preventing late blight?

[tjg911]

just curious, is anyone using milk or compost tea as a method to protect plants? if you are organic these 2 are a better choice than any chemicals. i have not used these but i am considering it.

from experience about 4 years ago with pole beans, i can say compost tea is amazing. i stupidly watered the pole beans getting the lower leaves wet around 6 pm many evenings and as a result of being wet all night i developed mosaic virus disease. the plants looked so bad i was sure they'd die. i had no idea what to use so i tried compost tea. the results were almost immediate and within a week they problem was checked and the plants went on to be healthy.


now this cured a problem and from what i read if you get late blight you can not save the plant but i am not sure if that is true. assuming that it is, i'm considering milk and/or compost tea. many believe that milk encourages a colony of beneficial organisms to grow on the leaf surface thus fighting any pathogens that may land on it.


got milk?


tom