Have a HOT Culture Tip?  Send it to us.

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9/1/03    Timely Tips for the Connecticut Rose Garden in September:  Timely Tips for September.

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7/30/03    Timely Tips for the attention needed in a Connecticut Rose Garden in August:  Timely Tips for August.

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7/4/03    See below for new additions to the list of Consulting Rosarians

              Note:  Japanese Beetles 'began' today in the Webmaster's Garden- 4th of July- right on schedule!!

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7/1/2003    Timely Tips for the attention needed in a Connecticut Rose Garden for this month and season: Tips and Advice for July.

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4/13/03    Math, Measures and Equivalents- to make the math simpler. 

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4/13/03    Top Information on Spring Safety Checks for you and your gear.

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4/7/03: Whither Funginex???  Whither Daconil???

An astute rosarian stated at the April meeting that Funginex, a commonly used rose fungicide, is no longer available!  Bill Turell, who's in the know,  indicated that it is now relabeled "ORTHO RosePride Rose & Shrub Disease Control".  This is the sub-title on last year's Funginex bottle, btw.  Going a bit further, to the www.Ortho.com site, and drilling down to the newly named product you can view the new bottle.  Checking the Active Ingredients, however, it says:
 "Active Ingredients: 29.6% Chlorothalonil".  

On the other hand, going to the detailed label information page, it says "6.5% Triforine", like old Funginex.  When I asked ORTHO, Customer Service and her Supervisor were strong in the belief that Triforine is, indeed, the Active Ingredient.  They did not know of any chemical named Chlorothalonil.  And they promised to checkout the discrepancy and get the website info revised, as necessary.

MITYMWTK (More Information Than You May Have Wanted to Know):

Active Ingredients: 29.6% Chlorothalonil is the Active Ingredient in the New "Ortho Garden Disease Control", formerly known to rosarians as Daconil.

Dave Candler
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Tips for May in a CT Rose Garden

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Timely Tips for the attention needed in a Connecticut Rose Garden for this month and season:  This April's Garden Tips.

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 Click here to read the 2003 Annual Consulting Rosarian Report for the Yankee District of the American Rose Society (New England)

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