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Fw: Baking Soda for Powdery Mildew // was: Interesting Blackspot Treatment

Wonderful, this is exactly what I was looking
for.  Hopefully I have planted only disease
resistant roses, 1/2 are old and 1/2 are English.
I will keep my eye out for powdery mildew on
my "found" rose.   Thanks.

Carleen
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> From: Patricia H. <patty98@juno.com>
> To: rose-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: Re: Baking Soda for Powdery Mildew // was: Interesting Blackspot
Treatment
> Date: Thursday, May 28, 1998 7:35 PM
> 
> Carleen & list,
> 
> First of all, Oooops... I wrote 2 T (tablespoons) per gallon of water. 
> That should be 3 (three)  T.  per gallon of water.  Sorry 'bout the typo.
> 
> If it were me, I'd just keep an eye on your rose.  Powdery mildew is very
> easy to get rid of using the baking soda solution.  I've never had it not
> work -- and quickly at that.
> 
> Usually, two applications does the trick.  I've never had to spray more
> than twice, and I space the applications about two or three days apart.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Patty
> zone 8b
> Louisiana
> 
> --------------
> 
> On Wed, 27 May 1998 10:35:25 -0700 "rosenlund" <rosenlund@transport.com>
> writes:
> >Patricia and list,
> >I'm wondering then. I have a 2 year old rose
> >that is a cutting off my great grandmother's
> >grave and it has yet to have powdery mildew.
> >But cuttings from that same grave rose,  
> >(mother's and aunt's, 6 and 8 years old roses) 
> >and "mother bush" herself, is dreadful with 
> >powdery mildew right after blooming. 
> >Should I begin the "baking soda spraying" now ?
> >(just as she's beginning to bloom) 
> >Or wait till I see the stuff and then go for it ? 
> >How often should I spray ?
> >
> >Carleen
> >----------
> >> From: Patricia H. 
> >> This may be true for black spot, but baking soda works wonders on 
> >powdery
> >> mildew -- knocks it right out.   I don't bother with the soap or the
> >> horticultural oil though.  Just 2 T baking soda per gallon of water.
> 
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