RE: Baking Soda/Powdery Mildew
- Subject: RE: Baking Soda/Powdery Mildew
- From: "BILL J. SADOWSKI" B*@CompuServe.COM
- Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2003 20:09:19 -0500
- List-archive: <http://www.hort.net/lists/pumpkins/> (Web Archive)
I have had this mixture to be extremely effective, and I have had luck with
eliminating powdery mildew when it got totally out of control. Plus the
garden smelled fresh:
In 2 gallons of water
4-6 TBLS of baking soda
3 TBLS of bleach
1 teaspoon of dawn dishwashing liquid
The dawn acts like a surfactant in that it helps hold the mixture to the
leaves allowing the bleach to attack the mildew. The bleach will kill the
mildew and I believe the baking soda helps prevent the mildew from
occurring again.
I noticed after my first application where the mildew spots were killed,
the leaves had some damaged due to the mildew spores. This recipe is
great and has worked wonders.
Remember, Daconil only prevents mildew, it does not kill it.
Bill Sadowski, getting warmer in Ohio!!!
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