After paraquat, will the next pesticide to disappear be a miraculous fungicide?

A few days ago a grower sent me a message. He said, Teacher Fu, can you change the formula for me? The formula you gave contains ethylicin. I have used ethylicin several times, but the effect is just not good.

The raw material for ethylicin is very scarce right now. Many ethylicin products on the market are labeled as 80 content, but in fact very few actually reach that content. Most only reach 20 to 30 percent. This is why many farmers do not get good results when using it.

After hearing my explanation, this grower felt reassured enough to use it. A few days later he reported back that the effect was indeed quite good.

As early as the 1960s, ethylicin was a very practical fungicide produced and sold by our own country. Ethylicin, as an ingredient, can be said to be an all-purpose ingredient in the pesticide industry.

It is not only a very good fungicide, but also has a very good regulatory effect, and it works well against both fungal and bacterial diseases. What exactly the reason is, there are many explanations, and no one can say for sure.

Many older growers or so-called experts will say that old pesticides are no longer any good, that resistance is growing, and that new ingredients must be used.

What they say makes some sense, but is that really necessarily the case? Are old pesticides really going to be phased out? How long can the new pesticides that arrive support us?

As long as old pesticides are used properly, they can still achieve very good results.

Take ethylicin for example. It should currently be a very effective ingredient for controlling algae. After diluting 80-content ethylicin a thousand times, add thiophanate-methyl diluted a thousand times, and spray it for algae on fruit trees. The effect is very good, and it is absolutely safe for the fruit.

However, when using it, note that you must first dilute the ethylicin before adding the other pesticides, because ethylicin is too strongly acidic, to avoid affecting the effectiveness of the pesticides.

Because ethylicin has a very strong odor and the production and supply of its raw material are becoming increasingly scarce, after paraquat, will ethylicin be the next pesticide star to disappear?

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