep. 17) September 29  
  Wed, August 14 Aug. 29  (Sep 2) (Sep. 19) October 1  
Thu, August 15 Aug. 30  (Sep 3) (Sep. 20) October 3  
Fri, August 16 Aug. 31  (Sep 4) (Sep. 21) October 4  
Sat, August 17 Sep. 1  (Sep 5) (Sep. 22) October 6  
Sun, August 18 Sep. 2  (Sep 6) (Sep. 23) October 8  
Mon, August 19 Sep. 3  (Sep 7) (Sep. 25) October 10  
Tue, August 20 Sep. 4  (Sep 8) (Sep. 26) October 12  
  Wed, August 21 Sep. 6  (Sep 10) (Sep. 29) October 17  
Thu, August 22 Sep. 7  (Sep 11) (Sep. 30) October 20  
Fri, August 23 Sep. 8  (Sep 12) (Oct. 1) October 23  
Sat, August 24 Sep. 9  (Sep 13) (Oct. 3) October 26  
Sun, August 25 Sep. 10  (Sep 14) (Oct. 4) October 29  
Mon, August 26 Sep. 11 (Oct. 6) > Oct. 31  
Tue, August 27 Sep. 12 (Oct. 8)    
  Wed, August 28 Sep. 13   (Oct. 9)    
Thu, August 29 Sep. 14 (Oct. 11)    
Fri, August 30 Sep. 15 (Oct. 13)    
Sat, August 31 Sep. 16 (Oct. 15)    
Sun, September 1 Sep. 17 (Oct. 17)    
Mon, September 2 Sep. 18 (Oct. 19)    
Tue, September 3 Sep. 19 (Oct. 22)    
  Wed, September 4 Sep. 20   (Oct. 24)    
Thu, September 5 Sep. 21 (Oct. 26)    
Fri, September 6 Sep. 22 (Oct. 29)    
Sat, September 7 Sep. 23 (> Oct. 31)    
Sun, September 8 Sep. 24      
Mon, September 9 Sep. 25      
Tue, September 10 Sep. 26      
  Wed, September 11 Sep. 27        
Thu, September 12 Sep. 28      
Fri, September 13 Sep. 29      
Sat, September 14 Sep. 30      
Sun, September 15 Oct. 1