RE: Powdery mildew solution

Toby:  I used Neemoil last season with good results.  I also mixed it with
seaweed, fish emulsive, compost tea and a little baking soda.  Where I used
to get mildew in late July, I now went the entire season mildew free.  It
could have been the weather last year, but I think the neemoil and the other
ingredients really helped.
Craig

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From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net]On Behalf
Of Toby Atencio
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 2:12 PM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: Re: Powdery mildew solution


Kathie, and everybody else,

I have been looking for organic alternatives to some of my plant problems
just to see if I can do the organic thing.  The local nursery recommended
Neemoil to me for powdery mildew and aphids.  They said that it discourages
all kinds of bugs without discouraging worm and soil microbial activity.

I started using it on some shrubs at my church about a month ago.  I
discovered that if I applied it twice a week (once didn't work as well), the
powdery mildew problem would stop... the plants were scarred, but the new
growth shows no sign of powdery mildew.  I continue to spray once a week as
a preventative against powdery mildew.

Aphids, however, are not as tough as the powdery mildew.  At the first sign
of aphids, I spray affected "plant-parts" with neem oil.  The next day there
is no trace of them.  Works with white flies, too.  For the bugs, I have
only been spraying where I see them, when I see them, but I rarely have to
spray a "plant-part" twice.

Daconil works great, but I have been concerned about its influence on worm
activity... I don't want anything slowing them down!  To be fair, I don't
know that it slows down worm activity at all, I am simply suspicious.
That's all.

To me, its just as easy to spray with Daconil as it is with neem oil.  Neem
oil costs $2.00 more at Home Depot than Daconil, and you have to spray with
neem ma bit more often, so Daconil might be more economical at the very
least.

Toby

kathie morgan <fishrap@earthlink.net> wrote:
Vince,
Thanks for the reply! The plants are small right now (except for the 1385
Daletas). Is there any potential to harm them by spraying the daconil?
Thanks again!
Kathie
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>From: vince
>To: pumpkins@hort.net
>Subject: Re: Powdery mildew
>Date: Tue, May 18, 2004, 5:35 AM
>

> Spray your plants every two weeks or so with Daconil whether
> they look like they need it or not. If you see powdery mildew,
> it is too late, your plants are already damaged and it will be
> much more difficult to get it under control....
>
> vince
>
>
> --- kathie morgan wrote:
>> List
>> We have two Thompson seedless grape vines in the pumpkin
>> patch. The landlord
>> gave us sulfur to spray on them because he says they are
>> already starting to
>> get powdery mildew.
>> What can we do to protect the pumpkins from the PM?
>> Thanks!
>> Kathie
>
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