What is botrytis?

Botrytis concerns several mushrooms that can either destroy the appearance of flowers or crops of fruits and vegetables. Although the sponge does not affect the roots of the plant, it can cause the fruits, leaves, stems or flowers of the plant to cause silvery gray mold or other disintegration, and can significantly reduce aesthetic quality or cause some things to not cause to eat. Botrytis infections most often begin in spring, especially if certain weather conditions are present. For those who grow early in the spring of crops of vegetables or decorative flowers, several rainy days in the spring can cause gray, silver or brown spots on leaves, stems and buds. Some plants alternately develop black spots when infected with certain types of botrytis.

In fact, where the plant is most affected by botrytis, it may depend on the plant. For example, onions can be subject to browning jumps and the break -up of fruit, snapdragons will most likely have new shoots that MoHlly on plants such as sunflowers, roses and geraniums, molds on flowers. This is just a few examples, and gardeners know that any signs of restlessness in the plant should be further investigated so that it is possible that it is the health of the plant, if possible.

in vegetables, the most commonly affected botrytis, include beans, melons and cucumbers, eggplant, onion, pepper, berries and grapes. Interestingly, some wine growers are trying to get a sponge to grow on certain grapes, just as they try to avoid its growth on others. Several types of wines with late harvest are celebrated for their sweetness, because the grower has caused botrytis, which is called noble rot during the growing process. Many Sauternes, late harvesting and growing gewürztraminers of late harvest. Yet growers must avoid the spread of rot to other types of grapes to protect fromWine harvest.

There are many ways that botrytis can be controlled. First any dead plant mass from the previous year, which contains black areas, must be cropped from the plant and thrown away. Irrigation on the root level instead of above the plant can help prevent mold development. There are several fungicide sprays that can kill mushroom disputes, and this can also be useful. Some are organic or considered safer and some organic gardeners swear by sprayed milk application to kill molds. With cutting and monitoring plants in the beginning of spring, sprays may not be necessary, but on a commercial scale it would require so much work that fungicides are commonly used instead.