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Mildew spray
On Aug 19, 9:46 am, David Rance
wrote: On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 Sacha 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 those who are plagued by it. Would that work on vines, do you think? David -- David Rance http://www.mesnil.demon.co.uk Fido Address: 2:252/110 writing from Caversham, Reading, UK At my last house I had a vine and I sprayed it with Vitax against mildew, it worked very well. Judith |
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Mildew spray
On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 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 those 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? David -- David Rance http://www.mesnil.demon.co.uk Fido Address: 2:252/110 writing from Caversham, Reading, UK |
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Mildew spray
On Aug 19, 10:26 pm, David Rance
wrote: On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 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 those 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? David -- David Rance http://www.mesnil.demon.co.uk Fido Address: 2:252/110 writing from Caversham, Reading, UK I can't remember David, it is 9 years since we had a vine. Judith |
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Mildew spray
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 -- David Rance http://www.mesnil.demon.co.uk Fido Address: 2:252/110 writing from Caversham, Reading, UK |
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