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Re: Dish soap and mildew

Pat, The formula we give to callers at the master gardener office is as
follows:
two teaspoons baking soda 
two tablespoons liquid detergent
two tablespoons cooking oil
	for each gallon of water
or from the Sunset Garden book:
	two teaspoons baking soda 
	two teaspoon Horticultural oil
	for each gallon of water.(this one works for the hose end sprayer)

Both of these formulas work well for mildew. Baking soda was only recently
approved as a solution for the mildew problem by the University of
California. 
I suggest you wash the mildew off of the plant first and then spray with
the formula.  If conditions continue, wet weather, lack of circulation,etc.
I suggest a continued application of the baking soda weekly to avoid the
reoccurrence of mildew.
L 




At 07:22 AM 6/19/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Thanks Lorraine.
>Do you use a liquid detergent other than dishwashing liquid? What would
>you use with the baking soda?
>Pat
>Zone 7, Maryland
>
>Lorraine Hoag wrote:
>> 
>> Dish soap is for insects.  Baking soda, two teaspoons per gallon along with
>> two tablespoons liquid detergent will do the trick for mildew.
>> 
>> At 07:19 PM 6/18/98 -0700, you wrote:
>
>> >
>
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