Bonide Copper Dust User Manual

COPPER fungicide

spray or DUST

Ready to use

Controls Diseases on Potatoes, Tomatoes, Fruits & Flowering Shrubs

For Organic Gardening

EPA Est. No. 4-NY-1 EPA Reg. No. 4-58

Bonide Products, Inc. 6301 Sutliff Road Oriskany, NY 13424

It is a violation of Federal law to use this product in a manner inconsistent with its labeling.

GENERAL PRECAUTIONS AND RESTRICTIONS

Do not apply this product in a way that will contact adults, children, or pets, either directly or through drift. Do not allow adults, children, or pets to enter the treated area until sprays have dried or dusts have settled.

This product is intended for small garden use only.

Use lower rates when plants are small, and the higher rates when plants are well developed, during heavy rain seasons, or when disease conditions are severe.

As a Dust: Control of disease depends upon thorough and complete application (a thin, uniform film) to both tops and undersides of leaves. Small canisters may be used as a duster by partially crushing and rapidly squeezing the sides in upright position, or use a good pressure duster. Application when wind is very light or absent, usually early morning or evening, will prevent drift and loss of product to adjacent areas.

As a Spray: (Using hand or tank sprayers) – Consult spray table below. Add proper amount of powder to small amount of water, strain, add remainder of water and spray – agitate sprayer to keep nozzle from plugging. Apply 3 gallons of mixed solution to a small tree or bush, 6 gallons of mixed solution to a medium size tree, or 9 gallons of mixed solution to a large tree. Thoroughly spray upper and lower surfaces of foliage to the point of runoff. Do not overspray.

DIRECTIONS FOR USE

FRUITS AND NUTS

Amount*

2 – 4¾ oz.

Do not apply more

than 9.6 LB of

product (5.8 oz.

metallic copper

equivalent) per 1000

sq. ft. per year.

8 – 20 oz.

Do not exceed 4.7

LB of product (2.8

When to Apply

Make initial application at silver-tip. Repeat every

5-7 days to green-tip. Do not apply after green-

tip reaches ½ inch, as phytotoxicity may occur.

Do not apply prior to 4th cover spray. Make

only 2 applications in rotation with other

registered fungicides. Use on weak or

stressed trees can increase potential for leaf

Diseases

Fireblight

Anthracnose, Bitter rot,

Black pox, Black rot,

Brooks spot, Flyspeck,

Powdery mildew,

Crop

Apples (bloom &

growing season)

oz. metallic copper

spotting or fruit russeting.

Make first application before fall rains and

second application 4 weeks later. Reapply

every 7 days, as needed, if disease pressure

persists.

Sooty blotch, Summer

scab, White Rot

Bacterial Canker

Blueberries

- 13 oz.

1/3

Do not exceed 6

oz. of product (3.6

oz. metallic copper

equivalent) per 1000

sq. ft. per year.

Apply when leaf buds begin to open and

repeat when lower buds show white. Reapply

every 7 days, as needed.

NOTE: Crop injury may occur if applied

to foliage under certain environmental

conditions such as hot or prolonged moist

Anthracnose, Cane

spot, Leaf spot,

Pseudomonas

blight, Purple blotch,

Yellow rust

Caneberries

(Santiams, Logans,

Boysens, Marions,

Auroras, Cascades,

Chehalems,

Thornless

- 13 oz.

1/3

Amount*

Do not exceed 10.7 LB of

product (6½ oz. metallic

copper equivalent) per

1000 sq. ft. per year.

When to Apply

conditions. Discontinue application

if signs of crop injury appear.

Apply at popcorn and full bloom

every 5 days as needed.

Diseases

Brown rot blossom

& Raspberry)

(growing season)

Cherry (bloom &

Crop

growing season)

Evergreens, Blackberry

2 – 8¾ oz.

Do not exceed 3 LB of

product (1.8 oz. metallic

copper equivalent) per

1000 sq. ft. per year.

2 – 26 oz.

Begin application when conditions

are favorable for disease

development. Reapply every 5-10

days. NOTE: Crop injury may occur

from application at higher rates and

shorter intervals. Discontinue use if

injury occurs.

Downy mildew, Powdery

mildew, Gummy stem

blight, Watermelon

bacterial fruit blotch

Cantaloupes,

Honeydews,

Muskmelons,

Pumpkins, Squash

Begin applications at late dormant

(suppression), Scab

Black rot, Downy mildew,

& Watermelons)

Grapes

Alternaria leaf spot, Angular

leaf spot, Anthracnose,

Cucurbits

(Cucumber,

Do not exceed 11.9 LB of

product (7¼ oz. metallic

copper equivalent) per

1000 sq. ft. per year.

up to bud break with subsequent

applications throughout the season

every 3 days depending upon

disease severity. NOTE: Foliage

injury may occur on copper sensitive

Phomopsis, Powdery

mildew

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