Re: [gardeners] Re: powdery mildew
Margaret Lauterbach (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Wed, 20 Aug 2003 10:46:26 -0600
The milk is a fungicide, that means kills the fungus. Baking soda + light
oil is a deterrent. You're right about dampness encouraging the growth of
powdery mildew, but in Alan's dry climate, "damp" is meaningless. Margaret L
>Maybe there's different kinds elsewhere, but the powdery mildews that grow
>here in TN thrive in both hot humid weather as well as cold damp weather.
>Putting water on the plant infected with it is like throwing gas on a fire.
>
>As I understand it, the milk solution (as well as baking soda, sulfer, or
>even the fungicide I use) just deters further reproduction of the mildew
>somehow. It don't actually kill it, supposedly.
>
>Dan Dixon