Re: Late Blight Outbreak

**K* M* <k*@iol.ie>**

I've found compost tea, milk, kelp solution and equistetum tea will  
each stave off blight if you start before the blight does - but if you  
already have the first signs on your plants then you need a copper  
based spray or one of the less acceptable chemical mixes

Or if the tubers are already formed one can simply remove the foliage,  
especially if the soil is reasonably dry

kathryn

On 7 Jul 2009, at 11:41, Miranda Smith wrote:

> Before Bordeaux--weekly foliar sprays with a good compost tea have  
> been
> known to stave it off. But you must begin before the plants are  
> exposed.
> I've found it effective but not to the point of total avoidance--it  
> put off
> the inevitable for a month or so, which is all to the good if you're  
> trying
> to get a crop off.
>
> Miranda
>
> On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 7:31 PM, Kathryn Marsh <kmarsh@iol.ie> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Not in the least surprising to me, as I've been following friends'
>> weather reports from that area and thinking how much more like our
>> Irish weather it has been than usual, with temperatures and humidity
>> in the critical zone. Can I suggest that those in the area not only
>> tell their readers how to spot the symptoms but also how to make
>> Bordeaux mixture
>>
>> kathryn
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