RE: Neem Oil

Arm and Hammer. Soda! Sorry! No wonder my baking always fails. LOL. 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of
Jason Thomas
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 3:50 PM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: Re: Neem Oil

Is that baking soda or just baking powder?

On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Steve Haberman
<shaberman@insmgt.com>wrote:

> Jason,
> For your powdery mildew, I have had luck with @ one oz baking powder to a
> gallon of water. It is a "green" solution to an extent. The best luck with
> mildew and fungus I've had is with Captan. Use 5 teaspoons powder to one
> gallon H2O in a sprayer. The "Africa Hot" is here in Indiana as well with
> terrible humidity. I'm fighting the "ick" as well.
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
> Of
> Jason Thomas
>  Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 1:48 PM
> To: pumpkins@hort.net
> Subject: Re: Neem Oil
>
> Thanks for all the information Steve and Cliff. Talking to more
experienced
> growers is immensely valuable.
>
> On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 5:50 AM, Steve Haberman <shaberman@insmgt.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Neem oil has been observed to work with insect control to some extent.
It
> > interrupts the hormonal functions in some insect species. However you
> must
> > allow a certain amount of time for this to work which usually means
> > destroyed plants then dead bugs. Neem will have ZERO effect against SVB,
> > squash bug and I have seen limited effect on cuke beatles (again,
> personal
> > experience). In my usual self-centered thought process, I didn't
consider
> > certain situations like a community garden. My apologies.
> > Neem will not control fungi or mildew. Try a commercial fungicide for
> > control.
> > Steve Haberman
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
> > Of
> > Jason Thomas
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 2:34 AM
> > To: pumpkins@hort.net
> > Subject: Re: Neem Oil
> >
> > Steve is so right! I thought I could prevent powdery mildew with Neem
> Oil,
> > Milk and Compost Tea. I get home today and what was a healthy plant this
> > morning has powdery mildew. Now I am scrambling to find a way to keep my
> > plant alive for the next month so I can get my first decent pumpkin.
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Steve Haberman <shaberman@insmgt.com
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > Unless you use Neem Oil for your hair, throw it away. AG's are not
> > > typically
> > > eaten, so spray the stuff from Dupont Chemical CO. et all. Just my
> > > experience and opinion.
> > >
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