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River Junction Tribune
Chattahoochee, River Junction, Gadsden County, Florida
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Cold weather and low rainfall have slowed shade tobacco seed bed development in Gadsden County, Florida, but limited blue mold growth. Dr. Randall R. Kincaid reports no disease in local beds yet, though outbreaks noted in Georgia. Growers advised to prepare treatments.
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Cold weather and little rain has hampered the development of shade tobacco seed beds in Gadsden County, but a checkup this week showed that the same adverse growing conditions have benefited growers by limiting development of blue mold.
Dr. Randall R. Kincaid, plant pathologist at the North Florida Experiment Station, said he found no evidences of blue mold in any seed beds he visited Monday on a general tour of representative farms. Lack of any sign of the disease so far, however, is probably due to the smallness of most plants, he said.
First reports of blue mold in neighboring counties arrived this week. Three seed beds in Adel, Ga., were reported infected.
Dr. Kincaid said it seemed likely that blue mold will appear early this year here because of the outbreaks in Georgia both on sowed beds and on volunteer plants. He said it was possible that some volunteer beds might be infected now.
Records at the Experiment Station show that the average temperature for the last month has been 50 degrees as compared with an average of 55 degrees for the same period. Rainfall also was behind normal and plant beds without irrigation were reported to be suffering from lack of water in many instances.
Many growers were busy this week spreading stable manure on shade fields although some growers fertilized several weeks earlier. Beds at the experiment station, sowed late this year, are coming along well, with January beds showing plants and some beds showing a full stand.
Dr. Kincaid urged growers to prepare now for treating blue mold when it develops. He said that tobacco men who plan to use the gas treatment as a cure should obtain para-dichlorobenzene and gas-tight covers for the beds. He advised those who use a spray as a preventive to check their supplies of yellow copper oxide, cottonseed oil emulsion and other ingredients.
Bulletins published by the experiment station on the treatment of blue mold are available through the station or the county agent. They are numbers 330 and 342.
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no blue mold found in gadsden county seed beds yet; outbreaks reported in adel, ga.; growers advised to prepare treatments
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Cold weather and little rain slowed shade tobacco seed bed development in Gadsden County, limiting blue mold growth. Dr. Kincaid toured farms Monday and found no disease, though likely to appear early due to Georgia outbreaks. Average temperature last month 50 degrees vs. normal 55; low rainfall affected non-irrigated beds. Growers spreading manure; station beds progressing well. Urged preparation for blue mold treatments using gas or spray methods. Bulletins 330 and 342 available.