RE: Powder mildew?

Hi Marge,

Can you tell me what horticultural oil is please?

Also, has anyone heard of milk being used as a fungicide for protection
against mildew?   In a gardening magazine last year I read that a Wagner
Bettiol at the enviornmental laboratory of Embrapa, the Brazilian
Agricultural Reasearch Corpn had sprayed fresh milk, diluted with water, on
courgette plants and had found it as good as using chemical controls.

I noticed last week that I have mildew on Spirea 'Gold Flame' - I've never
had it on that plant before, nor have I seen mildew so early in the year.
What would the cause be this early, or have I just been lucky in earlier
years?

Valerie, South Yorkshire, England.


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-perennials@mallorn.com
[o*@mallorn.com]On Behalf Of Marge Talt
Sent: 01 April 2000 8:09
To: perennials@mallorn.com
Subject: Re: Powder mildew?



Here ya' go!

To 1 gallon of water, add:
3 tablespoons of baking soda,
1 teaspoon of horticultural oil
1 teaspoon of dishsoap (as in a liquid type, like Joy)
Apply every week to 10 days by spraying ... remove infected
leaves.   Also, spray the ground around the plant.

Worked fine on my benighted Phlox last year and I didn't remove the
leaves - too many of them.

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: R. DeBorde <deborde@c2i2.com>
> Date: Friday, March 31, 2000 3:11 PM
>
> Hello Garden Friends,
> First of all, thank you so much to all of
> you for your help on the Jojoba question.
> What is your recipe for killing powder mildew?
> Is it something like, baking soda & ???
> I need it ASAP.  Thanks.
>         ~Rachel~
>  Better Goats N' Gardens
>      Maricopa, Arizona
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