Flyspeck prevention, Full-dose Captan or Ziram: 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
Captan or Ziram
(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. 12  (Aug. 16) (Sep. 1) September 9 (Sep. 26)
Fri, August 2 Aug. 13  (Aug. 17) (Sep. 2) September 10 (Sep. 28)
Sat, August 3 Aug. 14  (Aug. 18) (Sep. 3) September 11 (Sep. 29)
Sun, August 4 Aug. 15  (Aug. 19) (Sep. 4) September 12 (Oct. 1)
Mon, August 5 Aug. 16  (Aug. 20) (Sep. 5) September 13 (Oct. 2)
Tue, August 6 Aug. 17  (Aug. 21) (Sep. 6) September 14 (Oct. 4)
  Wed, August 7 Aug. 18  (Aug. 22) (Sep. 7) September 15 (Oct. 6)
Thu, August 8 Aug. 19  (Aug. 23) (Sep. 8) September 17 (Oct. 8)
Fri, August 9 Aug. 20  (Aug. 24) (Sep. 9) September 18 (Oct. 10)
Sat, August 10 Aug. 21  (Aug. 25) (Sep. 10) September 19 (Oct. 13)
Sun, August 11 Aug. 22  (Aug. 26) (Sep. 11) September 20 (Oct. 15)
Mon, August 12 Aug. 23  (Aug. 27) (Sep. 12) September 22 (Oct. 18)
Tue, August 13 Aug. 24  (Aug. 28) (Sep. 13) September 23 (Oct. 21)
  Wed, August 14 Aug. 25  (Aug. 29) (Sep. 14) September 24 (Oct. 24)
Thu, August 15 Aug. 26  (Aug. 30) (Sep. 15) September 26 (Oct. 28)
Fri, August 16 Aug. 27  (Aug. 31) (Sep. 16) September 28 (> Oct. 31)
Sat, August 17 Aug. 28  (Sep. 1) (Sep. 17) September 29  
Sun, August 18 Aug. 29  (Sep. 2) (Sep. 19) October 1  
Mon, August 19 Aug. 30  (Sep. 3) (Sep. 20) October 3  
Tue, August 20 Aug. 31  (Sep. 4) (Sep. 21) October 4  
  Wed, August 21 Sep. 1  (Sep. 5) (Sep. 22) October 6  
Thu, August 22 Sep. 2  (Sep. 6) (Sep. 23) October 8  
Fri, August 23 Sep. 4  (Sep. 8) (Sep. 26) October 12  
Sat, August 24 Sep. 5  (Sep. 9) (Sep. 27) October 15  
Sun, August 25 Sep. 6  (Sep. 10) (Sep. 29) October 17  
Mon, August 26 Sep. 7  (Sep. 11) (Sep. 30) October 20  
Tue, August 27 Sep. 8  (Sep. 12) (Oct. 1) October 23  
  Wed, August 28 Sep. 9  (Sep. 13) (Oct. 3) October 26  
Thu, August 29 Sep. 10  (Sep. 14) (Oct. 4) October 29  
Fri, August 30 Sep. 11 (Oct. 6) > Oct. 31  
Sat, August 31 Sep. 12 (Oct. 8)    
Sun, September 1 Sep. 13 (Oct. 9)    
Mon, September 2 Sep. 14 (Oct. 11)    
Tue, September 3 Sep. 15 (Oct. 13)    
  Wed, September 4 Sep. 16   (Oct. 15)    
Thu, September 5 Sep. 17 (Oct. 17)    
Fri, September 6 Sep. 18 (Oct. 19)    
Sat, September 7 Sep. 19 (Oct. 22)    
Sun, September 8 Sep. 20 (Oct. 24)    
Mon, September 9 Sep. 21 (Oct. 26)    
Tue, September 10 Sep. 22 (Oct. 29)    
  Wed, September 11 Sep. 23   (> Oct. 31)    
Thu, September 12 Sep. 24      
Fri, September 13 Sep. 25      
Sat, September 14 Sep. 26      
Sun, September 15 Sep. 27