Thread: Mildew spray
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Old 19-08-2007, 09:20 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Mildew spray


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"FarmI" ask@itshall be given writes:
| "Sacha" wrote in message
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| Just a day or so ago I read that 50/50 milk and water can be sprayed on
| gooseberries to counteract mildew. I'd never heard of that before but Ray
| says he has a faint memory of it. Might be worth a try for those who are
| plagued by it.
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| It is also supposed to work as a spray on roses that get mildew (such as
| Dorothy Perkins)

Some people have posted here that it works. Given its harmlessness,
there is little to lose by trying.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.