On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 Martin wrote:

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
who are
plagued by it.

Would that work on vines, do you think?

At my last house I had a vine and I sprayed it with Vitax against
mildew, it worked very well.

What's the active ingredient in Vitax?

I can't remember David, it is 9 years since we had a vine.

http://www.cha-hort.com/members/vitax.htm

I'd already found that but didn't have the time to search through the
pages. Unless it's based on pyrethrum in which case it wouldn't be any
good.

David

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