Is this little thing really what's destroyed my gardens?

aclum · June 2, 2013

Hi Naysen,

Not to further confuse the issue but have you considered a 10% milk spray? Check out this thread - lots of good info on the subject (although some differences of opinion, as usual <g>).

http://www.tomatoville.com/showthrea...ght=milk+spray

Relatively early on in season (but after fruit set as I recall), I suspected powdery mildew on some of my plants, but not sure and tried Neem Oil - which didn't have much effect. Then I found the thread above and tried the dilute milk and it seemed to work!

However, I keep getting the some affected leaves here and there and now just cut them off and forget about it LOL! I really hate spraying, mostly because I'm just lazy (or think I have other, better, things to do LOL!) and don't want to take the time to lift up and spray the underside of all the leaves!

So far, knock on wood, the plants don't seem to suffer from having the leaves cut off and they keep growing new, good, green leaves.

(But I still think an on-site inspection and diagnosis by the University Extension people is your best bet

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Anne

June 2, 2013	#11
aclum Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Merced, CA Posts: 832	Hi Naysen, Not to further confuse the issue but have you considered a 10% milk spray? Check out this thread - lots of good info on the subject (although some differences of opinion, as usual <g>). http://www.tomatoville.com/showthrea...ght=milk+spray Relatively early on in season (but after fruit set as I recall), I suspected powdery mildew on some of my plants, but not sure and tried Neem Oil - which didn't have much effect. Then I found the thread above and tried the dilute milk and it seemed to work! However, I keep getting the some affected leaves here and there and now just cut them off and forget about it LOL! I really hate spraying, mostly because I'm just lazy (or think I have other, better, things to do LOL!) and don't want to take the time to lift up and spray the underside of all the leaves! So far, knock on wood, the plants don't seem to suffer from having the leaves cut off and they keep growing new, good, green leaves. (But I still think an on-site inspection and diagnosis by the University Extension people is your best bet . Anne