"TQ" wrote in message ...
I am using it this year on squash and it seems to be providing good control.
Wx has been wet again this summer in VA Zone 7.

Here/s a Google link where you can read all about it. Several scientific
studies have been done showing its ability to control the disease.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&i...baking+soda%22

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TQ

"Rick" wrote in message
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| Exactly, Fungicides on *skinned* fruit like cukes and tomatoes rinses
| off with no residual toxicity. They are wetable powders and not
| systemics and do not enter the fruit. On other rough skinned produce
| like green beans, there is usually a 7-4 day waiting period. Still, I
| am interested in the baking soda idea because it sounds cheap and
| easy. Is it really effective against mildews?
| -Rick
|
| On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 10:10:20 -0400, "TQ"
| wrote:
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| Any commercial fungicide I have ever used listed 'days to harvest' as
zero.
|

Yes, I found that the baking soda treatment was easiest. Couldn't seem
to get results with the milk, perhaps I was doing something wrong as I
only sprayed once.

At our local graden certan, the man there recommended something called
"Wilt-Pruf" It is supposed to be totally organic and safe. Supposedly
it gives the leaves a coating and can help prevent powdery mildew. You
can also mix pesticides with it so they stay longer. I don't know what
anyone else has experienced with it, but I mixed it and neem oil into
water and applied it to my pumpkin plant. The mildew never came back
where mixture was sprayed. Unfortunately the plant was doomed as it
had already been infested with vine borers, but that's another story.
I plan to try just useing wilt-pruf alone next year.