View Full Version : information re. SQUIRTER Disease in bananas?
Narnia
06-23-2017, 06:19 PM
Looking for information re. SQUIRTER Disease in bananas. I dont know its Latin name.
thanks
sputinc7
06-24-2017, 02:44 PM
There is almost no info out there about it, so I assume it is rare...?
Narnia
06-25-2017, 03:52 AM
There is almost no info out there about it, so I assume it is rare...?
Just found a brief summary that says Its a post harvest disease.Commercial growers' remedy is fungicide. I have found a few instances of it in our picked bunches where the hands have been divided and left to ripen.
sputinc7
06-25-2017, 09:16 AM
Maybe try getting a bucket of water with a capful of bleach in it and soaking the hands a few minutes in it after dividing. That should fix it I would think. Safer and much cheaper than commercial fungicides as well.
Narnia
06-25-2017, 07:53 PM
[QUOTE=sputinc7;306737]Maybe try getting a bucket of water with a capful of bleach in it and soaking the hands a few minutes in it after dividing. That should fix it I would think. Safer and much cheaper than commercial fungicides as well.[/QUOTE
Thanks Steve,
After dehanding a bunch I always emerse the hands for a few minutes in a a tub of tap water with a slurp of bleech and washing-up detergent.
Maybe the heavy rain we've had contributed to the likelyhood of the Squirter. I'm sure the water bath helps though.
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