One of The Top Dogs in Fungicides and it's Not Cheap

[swamper]

I'd be curious to know about the shelf life. Does anyone know?

[fortyonenorth]

Any literature comparing Azoxystrobin to Daconil or copper?

[John3]

Originally Posted by swamper

I'd be curious to know about the shelf life. Does anyone know?

swamper thanks for posting this question. The link has a toll free number so I called them. After getting transfered to the person who was to know the product he said he wants to say 8 years. When asked if he could check that he said they had so many products that he really did not know.
So they don't know.
Kinda makes wonder if I was to buy the product if I should buy from them. So the next step is to see who makes it and find out from them.

[John3]

Originally Posted by swamper

I'd be curious to know about the shelf life. Does anyone know?

Ok The company name is Syngenta.
Found their web site and gave them a call and they told me not to use Heritage as the other Other Ingredients added as the product is formulated for turfs. They said though lower in Azoxystrobin to use Quadris [Azoxystrobin: methyl (E)-2-{2-[6-(2-cyanophenoxy) pyrimidin-4-yloxy]phenyl}-3-methoxyacrylate* 22.9%] as the other ingredients are for vegetable crops.
They also said it lasts a long time depends on the way you store the product (that's for both products)
here are links to both products
http://www.syngentacropprotection.co...id=413&MID=466

http://www.syngentaprofessionalprodu...did=50&MID=550

So I don't know about either product - it will take someone with more understanding to be able to read the info sheets (which are in pdf at their site)

[Ricefarmer05]

Originally Posted by John3

Ok The company name is Syngenta.
Found their web site and gave them a call and they told me not to use Heritage as the other Other Ingredients added as the product is formulated for turfs. They said though lower in Azoxystrobin to use Quadris [Azoxystrobin: methyl (E)-2-{2-[6-(2-cyanophenoxy) pyrimidin-4-yloxy]phenyl}-3-methoxyacrylate* 22.9%] as the other ingredients are for vegetable crops.
They also said it lasts a long time depends on the way you store the product (that's for both products)
here are links to both products
http://www.syngentacropprotection.co...id=413&MID=466

http://www.syngentaprofessionalprodu...did=50&MID=550

So I don't know about either product - it will take someone with more understanding to be able to read the info sheets (which are in pdf at their site)

I was following this thread when it first came out but was hoping that Daconil would do the trick this year. With all the humidity, I'm starting to loose the blight battle with some of my tomatoes so I started looking into this more seriously.

I found this presentation that has alot of useful info on various fungicides:

http://monroe.uwex.edu/files/2011/02...-Vegetable.pdf

The above presentation confirms that azoxystrobin is the heavy-hitter when it comes to early blight control. It lists four different names that the active ingredient is marketed under (and it appears that all are manufactured by the same company that was mentioned in this thread). The only form that I could find was available was the Heritage formula. I found the 4 oz bottle on Amazon for around $120 (a steal right?). In addition to the heavy price tag, I am hesitant to pull the trigger on this because it seems the company did not recommend this for tomatoes. However, this seems to contradict the info on the Heritage Label which provides application rates specifically for tomatoes:

http://www.domyownpestcontrol.com/ms...tage_label.pdf

Before I do this, I thought I'd follow up with this thread to see if anyone has tried this yet?

Thanks,
Blake