Mancozeb for Japanese maples

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Has anyone used Mancozeb on Japanese maples? The label does not list maples and wondering if this is ok to apply to the foliage. If so what rate of application?
 
It's listed for malus and prunus that often have even greater phytotoxicity problems than acer with fungicides. That makes me think it will be ok. I don't have experience though. What problem are you trying to solve?
 
It's listed for malus and prunus that often have even greater phytotoxicity problems than acer with fungicides. That makes me think it will be ok. I don't have experience though. What problem are you trying to solve?
Anthracnose
 
I sprayed it on emerging second flush of leaves on JM saplings. They are in morning sun, afternoon shade. No ill effects from the spray.
 
I have used it and it didn't kill my maple. It did leave some ugly looking residue on the leaves, but I think better than the ugly anthracnose would cause. I mixed up a batch of mancozeb for a sickly looking juniper and applied it to a maple with anthracnose symptoms. I used a bayer 3 in 1 systemic on the maple perviously and it did seem to halt the progression of the dieback, but I had the mancozeb mixed up and figure alternating products was a good idea. I think next year I'll use the mancozeb in the spring and fall use the 3-1 once the leaves are out.
 
I’ve used Mancozeb on both trident and Japanese maples. For me, it has been safe and I believe it has been more effective at controlling anthracnose than daconil, but not as effective as a disciplined program of dormant season spraying and preventative action taken during the growing season.

Scott
 
I’ve used Mancozeb on both trident and Japanese maples. For me, it has been safe and I believe it has been more effective at controlling anthracnose than daconil, but not as effective as a disciplined program of dormant season spraying and preventative action taken during the growing season.

Scott

Hi Scott,

Can i please ask what you spray on your Maples during the doormant season, and how often?
 
Hi Scott,

Can i please ask what you spray on your Maples during the doormant season, and how often?

Here’s an article I wrote for the club that describes my practice.
https://www.facebook.com/notes/houston-bonsai-society/dormant-spraying/1335155469848406/

And here’s a video that walks you through the how, when and why.

Hi-Yield lime sulfur is no longer manufactured, but I’ve determined that Davis Pet Dip is the same compound at the same concentration. I posted the Hi-Yield label here:
https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/h...-been-banned-in-california.24171/#post-383047

I posted a comparison between products here.
https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/h...banned-in-california.24171/page-3#post-384367

Hope that helps

Scott
 
Thanks! Do you use lime sulfur only as a dormant spray? Here in the Bay Area fungus has been bad this summer (mostly powdery mildew).

The label I posted describes in season concentrations you can use when the tree is in leaf. It’s very effective against powdery mildew. I’ve just been religious about dormant season application and so have had far fewer problems with fungal diseases in my collection. I don’t spray pines and junipers with it, so I keep up with spraying pines for needlecast, but that’s all I’ve had to spray in terms of fungicides this year. I’d say my use of that stuff has dropped 90%.

S
 
I'm going to spray my junipers with mancozeb in the next day or two and had been planning to spray all my plants with it. I saw Bjorn listed it as specifically for juniper tip blight - are there any species that I should be aware of that do poorly with mancozeb? Should I stick to spraying it only on my junipers as a preventative against tip blight, or is it a beneficial preventative for other species as well?

Sounds like the use case here was treating something that had already gotten into the tree, so curious what people's thoughts are.
 
I have had pretty good results with it overall. My hawthorn still ended up with CAR this year, but that’s par for the course.
 
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