Re: Powdery Mildew
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Powdery Mildew
- From: M*@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 11:15:09 EDT
David and Itala-
Just last week we were on this very subject. Janis sent us a couple of
remedies, below is a copy of that post:
Date: 99-06-05 16:48:31 EDT
From: LONDE@aol.com
Sender: owner-perennials@mallorn.com
Reply-to: perennials@mallorn.com
To: perennials@mallorn.com
>>Speaking of organic...is there a book you can recommend on organic
gardening.<<
I really like Rodale's Flower Garden Problem Solver by Jeff & Liz Ball
because you can look up a specific plant and find it's most common problems
and how to deal with them organically. There is also general organic
gardening information in the book. There are a number of other very good
books published by Rodale Press. Do take a look at them.
>> Do you recall the baking soda recipe for mildew,<<
Spray once a week & after rain with:
2-3 tsp baking soda
2-3 tsp horticultural oil (Sun Spray Ultrafine Oil)
1 Gal. water
another version:
1 TBS baking soda
1 TBS cooking oil
1 TBS dishwashing liquid
1 Gallon water
This works on powdery mildew and blackspot.
--Janis
Seems that one of these is very similar to your #2 but the one that includes
dishwashing liquid is different.
Hope this helps....good luck
Kemberly McLain
Katy, Texas
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