Re: Powdery mildew solution

Have also been doing the organic methods as my dog eats dirt. Adding a little
baking soda to your foliar spray should do it IF started before signs of  The
Powderyness.
Also, here is a recipe for Garrett Juice, a mighty, mighty multi-vitamin
foliar spray developed by Howard Garrett.

1 cup manure-based compost tea (recipe below)
1 ounce molasses
1 ounce natural apple cider vinegar
1 ounce liquid seaweed(kelp)
Add water to make 1 gallon

for added insect/disease control:
1/4 cup garlic or garlic/pepper tea (recipe below)

For tough insects such as squash bugs and fire ants:
add 2 ounces citrus oil or d-Limonene

Compost tea
fill a bucket 1/2 full of manure compost plus 1 tablespoon of molasses.
Finish filling with water. Let sit fir 1-2 weeks. Strain off solids and dilute
to the color of iced tea.

Garlic and Garlic/Pepper tea (same with the addition of peppers)
2-3 garlic bulbs
2-3 hot peppers 2 tablespoons vegetable oil.
Grind to a pulp.
Add water to make 1 gallon
let sit 1-2 days
use 1/4 cup  per gallon of water

Happy growing
Rich in Texas
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Craig Johnson
  To: pumpkins@hort.net
  Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 6:36 PM
  Subject: 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

  -----Original Message-----
  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
  --


  ----------
  >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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